A Change..

Greetings Family!

Over the past 4 years Brothers McCann has had the extreme fortune of making joyful noises while creating a beautiful, loving and supportive family. It is a happiness that we carry from town to town, giving what we can and graciously accepting all you have given back to us. For that we continue to be thankful.

As it is with everything in this beautiful world, change is inevitable. We head into the fall by announcing that September 3rd marks the end of our time with Dan Bissex and Eran Shaysh. They have helped provide a backbone to the music as an inimitable rhythm section. Their contributions to our music will echo long after these songs hit their final note. We hope you will help us celebrate their time with us and wish them both well on their exciting new endeavors.

Dan's percussive bass style and unbounded energy on stage helped define the low end of Brothers McCann's sound. As some of you know, we met Dan in the middle of a long running academic journey. After recently graduating from Northeastern University's Masters Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering he is now devoting his time and energy to his home life and new position with InterSystems. We have no doubt he will take over the company in a few short years and come up with a way to translate his new Labrador Daisy Mae's barks into eloquent Shakespearean sonnets.

If you have met Shaysh, you never forget it. Many people have been touched by Shaysh's playing and the amazing way he connects to you through his love of Multi-Media. He is thrilled to share his brand new project, Big Old Big One. It is a weekly online video blog that features local musicians performing live stripped down versions of their tunes in unique places (anywhere but the stage) with Shaysh on percussion!! This project, like him, is a lot of fun. He will be bringing you free music every week so check it out!! - https://www.facebook.com/BigOldBigOne. In addition, he will continue playing drums/shaker/box/shells/etc with acts from local, regional, national and international areas!

While this news means the end of "Brothers McCann" as you may know it now, it is CERTAINLY not the end of the music. You can anticipate a new feeling and a new sound to emerge from this change. While it won’t be the same as it was, we will confidently breathe a new life into the sounds we make. This will take some time so please be patient! We are so excited for the next step and hope that you will continue to join us on this journey.

Much love and respect,

Pat, Erik, Mike, Dan and Shaysh