Best Brothers or Sisters in a Band Ever Seen

I'd have to say seeing Duane & Greg Allman perform together would be #1 the best, with Johnny & Edgar Winter #2. The Wilson sisters in Heart would be # 3.

That I've SEEN:
Toler brothers (ABB)
Jeff and Steve Pocaro (Toto, Steely Dan etc)
Mark and Matt Kimbrell (Birmingham, AL - Mark w/ Oteil)
Jimmy, Jack and Donna Hall (Wet Willie)
Johnny and Edgar
Neil and Tim Finn (Crowded House)
Caldwells (Cowboy)
Oteil and Kofi (TTB and others)
Robinsons - Crowes
Neville Brothers
Jimmy and Stevie Ray Vaughn
Luther and Cody - NMAS
Alvin, Keith and Derrick Lee (and Roosevelt Collier) - THE LEE BOYS!
Other Brothers and Sisters that I Have Not Seen:
Everly Brothers
Randy and Michael Brecker
George and Louis E. Johnson (Brothers Johnson)
Isley Brothers
Jacksons (not my cup)
Osmonds (really not my cup)
Van Halen (them either)
I'll keep thinking and edit some more later.
[Edited on 2/14/2015 by Rusty]

Dave and Phil Alvin of the Blasters and Ray and Dave Davies of the Kinks are two brother combinations I saw in the 1980s that would rank up there.
John and Tom Fogerty of CCR are another brother combo of note. Never saw them live, though.

I'd have to say seeing Duane & Greg Allman perform together would be #1 the best, with Johnny & Edgar Winter #2. The Wilson sisters in Heart would be # 3.
I agree with your top three!
..... also Chris and Rich Robinson fighting bros in The Black Crowes!
Noel and Liam Gallagher, more fighting brothers from Oasis!!!
Kim and Kelley Deal from The Breeders.

How about Luther Dickinson and Cody Dickinson !
North Mississippi Allstars !

Toy and Tommy Caldwell surprised they weren't mentioned right away.

Toy and Tommy Caldwell surprised they weren't mentioned right away.
It dawned on me quickly that I'd forgotten about them - but I got busy doing something else and forgot to add them. Great call!

Mark and David Knopfler

Ray and Dave Davies -- love the Kinks

The Blues Brothers

I've seen
Van Halen
Toler Brothers Band
TTB - Kofi & Oteil
North Miss AllStars
Blues Traveler
AC/DC
Heart
Stone Temple Pilots
Black Crowes
and I'm sure some others
Wish I would get an opportunity to see brothers in Dire Straits & Kinks. I would see the Bangles if they come to Atlanta (they don't play often). I'd probably see Radiohead too just for the experience.
Wish I had seen or was old enough to have seen the original ABB, Jackson 5, CCR, Beach Boys, BeeGees, Marshall Tucker Band, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Carpenters and some others I'm not thinking of...

Sara & Sean Watkins from Nickel Creek

Seen many of the ones already listed and I would add Willie Nelson and his sis Bobbie.

Lynyrd Skynyrd siblings Steve and Cassie Gaines - for too short a time
Never saw 'em, but John and Tom Fogerty of CCR

The Proclaimers (Craig and Charlie Reid) *
Kate & Anna McGarrigle *
Nils Lofgren's brother Tom toured with him a bit in the early days *
The Nimmo Brothers (Alan & Stevie)
Steve and Muff Winwood in the Spencer Davis Group
Cannonball Adderley Quintet (Nat and Julian)
The Sutherland Brothers (and Quiver)
Katia and Marielle Labèque *
The Corrs (Andrea, Sharon, Caroline and Jim)
Charlie & Ira Louvin
The Bellamy Brothers (Howard and David)
The Watersons (Norma, Lal and Mike) *
Shirley and Dolly Collins
The Nevillle Brothers (Aaron, Cyril , Art & Ivan)
* Seen
[Edited on 2/13/2015 by Shavian]

Noel and Liam Gallagher from Oasis. Probably the best pure rock show I've ever seen.

...forgot about the Young Brothers from AC/DC,but I always felt personally that Angus carried most of the weight,sorry to say.
I wish I would've seen both Caldwells from Marshall Tucker.
That sounds like a good cowboy movie!
I did get to see Cassie & Steve Gaines in Skynyrd before the plane accident though.
[Edited on 2/14/2015 by bettyhynes]

...forgot about the Young Brothers from AC/DC,but I always felt personally that Angus carried most of the weight,sorry to say.
I wish I would've seen both Caldwells from Marshall Tucker.
That sounds like a good cowboy movie!I did get to see Cassie & Steve Gaines in Skynyrd before the plane accident though.
[Edited on 2/14/2015 by bettyhynes]
I was under the impression that Malcolm did all the arranging and a lot of the riff writing.

I did not know that...I meant their live shows but I'll have to listen to their new album without him & see how it compares. Hearing that I definitely respect Malcolm more now though.
How about favorite father-son bands...I recently saw Robbie Kreiger & son (replaced Dickey's band) and they were great together. I thought Kreigers' son nailed a lot of Jim Morrisons vocals pretty well & they seemed to be having fun onstage together. I was really surprised by the chemistry of that band particularly when someone mentioned that Kreiger was the singers Dad!
I can't think of too many other father-son combinations onstage.
[Edited on 2/15/2015 by bettyhynes]

The Beach Boys had a couple of brothers. I guess the Doobie Brothers don't count.
There are a lot of lists for this topic but this one ranks them (at least the top two) the same way Bill Graham would have......
http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2012/09/great-musical-siblings.html
[Edited on 2/16/2015 by KCJimmy]
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