Artist description An amalgamation of catchy guitar melodies, driving basslines and lyric hooklines give gumgo.gumbo an instant appeal...

Music Style I guess we fall under the rock/pop genre.

Musical Influences REM, The Who, The Beatles, Ocean Colour Scene, Cat Stevens

Similar Artists REM, The Smiths, Crowded House, The Beatles

Artist History Rumour has it, 'Big Luke' met Donohoe in a Las Vegas Hotel. Ballard going under the name of Long Tall Ballard was hawking his talents as a Long Tall Man around the local entertainment halls. Donohoe, not for the first time, was down on his luck and attempting to sell his lungsIn a bizarre attempt to get credit at the local casino. Allegedly they got talkingover a large beer and concocted a cunning plan to conquer the music scene without the aid of a safety net. They would not meet Pete Emery for another 30 years. This again is only hearsay, but the story goes that Ballard & Donohoe fresh from a summer season at at Saucy Sues Nitespot and Massage Parlour with their new act found Relaxation in a local lap dancing club. This is where they met Emery. The Emery dance captivated the whole club and as legend has it, his amazing trick with a coconut gave birth to the bands name. The threesome then set to work on some ill fated ventures; Musicals called Draughts, Guys and More Guys and Dave Donners Superstar were all flops. Ballard lost millions on an ill advised Rock Benefit concert for Ted Bundy and Emery became a laughing stock after trying to appear on Stars in Their Eyes as himself. All this could have seen the end of possibly the finest unknown band never to grace the business….But thank the Lord, here they are in their full glory…..

Group Members David Donohoe - Guitar's 4ft 2 inches, Donners a dwarf by trade was rescued from a midget dancing troop by Pete.Reared by wolves, he claims his hairy palms create guitar sounds never heard before.Currently appearing as a body double for cheatah in a TV remake of Tarzan, Donners appears by kind permission of the local Police Dept. Pete Emery - Bass/Backing Vocals: Emery, a part time peasant from the Eastern Block claims to be able to play 150 different musical instruments.The inventor of Rock 'n' Roll, Pete's love of music is second only to his basket weaving.A keen gardener, he has also made a number of appearences on TV as a Charlies Angel. Luke Ballard - Drums/Vocals/Other stuff: Luke, now 59˝, spent most of his early years as Mick Fleetwoods stunt double.Brought up in a showbiz family, his mother was Judy Garland and his father invented World War II.Never out of mischief, Ballard once spent a week in a Turkish prison for the ownership of a Supertramp album

Instruments David Donohoe - Guitar's: Pete Emery - Bass/Backing Vocals: Luke Ballard - Drums/Vocals/Other stuff

Albums What Happens Now? (EP)

Location Coventry, West Midlands - United Kingdom

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