Singer/Song writer’s David MacLaren and Jesse Brennan live in the Mid-Michigan area and formed their Country/Pop/Rock acoustic duo in December 2005.
David was born in Alma Michigan, August 18th 1974, to Melvin and Wanda MacLaren, and has one older sister, Sondra. David has been writing music since 1989 and has hundreds of songs in his portfolio. Before he started his writing career, David sang and played music with his father, since he was two years old. His father played in bars and clubs during the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s and had one of his own songs on the radio “Slippin’ Aroundâ€. David admired his father and decided to start his own musical journey . He’s formed and performed in other bands, in the last two decades, like Distortion, Noreth and Madison Creek. In 2004, David recorded an album with his former band Madison Creek called “Let Freedom Ringâ€, but it was never released.
Jesse was born and grew up in West Branch, Michigan and moved to the Mid-Michigan area when he was 26. Jesse started writing poetry around the age of 10. His love for poetry turned into his love of songwriting around the age of 20, when he taught himself how to play the guitar. Jesse has written numerous songs, and still loves to write poem’s. He grew up listening to all types of music~hard rock, pop, and country music. His song writing ranges from hard rock, rock and roll, pop and good old country songs. The love for many styles of music has created many creative recordings. Jesse has played with many talented musicians over the years, but mostly has performed on his own as a solo artist. Jesse recorded a solo album in 2005 called “Acousticsâ€, but it was never released.
In 2008, after pondering a long time about releasing their own cds separately, David and Jesse decided to join their two CDs into one. On the CD you can hear the two different, but the same flavor's of songs. On one side you have a little bit of country flavor, on the other side a little bit of rock. You can hear these Country-Rock Junkies put their heart and soul, into each one of these songs, because it’s life, their life. Another troubling part of the CD was when it came to naming the CD. After lots of thought, they both decide to name it “Burnt Bridgesâ€, since the songs were from previous ventures, they wanted to burn the bridges and start fresh and new. They released their CD “MacLaren Brennan – Burnt Bridges†in April 0f 2008.
In 2008 David and Jesse returned to the music studio and recorded their second album, but this time it was recorded truly together. The CD "Only A Real Man" was released in October of 2009 and it’s all acoustic and all heart. David and Jesse have collaborated on, written, and recorded several of their own original songs since 2005, and have plenty more to be created. The duo performs their original songs and also performs a wide selection of cover songs, from Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Alan Jackson, Uncle Kracker, and Zac Brown Band to name a few.
The very talented drummer Brandon Schaffner joined the band in 2010. Brandon was born in Saginaw Michigan, like the song says. He moved to the Prescott, Michigan area when he was seven, "to get away from the bad people". Brandon started playing drums when he was about 9, but he has always been jamming on miscellaneous things. Brandon played the saxophone partway through junior high and high school, he still plays when he can get a hold of one. Guitars, violins, always up for a challenge, but percussion is his forte. Brandon has always done most of his learning on his own, he has had formal training in several areas including some piano in college. His biggest goal in his life is to take care of his family and be happy in anything that he does. Brandon's major influences are Metallica, Queensryche, Rush, Bach, Mozart, No Doubt, Slipknot, Kutless, Casting Crowns, and Five Finger Death Punch. Brandon has always leaned towards heavy metal and rock music, but he loves all music, from rap to bluegrass, if it has a good beat he likes it. His love of music has allowed him to hang out with some really cool and influential people in music. Some of the bands that Brandon has been in are: Ember, Gage, Easy, and Johnny's Got A Gun.
MacLaren Brennan can be seen live in performance all across Michigan.
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