Thank you very much to Harland for speaking to Get Barenaked! In the first of a two-part interview, Get Barenaked speaks to actor, comedian and singer extraordinaire Mr Harland Williams. The COUSINS is a rock band featuring real life cousins Harland Williams and Kevin Hearn. A collection of incredible songs that wind all over the musical map. The earliest one, I don’t know if you know this but Kevin created a bit of a stir in our family when he was born; he had a hole in his heart. LOS ANGELES, Feb. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Cousins, featuring actual real-life cousins Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies) and actor/comedian Harland Williams, will … Last week, Harland Williams spoke about the duo and their upcoming release. Well it runs the gamut; it’s an eclectic mix – it goes from country songs, to a Beach Boys-type song, to an all-night rave song – we do an electronic techno-like rave song called “Power Pound”. I just recently saw a documentary on a remote volcanic island, there’s these poor water iguanas that are born in the sand and they have to run across the sand to get to the coast – then literally 30 or 40 snakes emerge at once and chase the thing across the sand. Yeah, we have three videos – if you go to my website harlandwilliams.com and click on the music page – they’re just ones we shot on our own, they’re not super-professional, but I think again depending on the reaction to the album we’d love to do a real video. I think that works well for us both because Kev’s so talented with music. Title track “Rattlesnake Love” features JUNO and … When Kev’s doing his stuff with everyone else, he’s just kinda doing it on his own, but when we do it together it feels like we’re one person – there’s a real bond there I find. I think that’s why Kevin enjoys working with me, because some of the stuff I throw at him is way out of his wheelhouse – stuff I don’t think he would’ve ever thought about doing. Boost Birthday November Nov 14, 1962. 58 Year Old Comedian #8. There’s a Beach Blanket Bingo song called “Bikini Baby Breakdown” too. I know this because growing up we had family friends who were also first cousins to both of them and would bring it up at every possible opportunity. We recorded “Rattlesnake Love” in Hollywood – we were in the middle of doing it and Carole Pope walked into the session! Cousins Harland Williams and Kevin Hearn have formed a band called, The Cousins. So that might be why our music now is a bit all over the place too, because I just love so many different genres that I just want to try them all. The Cousins, featuring actual real-life cousins Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies) and actor/comedian Harland Williams, will unleash their new LP Rattlesnake Love to the world on March 17, 2017. Follow The Cousins on: If you like what you hear please share the excitement with your friends and turn them on to The Cousins incredible music. He is the cousin of Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Kevin Hearn, and together they have a hobby band called The Cousins. Harland Reesor Williams (born November 14, 1962) is a Canadian-American voice, movie and tv actor. He was in the new movie Dumb & Dumber. Harland Williams Comedian #53781. We like to keep our audience guessing, but we also wanna keep them hot and moist. The COUSINS is a rock band featuring real life cousins Harland Williams and Kevin Hearn. Age 58 years old. Karen Wood on Facebook asked “When will there be a Cousins show? The Cousins Set to Release Rattlesnake Love this March By Jenia Schukov on February 7, 2017. A rave song was not in his vocabulary – and I was like “Come on, let’s go in the studio, we’re doing a rave song!”. Comedian and actor who has performed stand-up on Letterman, … by By Jayme Poisson for TRNTO Posted: August 16, 2009 . I’ve been reading some of the Cousins quotes on social media – they’re profound and moving. Harland most recently closed a deal with DreamWorks Animation to write and direct his own animated feature called ROUTE 66. !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)? Real-life cousins Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies) and actor/comedian Harland Williams have come together to form the aptly named music group The Cousins. He’d always be playing, and he’d ask me to come sing with him. Scorpio Comedian #30. I remember they first brought it up at Christmas in 1994 “Our cousin is an actor. Harland Williams & Kevin Hearn. Birth Sign Scorpio. In this article, we take a look at Harland Williams's net worth in 2021, total earnings, salary, and biography. The Cousins – Harland Williams and Kevin Hearn – release new album Rattlesnake Love on March 17th. We’re kinda just doing this in the digital world because we both live so far apart, and we both have such busy careers. Oh man, they go back! You know, I have to say – my favourite stuff is the stuff he’s done with me! “Good music should cause your ear flaps to fold up like a pita and make you feel krinkly all over” Quote from The Cousins #rockandroll #pita, — The Cousins (@TheCousinsBand8) February 3, 2017. Of The Cousins, who would you say is the rock and who is the roll? Probably the ten Kevin rattlesnakes. The Cousins, featuring actual real-life cousins Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies) and actor/comedian Harland Williams, will