When the siblings from a major star give it a go.

[Refugee]

Jessica Simpson and her sister Ashlee. You know, the one that mouthed a pre-recorded vocal track and forgot to come in at the right time on SNL. Never heard from her again. Ah, here it is.

 

[HoodieMcFoodie]

Shaun Cassidy

 

[hekawi]

Carly's sister:

 

[gimmeatele]

Well, it's safe to assume that every major star, sans of couple, who were only child, has a brother or sister or two. And it's also safe to assume that those said siblings tend to go “Why, if they can achieve such fame, then so can I!”

Some pull it off by distancing themselves from their famous family, case in point, Janet Jackson

From her very first TV appearances, whenever a presenter said "She's Michael Jackson's sister." she'd correct them "No he's MY brother!" She was going to make it without riding her brother's coattails. She achieved just that by adopting a totally different sound to her music and her musical direction.

But not every Jackson sibling chose to go at it the way she did. When Michael had his monster success with the "Thriller" album, the Jacksons decided to come back together as a band and release an album called "Victory" to cash in on the success.

But one thing the brothers decided on, was that it was only fair that every single one of them should at least write and do the lead vocal on one of the tracks. Marlon did so on the song "Body"

Sounds familiar? It uses a very similar beat to MJ's "Wanna be starting something" but it lacks the MOJO of that one. Note also that in the picture, MJ is put in the back, the others looking like "Okay then, our turn Mikey!" I on purpose didn't post the music video, since it's such a train wreck.

"Victory" was a disaster and the tour to support the album saw the brothers not playing a single song from the album they were to support, instead, old Jackson Five songs and MJ's solo stuff was performed.

Okay, so Marlon Jackson's "Body" is tacky and a clear cash grab, but at least he CAN sing, which is more than could be said about another Jackson sibling.

In La Toya's defence, she sings outside her range, and it appears that the producer never had the heart to tell her "Maybe we should do this in a different key."

Paul and Michael McCartney. Yeah, so how do you top your bro if he's a BEATLE? In Michael's case, by adopting the name Mike McGrear and making a career out of doing novelty songs, no harm done, no coattail riding.

Mike has often been asked why he didn't want to use the "McCartney" name to his advantage, his reasoning was that he wanted to have success based on his own work, not Paul's.

And then there's Cecil Womack.

Seen here with his brother Bobby.

Yeah, you can see where this is going, look up pictures of Cecil, and you'll get more pictures of Bobby, no matter how he tried, he always was going to be "Bobby Womack's brother". I can't even tell which is which in this picture.

But it wasn't for lack of talent, Cecil and his wife Linda Cooke (Sam Cooke's daughter) managed quite well on their own merits, producing some very righteous soul music during the eighties.

Did you know, on 'lilly the pink', Jack Bruce played bass, Graham Nash, Reg Dwight ( now Elton John) and tim rice did backing vocals?

 

[northernguitar]

Not taking anything away from her, but Janet Jackson didn't go in even a remotely different direction to her family until "Control" (her third record), and even that was also mainstream vocal R&B, heavy on the dancing. And her look on "Rhythm Nation" (89) owes a bit of debt to the "Bad"-era (87) MJ.

I like JJ’s music better. And when listening, I don’t feel like I’m overlooking pedophilia.

 

[Trenchant63]

Andy Gibb

He wasn’t prepared to the deal with the star machine demands. RIP.

 

[RodeoTex]

Yeah, I fell for that Chris Jagger album thing back in the day, but then again I also bought Keith Moon's solo album.
Anyway, the Carter Family did ok both between relatives and generations for quite a while.

 

[David Barnett]

I saw the Bacon Brothers once. Turns out Kevin's brother is a legit pro musician. Turns out they have 11 albums out!

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Did they have a left-handed lead guitarist when you saw them?

 

[David Barnett]

Gary Lewis & The Playboys did This Diamond Ring

I think I still have this in the singles pile somewhere

And it was written by Al Kooper.

 

[GGardner]

 

[David Barnett]

Maybe Mike McGear, Chris Jagger and Simon Townshend could form a band?

 

[ElvisNixon]

Marvin’s brother Frankie could really sing. Different phrasing and experience levels, but he has the same tone as his brother IMO.

 

[Blue Bill]

Did they have a left-handed lead guitarist when you saw them?

I can't remember. I think it was just the two of them.

 

[loudboy]

Did they have a left-handed lead guitarist when you saw them?

That may have been my buddy, Ethan Porter. Great player, plays a flipped righty, very well indeed. Played with Bat McGrath and Don Potter when they were working in Rochester in the early to mid-70s.

 

[Blue Bill]

It was 30 years ago, I was paying more attention to my date, than the band. We're still married.

 

[Engine Swap]

Jessica Simpson and her sister Ashlee. You know, the one that mouthed a pre-recorded vocal track and forgot to come in at the right time on SNL. Never heard from her again. Ah, here it is.

None of the band make eye contact with her once things go south. To their credit, they recovered pretty quickly. I like how the bass player gives a “it’s been nice working with you” look to the guitarist @0:53. Great pop song!

 

[memorex]

 

[58Bassman]

How about Percy Mayfield, brother of Curtis? He didn't do badly, at all.

 

[David Barnett]

That may have been my buddy, Ethan Porter. Great player, plays a flipped righty, very well indeed. Played with Bat McGrath and Don Potter when they were working in Rochester in the early to mid-70s.

I was thinking of Ira Siegel.

 

[tigertail]

How about Percy Mayfield, brother of Curtis? He didn't do badly, at all.

There's no relation between the two.