Mixing soaring harmonies with inventive acoustic jams, My Cousin Skinny brings energy, spontaneity and a great repertoire of songs to our live performances. We are seasoned musicians with 20 years of professional experience playing clubs, festivals, corporate events and weddings.
When it comes to your wedding, we can provide intimate acoustic ceremony music, contemporary hits, B-side gems, classic sing-alongs, and dance tunes. We don't take up much space, but can emulate a "full band" sound by incorporating percussion and guitar loops. We'll also do our best to learn several of your special song requests.
3 reviews
Doug P.
December 9, 2025The were a hit at my wife's birthday party. Good Job!
Hired as: Acoustic Band
Steve P.
September 14, 2018We have had them play at informal cocktail parties on two seperate occasions and we will probably have them back again. That says it all.
Excellent musicians, professional, easy to work with.
Hired as: Acoustic Band
Steve P.
April 28, 2018Universally good review from guest that attended
Hired as: Acoustic Band
My Cousin Skinny
Thank you! We had a blast playing and are so glad you enjoyed it.
Price range: $300 and up
Languages: English
Gig length: 120 - 240 minutes
We put our own spin on cover songs from a variety of eras and genres, and aren’t afraid to let the energy of the performance shape where the music goes.
A normal set could have us jumping from Avett Brothers to the Allman Brothers, from Steely Dan to Simon and Garfunkel, from DMB to Daft Punk. In certain situations, we'll also throw some of our original songs -- and we appreciate when the audience is receptive to original material.
While we do play current and former Top-40 cover songs, we also gravitate towards songs that are seldom heard: B-side beauties and hidden gems that are great crowd-pleasers.
We know how to play to and for the crowd, no matter if it's a family-friendly outdoor event, a formal wedding or a late-night bar gig.
Mike Gloss and Jeff Simonton, cousins on their mommas' side, have been playing guitar together since they first picked up the instrument at ages ten and fourteen.
They cut their teeth on the local music scene around Harrisburg, PA, performing with a four piece band called Into The Woods. They were eventually picked up by a management company out of New York City run by music attorneys working for Arista Records. During that time, they won Relix Magazine’s “Jam Off” competition and had their original song “Send Your Blue Skies” pressed onto a compilation CD that distributed over 100,000 copies nationally
After six years performing up and down the east coast with Into The Woods, they eventually parted ways, moved south and started a new musical group based out of Raleigh, NC, known as Zegg.
After several years with the full band, Mike and Jeff have gone back to their roots, performing exclusively as an acoustic duo. They have worked hard to create an energetic and unique musical act that is sure to please music fans of all ages.
We are totally self-sufficient and have all the necessary sound and lighting equipment to perform. Plus, being that there is just two of us, we don't require that much space to set up.
Sunday
Birthday Party
2:00pm - 4:00pm
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Chapel Hill, NC
Friday
Cocktail Party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
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Wake Forest, NC
Wednesday
Corporate Event
6:00pm - 8:30pm
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Morrisville, NC
Thursday
Corporate Event
5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Raleigh, NC
Friday
Cocktail Party
7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Raleigh, NC
Friday
Cocktail Party
7:00pm - 9:30pm
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Raleigh, NC
Wednesday
Wakefield Tavern
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Saturday
Carolina Artisan Craft Market
10:00am - 2:00pm
Wednesday
Private party
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Sunday
Private party
5:00pm - 8:00pm
Wednesday
Launch Party
4:30pm - 6:30pm
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Raleigh, NC
Friday
Cocktail Party
8:00pm - 10:00pm
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Chapel Hill, NC
Saturday
Festival
6:30pm - 9:30pm
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Durham, NC
This is a partial list of an ever-growing number of covers that we play. We also have a number of originals that we think are pretty good too. Of course, what we play depends on the show, the venue, the audience and the atmosphere.
Allman Brothers Band
Melissa
Blue Sky
The Avett Brothers
Laundry Room
Bare Naked Ladies
Pinch Me
Sarah Bareilles
I Choose You
The Barr Brothers
Even the Darkness has Arms
The Beach Boys
God Only Knows
The Beatles
A Day in the Life
Across the Universe
And I Love Her
Blackbird
Come Together
Getting Better
Here Comes the Sun
Rocky Racoon
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Bittersweet
Jeff Buckley
Lover, You Should’ve Come Over
Bobby Caldwell
What You Won’t Do for Love
Eric Clapton
Runnin’ on Faith
Layla
Lonely Stranger
Nobody Knows You
Counting Crows
Rain King
Daft Punk
Get Lucky
Dave Matthews Band
#41
Ants Marching
Dancing Nancies
Satellite
Two Step
Warehouse
Deathcab for Cutie
Soul Meets Body
Doobie Brothers
Long Train Runnin’
Bob Dylan
It Ain’t Me
Peter Gabriel
Sledgehammer
Good Old War
Coney Island
The Grateful Dead
The Deal
Eyes of the World
Franklin’s Tower
Scarlet Begonias
David Gray
Please Forgive Me
Al Green
Take Me to the River
Fiest
1234
Foo Fighters
Everlong
Foster the People
Pumped Up Kicks
Sit Next to Me
Harvest King
Dancing in the Moonlight
Jerome Kern
All the Things You Are
Alicia Keys
If I Ain’t Got You
Michael Jackson
Billie Jean
Jackson 5
I Want You Back
Billy Joel
Just the Way You Are
You May Be Right
Jack Johnson
Banana Pancakes
Better Together
Good People
Led Zeppelin
Hey, Hey What Can I Do
Ramble On
Little Feat
Willin’
Bob Marley
Could You Be Loved
John Mayer
City Love
Georgia Why
Queen of California
Men at Work
Land Down Under
Jason Mraz
Dynamo of Volition
I’m Yours
Mumford and Sons
Little Lion Man
Old Crow Medicine Show
Wagon Wheel
Outkast
Hey Ya
Tom Petty
American Girl
Wreck Me
Percy Hill
Ammonium Maze
Phish
Bathtub Gin
Gotta Jibboo
If I Could
Sample in a Jar
Waste
Ya Mar
Pharrell
Happy
Pink Floyd
Comfortably Numb
Dirty Woman
The Police
Synchronicity II
The Rolling Stones
Miss You
Paul Simon
Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes
Simon and Garfunkel
Kodachrome
Steely Dan
Peg
Reelin’ in the Years
Cat Stevens
The Wind
Sting
All This Time
Seven Days
James Taylor
Shower the People
Talking Heads
And She Was
Naive Melody (This Must Be the Place)
Once in a Lifetime
Wild, Wild Life
Tears for Fears
Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Toto
Africa
Train
Marry Me
Umphrey’s McGee
In the Kitchen
Van Morrison
Into the Mystic
Ween
Roses are Free
Bill Withers
Just the Two of Us
Yonder Mountain String Band
Two Hits and the Joint Turned Brown
Neil Young
Harvest Moon
Heart of Gold
Zac Brown Band
Chicken Fried
Too many to mention (but here are a few favorites):
The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Simon & Garfunkel, Talking Heads, Phish, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, The Police, Grateful Dead...the list goes on and on
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