By the time the Freese Brothers Big Band was formed in 1982, the four Freese brothers, (George, Courtland, Bill, and Jack) had been playing music together for 50 years. They grew up in Pittsfield, NH and performed in a family troupe called the “Homespun Broadcasters,” joining their sister and parents in a family musical tradition in the 1930s. They even had their own small bus, with instruments piled on top.