The Ries Brothers

The Ries Brothers(pronounced ”Rees”), a duo from St Petersburg, FL, blend rock, blues, jam,funk, and reggae into a soulful-sophisticated sound. Older brother Charlie (26) sings lead vocalswhile simultaneously playing drums and keyboard bass giving theband its unique and fullsound. Younger brother Kevin Jordan (23) completes the band’s “sonic creativity” onguitar,ukulele, melodica,thereminand provides background vocals. The band started playing theFlorida bar circuit as young teenagers where theywere discovered by the bandCHICAGOandtaken out on tworegionaltours prompting them to leave school and focus on music full time.The Brothers inimitable live performances have captured fans across the musical landscapeleading to marquee support slots and major festival bookings.After Supporting aG Love &SpecialSaucetour in 2018, G Love asked the brothers to tour as his backing band and open hissolo tour.They repeated that feat again in 2019.”In between,the brothers completed theirownheadlinetours in addition to supporting major artist likeStick Figure,311(invited toperform on the 311cruiseimmediately after openingfor311bytheirmanagement,)Pepper,Galactic,Stephen Marley, and playing major festivalsSunfest,Cali Roots,Gasparilla,RootfireandSummer Campfinishing 2019 with a35-datetour withIyaTerra.In early2020, the brotherstouredsupportingIration, Ballyhoo!andIya TerraThe pandemic cancelled a future tour withBadfish(A Tribute to Sublime,)a secondrunwithIration,plus numerous festivals.Making the best of their time off,they recorded remotecollaborationvideos with members of “TheLumineers” “Gary Clark Jr.”Steve MillerBand”and “Iration.”In July of 2021, theduo released a song with theirgood friendsIration, which hit 100k streamsin a couple days. This was a follow up to their reggae remixoftheir song “Take ItBack”featuringJulian Marley,BumpinUglies, E.N Young, Gary Dread (TheMovement),Kash’dOut, Little StrangerandJaimeHinckson.This remix of a song fromtheir secondfull-lengthalbum, “Paint Your Emotion,” produced by JohnAgnello(ScreamingTrees, Dinosaur JR, Patti Smyth,)was releasedonCSSL/Megaforce Records September 2020This record leaned towards alternative rock, Alive streaming only EP of theduo’s Sugar ShackSessions(SS first release)wasreleased in Fall of 2019 on Ineffable Records.As live music made its comeback, in July 2021 they were asked to supportDavid Shaw(LeadSinger of TheRevivalists)on a southeast tour, even being brought up every night to performwith the band. In December they were asked to join the band on leg 2 of that tour, which hit theMidwestand northeast.They just performed atCali Vibes(largest ever US Reggae Festival) andat the5thAnniversary ofOkeechobee Music Fest. Currently working on their new album beingproduced and engineered by Gary Clark Jrs. original drummer and engineer. The album will leantowards more rock n roll, bluesy, and jam rock vibes, truly defining their sound



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