Charles Everett Lilly

Singer and mandolinist Everett Lilly is one of the great pioneers in bluegrass music and one of its most influential musicians. Everett and his brother, Bea (Michel Burt Lilly) began their career as a brother duet in the late 1930’s by singing in churches and playing shows near their home in Clear Creek, West Virginia. Soon The Lilly Brothers became regulars on radio, eventually playing on such shows as the WWVA Wheeling Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia, further increasing their popularity.

In 1950, Everett joined Flatt & Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys playing mandolin and singing tenor. He stayed with them until 1952, and recorded many classic songs with them, including "Get in Line Brother."

Everett rejoined Bea in 1952 and they relocated to Boston. There, along with banjoist Don Stover— and, for a while, fiddler Tex Logan— they began an amazing sixteen-year gig as the house band at the Hillbilly Ranch and performed daily radio shows on WCOP. They also recorded a number of excellent and highly influential LPs, introducing a whole new regional audience and a new generation to bluegrass music.

In 1970, Everett chose to return to West Virginia, but the Lilly Brothers continued to perform at bluegrass festivals and tour overseas. In 2002, The Lilly Brothers & Don Stover were inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Association's Hall of Honor, the highest tribute that the bluegrass community can give.

Everett Lilly has passed on his love of music to his sons, some of whom perform with him in his current band, The Lilly Mountaineers.

The Lilly Brothers' West Coast Tour:
Aug 7 - Conor Byrne Pub in Seattle, WA
Aug 8 - McMenamin’s White Eagle in Portland, OR
Aug 9 - Axe & Fiddle in Cottage Grove, OR
Aug 10 - Humboldt Brewing Company in Arcata, CA
Aug 11 - Amnesia in San Francisco, CA
Aug 12 - Don Quixote's in Felton, CA
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LONG LIVE THE LILLY BROTHERS!
First West Coast Tour in 20 Years