The Good Brothers

Established in Richmond Hill, Toronto during 1969, the brother trio featuring twins Brian and Bruce Good began playing locally throughout the city. Their initial major opportunity arrived in 1970 when they supported James Ackroyd on the Columbia release James & the Good Brothers, where Grateful Dead members contributed, launching the ensemble into Canadian country prominence. The Festival Express tour placed them alongside Janis Joplin, the Band, Ten Years After, and the Grateful Dead, while additional shows paired them with Gordon Lightfoot and John Hammond. Their 1976 self-titled debut blended traditional roots, folk, and country foundations with rock elements, securing the Juno Award for Best Country Group—an honor repeated annually through 1983—along with a gold certification for the 1981 live album. In 1990, banjo player and guitarist Larry Good stepped away, with Travis Good, son of one brother, stepping in; the act briefly operated as the Good until Larry rejoined in 2002. Travis then departed to establish the Sadies, coinciding with the trio’s European tour and the album One True Thing. International appearances and folk festival performances marked the ensuing decade, culminating in their 2004 induction into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Renowned for energetic concerts, they issued further live recordings including Live at the Rattlesnake Saloon in 2005 and Restricted Goods in 2008. A Lifetime Achievement Award from the Toronto Musicians Association arrived in 2015, followed in 2016 by entry into the North American Country Music Association International Hall of Fame, and the sixteenth studio album Wide Awake Dreamin’ appeared in 2017.