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Tomato Harness

About Me

Once we worked together. We shared a love of sock suspenders, now we don't. But we walk tall in the magical world of slipshod, rambling, guitar music. History brought us together, or at least records (the archival kind). We write songs and have done quite a few now. It is fun. We do gigs when we've had enough medicine. John admires men who work with geese. The rest of us admire Ramon who has the patience of a saint. You shouldn't have two grown men on a donkey, it's just not right.But nevermind that because, through the magic of technology, new mixes of a couple of our songs are now available to buy and treasure for always at:http://www.broadjam.com/artists/home.php?artistID=32144

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Member Since: 12/11/2006
Band Website: www.myspace.com/tomatoharness
Band Members: Dr Big John du Bois - Vox
Dr Sean C - Guitars
Chris M - Bass and occasional keyboards
Benny C - Drums and backing
Simon Quatermass - Production
Influences: Smiths, Pavement, Pixies, Robyn Hitchcock, Richard Thompson, Incredible String Band, Squeeze, The Shins, Sleater Kinney, Breeders, soft boys, Throwing Muses, The Auteurs, Frank Black, Bellowhead (not John, but he is not of this world), Talking Heads, Lemonheads, Radiohead (I sense a pattern developing), Bruce Chatwin, Yo La Tengo, Tintin, Last Supper Dance Band, Sparklehorse, Wilco, Band of Horses, Cornelius, Pink Noise, Adnams Strong Suffolk Bitter, Praise God Barebone.
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Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Mr K - an update

TH are very pleased to announce that our sponsors "Mr K Modern Men's Wear" are currently holding a clearance sale. Never beaten on price or quality.  Meanwhile we will also add some new songs shortly....
Posted by on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:56:00 GMT

a rebuttal

Some of you might have read in the West Norwood press recently that Tomato Harness are changing their name to "The Ronson Series 5 Lady Pleasers."For the record this is NOT true and we are a little up...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:19:00 GMT

another song called Sally Brown

We have been away again, mainly producing children. Yet we still found time to record a spattering of new tracks including "Sally Brown".  It's loud and should appear here once we get round to adding ...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:03:00 GMT

Go mbeire muid beo ar an am seo aris

We have been away. We tried on shoes. We have trained in glove and shadow puppetry but now we are back. Tomorrow we meet to record something new and roll eggs. TH
Posted by on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:15:00 GMT

A fun gig in Sun Kissed Southampton

Did a gig in Southampton with the lovely Brooklyn-based Larch recently. They were great and God damn it so were we. Now that we have the taste for doing it live again we won't be stopped. Watch ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 07:01:00 GMT

New mix of Mudgeeraba is unleashed

John Conway, a mysterious music man residing in Kazakhstan, has spent several  weeks playing about with "Mudgeeraba" while he awaits sentence for  various unsavoury trouser crimes. We w...
Posted by on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:04:00 GMT

Camping, rehearsing and John Frum

At the weekend we all went camping together inside a large concrete pipe near a railway track in Suffolk. Unfortunately the weather was unkind but overall it was a smoothly clipped experience and...
Posted by on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:21:00 GMT

New songs

Finally - not one but two (count them) new songs!  The unspeakably cachy (and potentially libellous) "Foster Klug" and the uncatchably speaky Mudgeeraba (don't ask) - described by James Blun...
Posted by on Wed, 30 May 2007 22:21:00 GMT

Mine's a chicken dosa

Had a great night recording And also importantly a great curry. Follow up EP to Los hombres del arnés del tomate is shaping up. Still worried about Big John du Bois though, his state of mind is just d...
Posted by on Fri, 11 May 2007 12:13:00 GMT

Pain & Suffering in the Studio

Date: Wednesday 25 April. Location: Chateau Harness, high up in the leafy delights of London's glamourous hotspot, Tulse Hill (You can see the London Eye from the skylight)Purpose: assembly for a...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 14:43:00 GMT