Gardening By Moonlight were a duo formed by John (JJ) Johnson, formerly of Wayne County & The Electric Chairs, Mystere Five’s, The Flying Lizards, Skids and Low Noise (with Thomas Dolby), and Duncan Bridgeman, formerly of Shake Shake, I-Level and Tribal Drift. The band name alludes to the fact that farmers believed a harvest would be more abundant if you plant seeds by a full moon[1]. GBM's first and only album was released in 1983, and re-released in digital formats in 2022. Johnson composed some film music during the 1990s and two new GBM tracks were released on-line in 2019.
Links to Peel[]
The band came to Peel's attention via an article in Record Mirror (issue dtd. Feb 26. 1983, p.15) and he had been intrigued by the title of their upcoming album 'Horses at My Dinner Money' (actually later issued as Method in the Madness) and by the "English tribal feel" they tried to achieve on their debut single Strange News. Peel was inspired by this phrase to play two tracks by the Albion Country Band.
Sessions[]
- none
Shows played[]
- 01 March 1983 - Strange News (7") Imperial Recordings MPE2
External links[]
- drumpunk.co.uk - band history and links
- Discogs.com