John Cate & The van Gogh Brothers
US musical group
John Cate & The van Gogh Brothers and its offshoot, Voices of van Gogh, are an Americana band based in Boston, Massachusetts and Los Angeles, CA. They are also known for providing soundtrack music for television series and films including American Idol, NCIS, NUMB3RS, Touched by an Angel, Melrose Place and Dawson’s Creek, among others.
Band members include Cate, Paul Candilore who has recorded for Sony Music, Clayton Young, Steve Latt, and drummers Andy Plaisted formerly with the Swinging Steaks, John Sands (Aimee Mann, Kathleen Edwards), Mike Levesque (7 Mary 3), Tauras Biskis, and Dave Mattacks formerly with Fairport Convention, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison. Musicians who have also contributed significantly to albums include Jimmy Ryan (Blood Oranges), George Ricele (Bob Dylan), Jim Gambino (Swinging Steaks), Paul Kochanski (Swinging Steaks), and producer Anthony J. Resta (Elton John, Duran Duran, Collective Soul). The spin-off project, "Voices of van Gogh," includes Bob Dylan protege, violinist Scarlet Rivera; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member, John Durrill, known for his legendary songwriting history; bassist Brian Jenkins; and drummer, Quinn, known for his work with Kanye, Disney, T-Bone Burnett and others. Cate writes extensively with other writers including British indie sensation, Callaghan. Cate's work with Durrill yielded a 2016 side project, "The Next Great American Song," for which they wrote and recorded 4 songs including the first in a series of songs about the life of Vincent van Gogh. In 2017 Cate began co-producing and writing a solo project for Scarlet Rivera.
John Cate & The van Gogh Brothers have, to date, released twelve albums, including "Painting With van Gogh" from the spin-off project, Voices of van Gogh, with the earliest, Set Free, released in 1996, and the most recent, '''Painting With van Gogh'', released in October, 2015. Eleven of the albums have been released under the American Music Partners label, of which Cate is the managing partner. Candiore and Cate have produced a large percentage of the albums, and they have also worked with producers Anthony J. Resta (Duran Duran, Collective Should, Elton John), Rob Fraboni (The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Band), and David Minehan of the Neighborhoods and the Replacements.
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