The Brothers-in-Law - BiographyWindsor, Ontario-based satirical musical group active in the 1960s. A forerunner of such groups as The Arrogant Worms and Corky and the Juice Pigs, the B-i-L was made up of police officers who performed songs lampooning politics and Canadian culture. After initially performing at police functions, the group recorded several albums for Arc Records in the mid-late '60s, primarily during the 1967 Centennial Year, plus one album that was released in the US. Among their best-known compositions was "The Pill," about the then-trendy topic of contraception that famously resulted in radio stations coming to grief for broadcasting, and "Canada, USA" (also known as "CanUSA, the 51st State", poking fun at US-Canadian relations. Leader and main songwriter Alec Somerville went on to record a solo album, "Total Nudity" after the B-i-L disbanded. The group saw a brief revival in the early 1980s when a greatest hits collection was issued on vinyl to capitalize on the Great White North fad. Decades later, all of the group's albums were issued on CD. As of 2014, Somerville lives in the UK and continues to perform. In 2014, he was featured in an episode of the BBC series Antiques Roadshow discussing a banjo in his collection signed by soldiers during the First World War. « Back to Discography Edit This Biography : Biography Credits
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