unleash their new LP Rattlesnake Love to the world on March 17, 2017. Paul Ramsey on Facebook asked “Tell us about the time you were stranded in the desert…”, I don’t know how many times you’ve been stranded in the desert! I love it out there because it’s naked, there’s no trees, there’s nothing hiding the earth – you can see everything. The Cousins have a little fun at Desert Trip concert in Indio, CA. Kevin lived in the same city as me – Toronto – and when he turned probably around 14 or 15, he started getting in touch with rock and roll – Duran Duran and some of those bands. Just try asking the Midtown native what his favourite thing is about growing up in the city. I go out to the desert a lot because it’s very peaceful and I find it very soulful. Join our mailing list on the contact page to make sure you are the first to know if The Cousins are hitting the road! He started collecting instruments; guitars, he started learning the electric guitar, keyboards, electric keyboards, and I used to hang out at their house all the time because their family was more fun than mine. Kevin Hearn and Harland Williams Team Up as the Cousins for 'Rattlesnake Love' LP Barenaked Lady Kevin Hearn and comedian Harland Williams are … That’d be fun, there’d be more panic. Wow! We’ll base it on how many people come to the party and where, but we’d love to do a show somewhere, sometime. About. Kevin is also an active member of The Barenaked Ladies rock band as well as bandleader for the late Lou Reed. The album features 11 eclectic and diverse tracks written and recorded in The Purple Pineapple Studios with Hearn at the production helm. Harland and Kevin are 1st cousins on their mother's side, Susy and Lorraine O'Donnell. Their haunting and unpredictable songs keep their followers enchanted and mystified. Meanwhile Harland has had a successful career in movies, television and stand up comedy. Rocker Parry Gripp of the rock band Nerf Herder wrote a music in homage to Williams, entitled “I Wanna Be Your Harland Williams”. They had to basically drain his blood and give him new blood. We weren’t really stranded, but those pictures were taken out in the Mojave desert and it’s a place where I go – I actually own some land out there – I bought 20 acres in the middle of nowhere and I think you can actually see it in the background in the picture. From then, growing up, how about your musical memories together – going to show or playing music together? The Cousins LATEST album. …and wanted to know what’s the last music that made you feel crinkly all over – not including The Cousins? Birthday November Nov 14, 1962 . Call the podcast and leave a message on our, voicemail. The songs they have created are the result of a lifelong passion for their musical voices and the result of their … The Cousins, featuring actual real-life cousins Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies) and actor/comedian Harland Williams, will unleash their new LP Rattlesnake Love to the world on March 17, 2017. Originally hailing from Toronto, as they grew older Williams went off to pursue an entertainment career in Hollywood (Dumb & Dumber/Something About Mary etc), while Hearn was a member of eccentric rock band The Look People, before joining Barenaked Ladies and … Real-life cousins Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies) and actor/comedian Harland Williams have come together to form the aptly named music group The Cousins. The new album Rattlesnake Love – tell us a bit about it, what can we expect? 'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"). So my earliest memory is when he was born and word came out that he had to get like, 250 blood transfusions when he was a baby. Then there’s Kevin Hearn and his cousin Harland Williams, who unlike the other examples have realized their individual talents are actually compatible. The Cousins are 1st cousins and have been making their exciting music together their whole lives. We had so much fun, we must’ve laughed – I think Kevin had to leave the studio a few times because he was laughing so hard – we just had such a blast. The duo will debut their new album Rattlesnake Love on March 17, 2017, which will feature 11 diverse and downright fun tracks written and recorded at The Purple Pineapple Studios. Tweets by @getbarenaked Back in the 70s and 80s, she was probably Canada’s top rock and roll star – she had a band called Rough Trade who had several huge radio hits. This album is not humor based, it is a fully studio produced collection of legitimate love songs that show a deeper side of Harland and Kevin. The Cousins passion is to experiment with all the diverse moods and flavors that music offers. Now you can read Kevin Hearn’s exclusive Get Barenaked interview – … (it's just voicemail no live calls). So with Kev’s influence coming from Duran Duran, Beach Boys and Beatles – how about you, what were your influences? “Music should be so powerful that it would want a skunk to spray its stink backwards all over its internal organs” Quote from The Cousins, — The Cousins (@TheCousinsBand8) February 11, 2017. That’s yours, take it, just make sure you dip it in plum sauce – OK? I always liked the idea of singing, so it started there when I was in my late teens and he was in his early teens. The Cousins sound is as unique as its two members.

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