The Brochures (Canton, Ohio)


Personnel :

Ed MacIwain (Lead)

Lucius Hood (Tenor)

Robert Hood (Alto / Baritone)

Butch hogan (Bass)

Charles Bazen


Discography :

1961 - My In-Laws Are Outlaws / They Lied (Apollo 757)


Biography :

The Brochures were from Canton Ohio and their only 45,"They Lied" was released as Apollo #757 in 1961. They started in the fifties singing spirituals with local Baptist Churches and eventually made their way to an appearance on an amateur show at the Apollo Theatre in New York City. Ed MacIwain was the lead of the Brochures, Lucius Hood, tenor, Robert Hood, alto and baritone, Butch hogan, bass, Charles Bazen who wrote "They Lied" often sang with the group, but he was away at Syracuse University when the record was cut. According to Bazen, the Brochures had a special affinity for the Platters.


Songs:

  
          They Lied                               My In-Laws Are Outlaws



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