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The McWilliam brothers have been preparing for this. Since childhood, John, Thomas and Michael have made music together.” Our first gig was as young kids in the basement of our parent's home,” reminisces Thomas,” which was always filled with music." Their maternal grandmother, Mary Edith Kersten, was an accomplished pianist and vocal accompanist. Their father's step-mother was a live organist for silent films. Their uncle Kenan Kersten sings popular classics and is regularly compared to the Irish tenor John McCormick; whereas his brother, Kevin Kersten, is a classical guitarist who studied with Sophocles Papas, a renowned student of Andres Segovia. Uncle Kevin also sang for Ted Lewis ("Me and My Shadow"). The lineage of this talented family goes on and on, including their mother, Mary Kersten, who along with her family performed vocal harmony pieces on Ted Mack's highly-rated "Original Amateur Hour." Fueled by different channels of musical influence -- T...