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MUSIC

Presenting A A
Almost everything about them has changed since of a pure sound. Patrick supplies the backbeat on
they left Camden nearly a decade ago. The Mobros drums while Kelly, who is the lead singer, makes
-- brothers Kelly and Patrick Morris -- have twice crazy sounds which emanate from his red rhythm
The Mobros changed their address after having moved from guitar.
Chicago to their current home base in Charleston.
Their respective look has also changed over time; The blues-tinged music The Mobros deliver is a
Kelly’s hair has gone from being tightly cropped nod to soul music they listened to growing up in
on the sides to letting his tight curls grow out Camden, most notably the legendary Al Green. By
while Patrick, the younger of the duo, has gone full the time they were teenagers, they could be spotted
Wherever the tour takes them, throttle with a full beard complimenting the dark sneaking their way into gigs around town, especially
curls on his head.
during the Carolina Downhome Blues Festival.
homegrown brothers stay true to musical roots
What has remained in vogue for them is their By 2012, The Mobros -- who developed a following
loyalty to their parents, friends and by placing a quirky, homemade video they produced,
fans in Camden along with sang on and acted in on the YouTube channel --
staying true to their found themselves on the Carolina Downhome Blues
musical roots. Festival’s lineup.

In a day and age Since then, the two brothers have been constantly
when all too touring, spending their time crisscrossing the
often music United States and Canada in their van. In 2014, they
is supplied released their debut CD, Walking with a Different
by producers Stride. Earlier this spring, before embarking on 13-
sitting behind city stop as the first leg of their tour, they were in
a computer the studio laying down more tracks in anticipation
and playing of a new CD.
with the knobs
and buttons to Kelly says when he looks back on his career, he
drive the beat realizes growing up in Camden and being exposed
for artists, The to music helped shape The Mobros’ unique sound.
Mobros cling
to a tried-and- “Growing up in Camden was an earthy starting
true method point. I recently went back with my brother to
Camden to visit Mom and Dad,” he says. “I was
reminded about the seclusion we had growing up.
We didn’t live out in the sticks like some families,
but our house and the land surrounding
it is mostly rural. As a kid, it was our
kingdom.”

Music became a focus for the brothers
at a very young age.

“Anything and everything that we
poured our interests into became an all
immersive experience. I can remember
being infatuated with the sound of the
classical guitar when I was 3. I started

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