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The Guy Hamper Trio was formed by Billy Childish, after a chat with his friendJames Taylor (Hammond organ).

Name: The Guy Hamper Trio - The Goddess Tree (CD)
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Billy and James had played respectively in The Milkshakes and The Prisoners, often sharing the same bill in the early 80”s. After James formed The James Taylor Quartet, Billy”s blues ensemble, The Natural Born Lovers, were often the support act for the early shows of JTQ.

The Guy Hamper Trio is: Billy Childish on guitar, his wife Julie on bass and Wolf on drums – who as it happens was the drummer in the original incarnation of JTQ – and of course James Taylor on Hammond organ.

The Guy Hamper Trio provide a bottom end, Blues-influenced instrumental mayhem for those unafraid of dirt, germs and true grime. With no particular wish, other than to be recognised as the best at playing badly, they refuse to obey the usual rules of combat and music.

Their first 45 (Polygraph Test / Sally Sensation) was released in 2009, followed by a full-length studio album, ”All The Poisons In The Mud”, appearing, as if by magic, in 2022, followed by five 7” singles (via Damaged Goods and Spinout Nuggets), and also two further full-length albums.

This long playing record proves that The Guy Hamper Trio and James Taylor are a perfect team. The fourth in this ”series” of finely crafted compositions, listen out for several tracks also featuring Bash Brand andTub Johnson as stand in rhythm section (in effect Thee Headcoats). Let”s hope there”s plenty more from the leaders in jazz/pop mayhem!

FACT: Chatham Burning is the title of Billy Childish”s Punk fanzine in 1977.