The Hamhandel project began in 1980; The exact day has been subject of controversy. Early on they were called, The Lee Brothers. T’aint and Earl Leigh did a lot of jamming early on and vaulted seamlessly into their writing phase. For over 40 years, The Lee Brothers have been playing and composing whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. No genres were ignored.
After recording, The Battle of Ole Factory, Earl Leigh had to hang up his skates. It hurt him vocally and rather than press on with low quality vocals he decided to retire to his beloved alpaca farm in Montana.
T’aint and Earl met Yorg Rinker in 1995, shortly after Yorg’s band, Tools of Ignorance disbanded. He had been a valuable music advisor to the brothers and it was only fitting that he should take over for Earl.
Because much of the music is held up in legal battles with a shady record company, T'aint Lee decided to join Earl in Montana. Wanting to continue to have the music heard, T'aint chose as his successor, Tom Lewandowski, a long time working partner to Yorg and occasional Lee Brothers collaborator.
They have finally been given permission to move the Lee Brothers forward to release music under the name, HAMHANDEL.
New music is out, which you can find by clicking the, LISTEN HERE button.
