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Tony Green arrived in London late in the year armed with a washboard and some experience of playing with Jug Bands in his hometown of New Orleans. He soon heard about the street bands in Covent Garden
They proclaimed themselves The Gutter Brothers, named after Tony's old drinking buddies in New Orleans,
The rest of the year saw them playing to growing audiences up and down the country. They also travelled to Spain and Italy both for gigs and TV work. Jools Holland played the Fat Cadillac video on Jukebox Jury, and from this the video was picked up on and played on various shows - At the end of the year they returned to play in New York again, this time in bigger and better venues than the previous visit.
Bruce Dickenson of Iron Maiden and Tony Martin of Black Sabbath both invited the GBs to play at their weddings, and by this time the skiffle sound was being stretched to the limit by the newer material and was becoming almost Metal-like in places, giving rise to the soubriquet 'The Loudest Skiffle Band In History'.
A record deal was finally signed with Elvis Costello's Demon Records and an album released featuring the songs used for the Gone To The Dogs soundtrack.
the new line up, featuring a version of Summer In The City by Lovin' Spoonful which they covered for Fools and Horses, and Mark made a suitably edgy video to accompany it. They went on a UK support tour with Dr Feelgood and the new line up started to gel.
They proclaimed themselves The Gutter Brothers, named after Tony's old drinking buddies in New Orleans,
The rest of the year saw them playing to growing audiences up and down the country. They also travelled to Spain and Italy both for gigs and TV work. Jools Holland played the Fat Cadillac video on Jukebox Jury, and from this the video was picked up on and played on various shows - At the end of the year they returned to play in New York again, this time in bigger and better venues than the previous visit.
Bruce Dickenson of Iron Maiden and Tony Martin of Black Sabbath both invited the GBs to play at their weddings, and by this time the skiffle sound was being stretched to the limit by the newer material and was becoming almost Metal-like in places, giving rise to the soubriquet 'The Loudest Skiffle Band In History'.
A record deal was finally signed with Elvis Costello's Demon Records and an album released featuring the songs used for the Gone To The Dogs soundtrack.
the new line up, featuring a version of Summer In The City by Lovin' Spoonful which they covered for Fools and Horses, and Mark made a suitably edgy video to accompany it. They went on a UK support tour with Dr Feelgood and the new line up started to gel.
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