The three brothers, Chris (born 20 June 1954) - (lead vocals, percussion), Patrick (vocals, drums) and Alex (vocals, keyboards) were born on Martinique in the West Indies.
Mel Gibson | Brothers Grimm | William Gibson | Lehman Brothers | Christian Brothers | The Everly Brothers | Marx Brothers | Gibson Guitar Corporation | The Chemical Brothers | Congregation of Christian Brothers | Wright brothers | The Doobie Brothers | The Allman Brothers Band | Gibson | Debbie Gibson | The Blues Brothers | Marist Brothers | Coen brothers | Lever Brothers | Brooks Brothers | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools | Bob Gibson | The Bellamy Brothers | Band of Brothers (TV miniseries) | Band of Brothers | The Righteous Brothers | The Neville Brothers | Schweizer brothers | Olmsted Brothers |
"The Block Busters": Ad Visser, Band Zonder Banaan, Barrelhouse, Bert Heerink, Birgit, Boney M, Cesar Zuiderwijk, Equals, Fischer Z, George McCrae, Gibson Brothers, Gruppo Sportivo, Happy Tunes, Is Ook Schitterend, Mud, Pasadena’s, Peter Koelewijn, Rich Wyman, Shoes, Slade, Sweet, Three Degrees, Uriah Heep, VOF De Kunst, Zombies.
Prior to the Bassholes, Howland played guitar and sang with the Gibson Brothers, a Columbus, Ohio-based demented roots rock band that included Monsieur Jeffrey Evans, Dan Dow, Ellen Hoover, and later Jon Spencer Rich Lillash and Lamont "Bim" Thomas.
It was first published in 1865 by Gibson Brothers, a publisher in Washington, DC, who included it in a small volume with poems intended as a sequel to his Drum Taps.