Trees (band)

Trees
Trees, circa 1970. Left to right: Bias Boshell, Celia Humphris, Barry Clarke, Unwin Brown, and David Costa
Trees, circa 1970.
Left to right: Bias Boshell, Celia Humphris, Barry Clarke, Unwin Brown, and David Costa
Background information
OriginLondon, England
GenresFolk rock, psychedelic folk, progressive folk, progressive rock
Years active
  • 1969-1972
  • 2008
LabelsCBS, BGO, Sony BMG, Sunbeam, Habla
Past membersCelia Humphris
Barry Clarke
David Costa
Bias Boshell
Unwin Brown
Barry Lyons
Alun Eden
Chuck Fleming

Trees was a British folk rock band recording and touring throughout 1969, 1970 and 1971, reforming briefly to continue performing throughout 1972. Although the group met with little commercial success in their time, the reputation of the band has grown over the years, and underwent a renaissance in 2007 following Gnarls Barkley's sampling of the track "Geordie" (from Trees’ second album On The Shore) on the title track of their multi-million selling album St. Elsewhere.