GOOD TIMES (REVIEW): COFFIS BROTHERS CALL BACK TO OTHER MUSICAL SIBLINGS ON 'IN THE CUTS'

Good Times recently interviewed James and Kellen Coffis of The Coffis Brothers following their recent new album In The Cuts. Other than the name of their group, musicians Jamie and Kellen Coffis aren’t in the habit of calling too much attention to the fact that they are brothers. It’s not likely, for instance, that they’ll ever be caught performing in matching sweaters, or engaging in “Mom liked you best” banter on stage between songs. But they are not above a clever acknowledgment of their shared blood every once in a while. Take the last song on the Coffis Brothers’ newly released album In the Cuts, “Bye Bye Susie.” In case you missed the reference to another famous song in that title, about a minute and a half into this amiable rocker, the Coffis boys winkingly switch over into a musical quote of the immortal “Bye, Bye Love” by Phil and Don Everly, who also wrote the hit “Wake Up Little Susie.” “At first, it was just a placeholder,” says Jamie Coffis, who wrote “Bye Bye Susie.” “But as time went on, it kinda became unavoidable. It became the charm of the song, and it couldn’t be replaced.” “We love the Everly Brothers, and we’ve even done Everly Brothers tribute shows,” says Kellen Coffis. “(Jamie) didn’t set out to write a song about the Everly Brothers. But once it was out there, we just had to lean into it and accept it.” In The Cuts is available HERE.