Top 20: Our Favorite Family Acts

ByThe Colorado Sound

May’s Top 20 of 2020 is asking you for your favorite family act of all time. We’ve made our choices, which you can find below, along with the relationship involved. On Friday, Benji will count down the choices.

To view last month’s Top 20 of 2020 show, you can head here. 

Oasis: the feuding brothers with some of the best Brit-pop of the 90s
Ron’s Top Three Family Acts
  • Velveteers (Demi and John Dimitro; brother and sister)
  • Oasis (Liam and Noel; brothers)
  • Tedeschi Trucks Band (Susan and Derek; husband and wife)
The Replacements: Their garage rock, punk, and Americana embodied the Great Midwest
Margot’s Top Three Family Acts
  • The Replacements (Bob and Tommy Stinson; brothers)
  • The Stooges (Ron and Scott Asheton; brothers)
  • Split Enz (Neil and Tim Finn; brothers)
Kings Of Leon: kings of a unique Nashville sound
Stacy Top Three Family Acts
  • The National (Aaron and Bryce Dessner; brothers, Scott and Bryan Devendorf; brothers)
  • Kings of Leon (Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill; brothers, Matthew Followill; cousin)
  • AC/DC (Malcolm and Angus Young; brothers)
The Staples Singers: their family soul will “take you there”
Benji Top Three Family Acts
  • Avett Brothers ( Scott and Seth Avett; brothers)
  • Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (Jason Isbell and Amanda Shires; husband and wife)
  • The Staples Singers ( Cleotha, Pervis, and Mavis Staples; sisters, “Pops” Staples; father)