THE FAMOUS BRAXTON BROTHERS
     
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD LIVE

The Braxton Brothers

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THE BRAXTON BROTHERS

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I will forever be grateful to the Braxton Brothers and BMG Publishing who allowed me to use their brilliant music for the inspirational song, The Lord is my Shepherd.  Somehow their music clicked with my voice and style.  Surely God will bless them as I call this new style "Smooth Gospel Music as an inspiration for all to hear.  Dee Cooper-Durden 

 

 

THE BRAXTON BROTHERS

  

It's been a something of a dream come true for the Braxton Brothers to be making music on this level. The sons of one of the Bay Area's first mobile DJs, Wayne and Nelson were constantly exposed to music as children and began playing wind instruments as early as the fourth grade. Proudly proclaiming themselves products of public school music programs, both brothers mastered wind instruments, including saxophone and clarinet. By college, Nelson was even majoring in tuba. But it was side gigs as a bassist that helped pay for his education, so he eventually moved on to playing bass and guitars full time.  Benefiting from what they term "twin ESP," the brothers began writing and recording music together on demo tapes. Wanting to have their music noticed, they hatched the idea of putting the music on CD and hawking it to radio stations and record stores around the San Francisco Bay area. Remembers Wayne: " We had this plan that we were going to send one CD to two DJs every week till we had every DJ for all the stations in the area covered." At this point, the Braxtons were just seeking some feedback about their artistry, until one music director at KKSF called them and told them their track "When Love Comes Around" would air in mid-afternoon. The exposure led to new contacts in the industry and their first record deal, for the 1996 "Steppin' Out" album.