He first performed in a duo, Dirk & Tony (1973–75) before founding two more bands, "Reo Diamond" (1975) and "T. Graham Brown's Rack of Spam" (1979).
hiː fˈɜːst pɚfˈɔːɹmd ɪn ɐ dˈuːoʊ, dˈɜːk ænd tˈoʊni nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti θɹˈiː sˈɛvənti fˈaɪv bᵻfˌoːɹ fˈaʊndɪŋ tˈuː mˈoːɹ bˈændz, "ɹˈiːoʊ dˈaɪəmənd" nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti fˈaɪv ænd "tˈiː. ɡɹˈeɪəm bɹˈaʊnz ɹˈæk ʌv spˈæm" nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɛvənti nˈaɪn.