Parental as anything

THEY didn't know it at the time, but when Chris and Peter O'Doherty lost their quietly spoken father 11 several years back, his story was not more than and theirs was about to just take a few turns.

No strangers to life's twists, the brothers - Chris long in the past grew to become recognized as Reg Mombassa - transformed early from arty nerds to famous musicians as founding members of pop group Psychological As Anything, while their painting has provided a continual spiritual anchor.

Their father's top secret everyday living as being a bigamist having a wife and kid living to the other aspect in the globe was unveiled within the several years after his dying, and preceded a bout of song-writing by his sons that's revealingly autobiographical, culminating in last year's well-received River of Flowers, their fifth album as Dog Trumpet, the duo they formed 21 several years ago.