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The Gutter Brothers
12+ albums
Skifflerockblues
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What follows is a year by year outline of the history of the band - it goes on a bit, but quite a lot went on! There are many more tales to tell over and above this summary of events, and many people who really deserve a mention - there were five of us in the band but we could never have achieved half of what we did without so many fantastic friends and associates, and corny though it is, without all the thousands of fans who, let's face it, were the reason we were able to avoid getting grown up jobs for so long :) We intend to add some links and more content to this section in future, but this is probably plenty for now! 1984: Tony Green arrived in London late in the year armed with a washboard and some experience of playing with Jug Bands in his home town of New Orleans. He soon heard about the street bands in Covent Garden, and it was there that he met Dennis Johnson, who was playing Tea Chest Bass at the time with Gordon Rimes in a duo called 'Slap and Tickle'. Den persuaded Gordon to have Tony join on washboard, and so began a partnership which would last on and off for almost ten years. 1985: Before the end of the winter, Gordon came down with a case of salmonella, and as they were too short of cash to wait for his recovery, Den and Tony joined forces with John Woodall, who had a solo show at the time, singing and playing guitar. They proclaimed themselves The Gutter Brothers, named after Tony's old drinking buddies in New Orleans, and over the next few months they we
