The Felice Brothers got their start as a band playing in the New York City subway,[2] but their musical experience started much earlier. The sons of a carpenter, they would play together on Sundays at their father's afternoon barbecues.[3] They stayed in a little apartment in Brooklyn[2] and would play in the subway stations at 42nd Street and Union Square and in Greenwich Village.[4] The three brothers originally hail from Palenville, NY[2] in the Catskill Mountains.
Now they tour the country, traveling in their "Short Bus".[1] They went to England in the summer of 2007 to play a handful of shows.[4] The band worked hard to release their debut album Through These Reins and Gone in 2006 which started the rumblings around the music world. In 2007, the band landed its first record deal with Loose Music in Europe. The momentum was now strong and the band had paved the way for a solid touring schedule and a growing fan base.[2] Through These Reins and Gone made it onto Radio Woodstock WDST's top 25 albums of 2006. About their album Adventures of the Felice Brothers Vol. 1 James Felice said, "We put one record out on an English label, and we've released all the other stuff ourselves" (on their label [1]New York Pro).[3] The Felice Brothers have played at Levon Helm's Midnight Ramble in Woodstock, NY and also toured with Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band last fall.[4]
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