The MacDonald Bros.

Count number folk-pop duo the MacDonald Bros. among the myriad youthful acts released to popularity via the truth TV sensation of the first 21st hundred years. Siblings Brian and Craig MacDonald had been born and elevated in Ayr, Scotland. They started harmonizing as small children, and in senior high school collaborated within a Queen cover music group dubbed Cobra. While old brother Craig afterwards worked being a loan provider teller, Brian toiled being a home bedding salesman. During the night, they moonlighted at an area driver Brunston Castle, performing at wedding ceremonies and other culture features. In 2006 the MacDonalds auditioned for the U.K. tv amateur display The X Aspect, getting into the semifinal circular despite regularly working afoul of judge Simon Cowell. Scots rallied behind their countrymen in record quantities, nevertheless, and Brunston Castle associates and staffers by itself cast a lot more than 2,000 votes weekly with the person. However the MacDonald Bros. had been voted from the X Aspect with just two episodes staying, they afterwards toured together with fellow series veterans within an alumni bundle tour. A helping stint with Westlife preceded the springtime 2007 release from the siblings’ self-titled debut record, released via indie label The Music Kitchen.