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The Brothers Four is an American folk group that was founded in 1957 in Seattle, where members Bob Flick, John Paine, Mike Kirkland, and Dick Foley met while attending the University of Washington. The group gained fame with their second single, "Greenfields," which reached #2 on the pop charts, and their debut album, "Brothers Four," which made the top 20. Their fourth single, "The Green Leaves Of Summer," from the John Wayne movie "The Alamo," was nominated for an Academy Award, and they performed the song at the 1961 Academy Awards. Their second album, "BMOC/Best Music On/Off Campus," also reached the top 10. Additionally, they recorded the theme song for the ABC television series "Hootenanny," titled "Hootenanny Saturday Night," in 1963. The Brothers Four continue to tour and perform across America as part of the "This Land Is Your Land" live all-star folk concert tour, inspired by the PBS TV Folk Music Special. The lineup has changed over the years, with Mike Kirkland (tenor, guitar, banjo) active from 1957 to 1968, Dick Foley (baritone, guitar) from 1957 to 1991, John Paine (baritone, guitar) from 1957 to 2004, and Bob Flick (baritone, bass, upright bass, acoustic bass) from 1957 to

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