Mac House will provide tonight's venue for The Gregory Brothers, a Brooklyn-based-band originally raised in and influenced by the "creeks and crawdads" of their home state of Virginia.
The Gregory Brothers band consists of brothers Andrew (guitar, bass, and vocals), Evan (keys, drums, vocals), and Michael (keys, drums, vocals), and Sarah Fullen (guitar, bass, vocals).
Andrew describes their style as similar to "The Band, [but] with more soul."
"Otis Redding singing John Prine songs with Bonnie Raitt singing lead and back-up?all on steroids!" he added.
The Gregory Brothers fuse a variety of styles, largely due to the musical taste of the group's members.
Michael Gregory has recently made a name for himself on the Web with a torrent of election-themed anthems that are as catchy as they are hysterical.
One of his most popular Youtube videos features Michael as Barack Obama in a presidential debate, responding to questions in auto-tuned song and dance as Jim Lehrer and John McCain look on in disbelief.
"I like to cut right to the chase when answering tough/easy questions and thrust my shoulders or pelvis to drive points home that otherwise might not register," Michael, as the jokester of the group, says in the song.
Andrew, in addition to touring with his brothers and Fullen, has been pursuing a solo career, the most recent project of which is an album titled "The Color Red and Other Songs About the Power of Love." His tone, reminiscent of the collective sound of The Gregory Brothers, tends to be especially acoustic, soulful, and expressive.
Sarah Fullen is the "soulstress" of the group, a powerful soul/R&B/folk singer who has toured with a number of groups over the past few years.
She began touring with the Gregory Brothers in the summer of 2007, and since then, she has developed her own sound and style, creating "repertoire of tell-it-like-it-is knock-em-sock-ems," according to her MySpace page.
Put all these ingredients together, and The Gregory Brothers present an exciting synthesis of genres that lights up any crowd they perform for.
On Friday, students can expect to hear music that jumps and sways, laughs and wails, and delivers a moderate dose of southern-style soul throughout.
The Gregory Brothers will perform tonight at 11 p.m. at MacMillan House.