Well, 19 years later, welcome to the Cyber-Gutter. We started life as a busking band on the cobbled streets of Covent Garden (way before Carling misappropriated the power to decide who could entertain in public!). The sun shone, the snow froze, the tea was plentiful, the homeless friends from Bruce House were our sideshow and support - every day happier than the last, which, of course it couldn't.From 1988 to 1993 the Gutter Brothers pounded streets, motorways and stages the length and breadth of the UK, Europe and the USA. We released a few albums and EPs, wrote a whole bunch of songs, from country ballad to dirtfunkmetalbeat, wrote soundtrack music for TV and film, appeared on your telly in person now and then and slept very little.The music is jubilant, heartfelt - when it's on a country station, a little bit corny; when it rocks it rolls like the runaway train it is; and it speaks - it goes down deep, and reaches up high; singalong, dancealong, groovealong songs played with fire in the wire. A rolling party of wonder, wood, sweat and steel...............................................But all that lives is born to die - come 1993 we parted ways; still brothers, just separated. And we did no more until 2002, when Dennis Johnson, former T Chest bass player of this gutter, and founder member and chief lyricist, died on Christmas Eve. At his wake we four remaining vowed, in a haze of nostalgia and alcohol, to take to the stage as the GBs one more time.Well, that was several times ago. We try now to get it together once a year, and roll out the gutter machine for a blast from the past, and many are the old friends who come to sing and sway in jubilant support - thanks be to you all.And this year twice!! We're playing again on Friday July 6th at the Bush Hall, Shepherd's Bush. Tickets and info at www.gutterbrothers.co.uk/news. Our main website www.gutterbrothers.co.uk has loads of history and pics of the band,lyrics, album info etc. Back catalog is available by emailing
[email protected] and I'll send you the order/detail form.And we're in the throes of putting some new songs together for release hopefully later in 2007. Watch this space..........Love and rutabagas to you all, from deep in the gutter.Come say hi, one place or another. Chris (a cowboy still)
