Getting some brotherly love
Sure, you’ve heard of Hannah Montana (aka Miley Cyrus) – I mean you’d have to be living in a tent or something to have missed it with all that concert ticket craziness.
But do you know your Jonas Brothers?
They’re part of her concert and are without a doubt the next big thing, except to real JB fans, for whom they’re the current big thing.
Actually, plenty of girls of a certain age would be happy to skip the whole Hannah/Miley part of the show and just concentrate on Kevin, Joe and Nick.
The dark-haired trio grew up in Wyckoff, N.J., though they live in Los Angeles now. They write and perform upbeat pop and rock songs about love and relationships.
Their career started when brother Nick began singing on Broadway. The next thing the family knew, an executive at Columbia Records heard Nick and his brothers sing “Please Be Mine” and signed them to a record deal.
Their first CD, “It’s About Time,” came out in 2006. They appeared on MTV’s “Total Request Live” and in Disney Channel videos.
Their second, self-titled, album came out in August on Disney-owned Hollywood Records.
The guys are the sons of Kevin and Denise Jonas, and have a younger brother, Frankie, who’s sometimes called the “Bonus Jonas.”
Frankie, 7, hopes to someday perform with his brothers.
The brothers are:
•Big brother Paul Kevin Jonas II, aka “Kevin”: At age 20, Kevin has a reputation as a sweet guy. The story goes that he taught himself to play guitar when he was home sick from school one week. He loves Starbucks coffee and the color green, and he owns a Jeep.
•Middle brother Joseph Adam Jonas: Joe, 18, is known as the jokester. He’s got a mischievous glint in his big brown eyes, and he once dated a girl named Mandy, which inspired the band’s first single, “Mandy.” You can hear him doing lead vocals and playing tambourine.
•Little brother Nick Jonas: Nick, 15, was only 6 when he started singing professionally. He collaborates with Joe on lead vocals and plays guitar. The curly-haired Nick, who was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes two years ago, has a reputation as being a little more introverted than his brothers.
Other tidbits about the brothers:
•They wear “purity rings,” which they say symbolize the promises they made to themselves and God to “stay pure until marriage.”
•They were guest stars on a “Hannah Montana” episode in which they totally annoyed Miley by becoming buds with her dad (played by Billy Ray Cyrus, her real father).
•Nick either is or isn’t dating Miley Cyrus. He insists he isn’t, though this rumor still makes its way around the gossip circles.
•Fans can “dress” the bro’s – well, their paper-doll selves – at www.stardoll.com.
•The brothers will launch their “When You Look Me in the Eyes Tour” on Jan. 31.
The birthday bunch
Keyboardist Paul Revere (Paul Revere and the Raiders) is 70. Singer Kenny Loggins is 60. Actor David Caruso is 52. News anchor Katie Couric is 51. Actress Hallie Todd (“Lizzie McGuire”) is 46. Actor Nicolas Cage is 44. Actor Kevin Rahm (“Judging Amy”) is 37. Country singer John Rich (Big and Rich) is 34. Actor Dustin Diamond (“Saved By The Bell”) is 31. Actor Liam Aiken (“Lemony Snicket”) is 18.