The Rabbit Station got a visit from one of country's newest duos!
The Marie Sisters Stopped By WXBQ!

The Rabbit Station employees got a visit and a serenade from one of country music newest duos...the Marie Sisters. Kessie and Chaz Marie were interviewed by WXBQ midday host Reggie Neel and they sang a few of the tunes from their new CD. Chaz and Kessie told about their singing roots, about their time touring around Texas and the surrounding states singing at churches and tent revivals.

"Our dad is an evangelist so we’ve been gypsies our entire lives," Chaz says.

"We were like the Partridge Family," Kessie adds. "There were eight or nine of us packed on one bus and we’d go from church to church singing as a family while our dad would minister. Mom even made our costumes."

"I got in on the tail end of it," Chaz says. "My parents cut two LPs as the Marie Family. My mom was pregnant with me on one of the album covers."

Chaz and Kessie come from sound musical lineage. Their mother was a member of the Singing Pages as a young girl. She opened for the likes of Elvis and Hank Williams on the Grand Ole Opry. "They were offered a record deal on Decca Records," Kessie says. "But my mother’s parents didn’t want them living that kind of lifestyle." It’s no surprise then that the sisters would continue singing as ctheir childhood years melted away. For more than a decade, the Marie Sisters have been together as a duo, performing in clubs all over Texas.

"We made our living touring in clubs until we moved to Nashville," Kessie says. "Once we got to Nashville, I worked for a pharmaceutical company and Chaz worked for a military firm full time. We had bills to pay and we wrote and made demos while we were in Nashville. We did some weekend shows and sang out at Douglas Corner and Bongo Java and places like that." The sisters were also enlisted to sing on several of multi-platinum singer Leann Rimes’ chart topping singles.

At Universal Records, Chaz and Kessie were taken into the recording studio to capture the unique sound the Marie Sisters cultivated in roadhouses. Whether they’re in a down-home country mood, rockin’ with a cool groove or putting heart and soul into a tender ballad, what defines the Marie Sisters’ sound is their intimate vocal interplay and modern attitude.

"There’s really not a word to describe our music," Kessie says. "We’re in between country and pop with a little edge. It’s fresh and different and that’s the challenge we took on."

"We’re real proud of it," Chaz adds. "It has a big sound to it, not over produced but it’s different in that, although it’s a duo, it’s a full sound. It’s really cool."



Keep listening to WXBQ to hear more tunes from the Marie Sisters. With their strong musical roots they are sure to blossom big in country music. And, for the hottest info on the coolest country stars count on the Rabbit Station...Twenty-Four Carrot Country...96.9 WXBQ!