A collection of the duo's holiday recordings called American Noel was compiled by Tracy Grammer and released in 2008 by Signature Sounds.

But how often do you get a chance to work with an actor like Kelsey Grammer and, more importantly, play his brother?

He and Grammer were slated to play that weekend at the Green River Festival in Greenfield and were booked that summer to play many of the nation's top folk festivals and folk clubs.

* 1952 – Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer ) ( d. 2002 )

Gene Palmer, Randle Walker ; 1971, Mike Buchanan, Lindsey Roberts ; 1972, Rueben Bussey, Bobby Price, Avery Downing ; 1973, Maurice Jones ; 1974, Coach Ben Pannel, Roy Green, Bobby Hunt, Stanley Lawrence ; 1975, James Brack, Bobby Mowrey, Jerry Malone ; 1976, Pres Young, Rex Scroggins, Dick Ford ; 1977, Robert Knight ; 1979, Jackie Walker, Gregg McNeal ; 1980, Windy Haggard, Syd Keasler, Zell Roberts, Wilber Ingram ; 1981, Kenny Rowe, Martin Luther King Jr, Danny Malone ; 1982, Jimmy Killion, Gene Grammer ; 1983, David Powell, Jerry Bunt ; 1984, Doug Floyd, Ken Jones ; 1985, Mike Trice, Scooter Taylor ; 1986, Brian Koechel, Bryon Lawrence ; 1987, Donald Taylor ; 1988, Jimmie Tallant ; 1989, Tommy Roberts ; 1990, Chris Shafer, Larry Gideon ; 1991, Randy Clark, Clifford Shaw ; 1992, Jimmy Lynn Grimes, Ricky Lawrence ; 1993, Linty Ingram ; 1995, Jeff Brownlee, Ron Gideon ; 1996, John Martin ; 1997, Rob Floyd ; 1998, Steve Green, Patrick Gill ; 1999, J. B. Rodgers ; 2000, Les Langley ; 2001, Rodney Flake ; 2002, Donnie Muckleroy

" He was one half of the duo Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer, who were heralded as the new " voice of modern folk music " in the months before Carter's unexpected death in July 2002.

* When I Go, Dave Carter with Tracy Grammer ( self-release 1998, Signature Sounds 2002 )

Psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane ( Grammer ) returns to his hometown of Seattle, Washington, following the end of his marriage and his life in Boston ( as seen in Cheers ).

Tributes to him following his death were written by Tracy Grammer (" The Verdant Mile ") and Richard Shindell (" So Says the Whippoorwill "), among others.

* Jeffrey Tambor replaced Kelsey Grammer as Georges on February 15, 2011, but withdrew from the production following the February 24, 2011, performance.

The character Frasier Crane, played by Kelsey Grammer, was featured in his own successful spin-off, Frasier, which also ran for 11 seasons and included guest appearances by virtually all of the major, and some minor, Cheers characters.

Grammer was born in Saint Thomas, U. S. Virgin Islands, the son of Sally ( née Cranmer ), a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a musician and owner of a coffee shop and a bar & grill called Greer's Place.

Grammer was two years old when his parents divorced.

On April 18, 2010, Grammer made his Broadway musical debut playing the role of Georges in a revival of the Jerry Herman / Harvey Fierstein musical La Cage aux Folles, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical.

Grammer's former Juilliard classmate and Broadway co-star Patinkin suggested Grammer to the New York casting director, and he got what was supposed to be a six-episode job, but ended up as a regular cast member.

Grammer says that she was abusive and fired a gun at him, and that after talk of divorce, she attempted suicide, which resulted in the miscarriage of their child.

Grammer and Donatacci's divorce was finalized on February 10, 2011.

On August 12, 2010, Grammer announced that he was going to be a father for the fifth time with his girlfriend Kayte Walsh, a British flight attendant who is 25 years his junior.

IEG countersued Grammer, denying they were in possession of such a tape, and Grammer's suit was eventually dropped.

In 1988, Grammer was arrested for drunk driving and cocaine possession and sentenced to 30 days in jail.

Grammer was arrested again for cocaine possession in August 1990 and was sentenced to three years ' probation, fined $ 500, and given 300 hours of community service.

In January 1991, Grammer was given an additional two years ' probation for violating his original probation through additional cocaine use.

In 1995, Grammer was sued by ex-girlfriend Cerlette Lamme for defamation of character and invasion of privacy over content he included in his autobiography So Far.

The lawsuit claimed that Blakeman had given a copyrighted screenplay called Go November to Grammer in 2006, and that Grammer agreed to develop the project and star as a Republican president but instead ended up playing a similar role in Swing Vote, which was released on August 1, 2008.

Seven weeks after his attack, Grammer told Entertainment Tonight that, although at the time his spokesman described the attack as mild, it was in fact more severe, almost leading to his death, as his heart had stopped.

Grammer thought Fox's decision to cancel his TV sitcom Back to You contributed to his health problems, stating that " It was a very stressful time for me, and a surprise that it was cancelled.

Grammer was a guest at President George W. Bush's first inauguration.

On April 20, 2009, Grammer was presented the inaugural Television Chairman's Award at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas.

At Juilliard, he was a classmate of Kelsey Grammer.

Kelsey Grammer recorded several Sideshow Bob lines for The Simpsons Movie, but the scene was cut.

In 2008, Grammer was included in Entertainment Weeklys list of the sixteen best Simpsons guest stars ; Hyde Pierce was also included in that list.

* 1925 – Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( d. 2011 )

* 2011 – Billy Grammer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( b. 1925 )

Kelsey Grammer and Ted Danson also spoke at the funeral.

A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jane Leeves, Peri Gilpin, and Moose.

* Kelsey Grammer portrayed Hoover, with John Goodman as Tolson, in the Harry Shearer comic musical J. Edgar!

Alexander also appeared with Kelsey Grammer in the 2004 musical adaptation of Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol.

Allen Kelsey Grammer ( born February 21, 1955 ) is an American actor and comedian.

Grammer is most widely known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the hit NBC sitcoms Cheers, Wings, and Frasier.

Grammer has been married four times and has five children.

Grammer attended Pine Crest School, a private preparatory school in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and later spent two years at the Juilliard School.

Grammer then played Michael Cassio in a Broadway revival of Othello, with James Earl Jones and Christopher Plummer.

In 2000, Grammer again played Macbeth on Broadway.

Grammer came to broader public attention as Dr. Frasier Crane in the NBC sitcom Cheers.