Bear and Tiger Bachmeier turned a football side gig into a full-blown stage show Monday night in American Fork, stepping out as “Music Bachs” for their first-ever concert.
The BYU brothers performed a free set at the Harrington Center for the Arts, part of the center’s “American Fork Concerts in the Park” summer series. They were joined on stage by their uncle, Don, who is from Minnesota.
The performance leaned heavily into country and rock covers, with Bear and Tiger both playing guitar as they worked through the night’s set. The duo had already spent time performing together during their first season at BYU, often playing at a senior-citizen home in Provo with their uncle. One of those visits came just a day after they helped BYU beat rival Utah last October.
The night also turned into a BYU football reunion. Head coach Kalani Sitake was in the crowd and later came up for the final song, when Bear, Tiger and Uncle Don led everyone in the BYU fight song, “Rise & Shout.”
A number of teammates joined in as well, including running back LJ Martin, whom Uncle Don called “the best running back in America.” Other BYU players who took the stage were Bruce Mitchell, Siosefa Brown, Crew Clark, Jovesa Damuni, Joseph Douglas, Siale Esera, Reggie Frischknecht, Sione Moa, Keayan Nead, Ethan Thomason, Vincent Tautua, and Payton VanSteenkiste.
The set list ran through a mix of familiar singalongs and a few spotlight moments for the brothers:
Wagon Wheel
Runaround Sue
Come a Little Bit Closer
Bye Bye Love
Country Roads
Leavin’ on a Jet Plane
5 Leaf Clover (Bear Bachmeier solo)
Margaritaville (Pop-Tarts remix)
Glory Days
Brown Eyed Girl
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Chicken Fried
Last Kiss
Wondering Why (Tiger Bachmeier solo)
Sweet Caroline
God Bless America
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Centerfield
Rise & Shout (with BYU football teammates and head coach Kalani Sitake)
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