Sons Of Fathers: Texas Rockers, Inspired By Their Dads

David Dye — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:19:00 +0000

David Beck and Paul Cauthen were both playing music around San Marcos, Texas, when they recognized that it might be a good move to combine their talents and became Sons of Fathers. Actually, they originally went by the name Beck and Cauthen until another, more famous Beck took notice.

Their revised band name makes sense, because both men have musicians in their families. In Cauthen's case, his father was a touring musician, while his grandfather was a gospel player who taught him to play guitar.

Sons Of Fathers On 'World Cafe: Next'

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:52:00 +0000

Sons of Fathers' self-titled debut is unmistakably Texan: Bold, powerful and twangy, there's nothing small about it. David Whitbeck and Paul Cauthen met through mutual friends, but started to play together when they realized that they wrote music at the same park on the Blanco River. That was the first of many coincidences. Within days, they'd written "an incredible number of songs," Cauthen says. "We just fall into sockets of harmony naturally."

Sons of Fathers' self-titled debut album explores Whitbeck and Cauthen's country heritage, their religion and the geography of their homeland.