In the FriMix show, Joe played the guitar while Mike manned the keyboard although they could have swapped instruments with ease having grown into a very musical family with their father Jose Mari.
THE melodious blending of Joe and Mike's voices leaves no doubt that they do well in churning mellow songs.
When Joe and Mike Chan released last March their first album as a duo, they characterized it as their “own playlist” of songs they’ve written encompassing different genres and musical influences.
Nonetheless, the 10-track album Joe & Mike Chan has an unmistakable cohesiveness characterized by romantic lyricism and a melodic style that shout to the world that here are the sons of OPM icon Jose Mari Chan.
The brothers composed five songs apiece in the album which, due to their difficulty in finding time to play together, took two years to be published under the Star Music label.
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In guesting at Tribune Now’s “Friday Mixer,” Joe and Mike prepared an even varied playlist — two from their album, namely, “From Now On” and the breezy “Seven Lakes Drive,” and covers of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “My Fair Share” of Seals & Croft.
They also played “Walking a Fine Line” dating back to 2014 when they led the four-man rock band Generation, a project that ended in 2017 and led to their transition into a more musically mature duo.
In the FriMix show, Joe played the guitar while Mike manned the keyboard although they could have swapped instruments with ease having grown into a very musical family with their father Jose Mari.
The melodious blending of the brothers’ voices in all five songs, especially in “My Fair Share,” should leave no doubt that they did well in banding together in churning mellow, “chillax” songs.
“Seven Lakes Drive,” composed by Joe, is a tribute to one of the most scenic drives in the United States, winding through Harriman State in New York and passing through seven bewitching lakes.
Conjuring images of pine trees and the seemingly endless park, the song tells of a man or a woman “waiting here at Seven Lakes Drive” most probably for a lover with whom to complete the road trip together.
Mike has cited Paul Simon, John Lennon, Cat Steven, James Taylor and Billy Joel as some of their musical heroes, but that their biggest influences remain to be their father Jose Mari and the latter’s own hero, the Beatles.
Of course, when it comes to music, the brothers Joe and Mike sing a tune all their own.
