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plays bass guitar and sings," says Evan.
"My dad played in a band in college,
and my grandparents sang profession-
ally. Every family occasion we would
all jam and sing these '60s songs."
In the middle of his senior year in
high school, with enough credits to
graduate, Evan went to Israel. While
traveling around the country, he wrote
numerous songs, although he didn't
perform. He also continued religious
studies.
"I went to a religious school [in
Israel] and the rabbis were so incredi-
ble and had the same kind of laid-back
philosophy as me — they got me into
keeping kosher [all the time] and pray-
ing," says Evan. (While the twins grew
up in a Conservative home and kept
kosher in the house, their family did
not observe the Sabbath.)
About a year later twin brother
Jaron joined Evan in Israel, developing
the same love for music as well as for
religion. But it wasn't until the broth-
ers returned to Atlanta, and began per-
forming in local clubs, that their
career took off.
"I was starting to write songs and I
said to Jaron, 'Maybe it's something
we should do together,"' says Evan. "I
convinced him to do a couple of
shows with me, and once he got on
stage, he liked the way it felt."
From clubs in Atlanta they started
to get engagements all over the South,
including Nashville, Tenn., and
Birmingham, Ala. "We started playing
open mikes and every show we played,
they asked us back," he says.
In 1994, Evan and Jaron released
Live at KaLo's Coffeehouse and Not
From Concentrate on their own label,
which they called "A Major Label
Records," since radio stations claimed
they wouldn't play songs that weren't
from "a major label."
Before long, they were playing at
Jimmy Buffett's club in the Florida
Keys and caught the attention of Chris
Blackwell, head of Island Records.
Shortly after, they released We've Never
Heard of You Either. But as soon as the
album was completed, Blackwell left
the record company and Island wound
up dropping Evan and Jaron.
"Our career began to take great
twists and turns, but we really learned
a lot from Island Records and don't
hold any resentment," notes Evan.
"The album came out in April 1998
but we were left without a label."
Fortunately for the Lowenstein
brothers, Columbia Records nabbed
Alice Burdick Schweiger is a New
York-based freelance writer.
them — and it turned out to be a
good decision for the high profile
record company. The twins' music
has created a stir in the industry and
they have earned high praise.
Seventeen magazine said Evan and
Jaron "win you over with homegrown
melodies and pop songs built on gen-
uine emotion," and Interview maga-
zine praised the pair's "telepathic har-
monizing."
Both brothers write melodies and
lyrics, editing each other's catchy
tunes. With the occasional help from
an outside collaborator, including
Mick Fleetwood, their music com-
bines classics with pop.
"As a teen-ager I listened to bands
like the Rolling Stones, the Beatles,
the Eagles and the Who," says Evan.
"My parents always played Elvis
Presley, and Simon and Garfunkel.
My older brother had Ozzy Osbourne
coming from his room, and my older
sister had Billy Joel and Elton John
coming from hers. So we grew with a
whole combination of music that I
think influenced our writing."
From the very beginning, Evan and
Jaron hoped for success, but never
anticipated what would follow.
"In the back of your mind, you
hope you make it, but you never
know what will happen," says Evan,
who along with Jaron was just voted
one of the 50 Most Beautiful People
in the World by People magazine.
"We sing and write music because
we love it, but the fact that people dig
it is more wonderful than I can say."
What's next for the Lowenstein
twins? Evan, who was married in
November, wants to spend more time
with his wife. Jaron, who is still sin-
gle, has no special love interest he is
talking about.
"A lot of things are going our way,"
says Evan. "We are no longer a one-
hit wonder, as our second song,
"From My Head To My Heart," has
hit the Top 40 charts. Now we are a
two-hit wonder. So I guess we are in
a pretty good position.
"We love to tour and hope to make
another record in the near future.
What will happen from there, only
time will tell." 1]
Evan and Jaron perform, with spe-
cial guests Angie Apara and Bliss
66, Thursday, May 24, at St.
Andrew's Hall in Detroit. Doors at
7 p.m. All ages welcome. 510
advance/S12 day of (248) 645-
6666 or (313) 961-6358.