| 词条 | The Groundhogs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = The Groundhogs | image = Tony McPhee of The Groundhogs at The Sir George Robey, North London 1991.jpg | caption = McPhee with The Groundhogs, London, September 1991 | background = group_or_band | origin = England | genre = Blues rock,[1] British blues,[2] acid rock,[2] progressive rock[2] | years_active = 1963–present | label = Fire Liberty United Artists | current_members = Tony McPhee Dave Anderson Joanna Deacon Carl Stokes | past_members = }} The Groundhogs are a British rock band founded in late 1963, that toured extensively in the 1960s, achieved prominence in the early 1970s and continued sporadically into the 21st century. Tony McPhee (guitar and vocals) is the sole constant member of the group, which has gone through many personnel changes but usually records and performs as a power trio. CareerThe band was originally formed as The Dollar Bills in New Cross, London in 1962 by brothers Pete and John Cruickshank (born in 1943 and 1945 respectively[5] in Calcutta, West Bengal, India). Tony McPhee (born 1944), the lead guitarist in an instrumental group called the Shcenuals, joined the group later that same year. McPhee steered them towards the blues and renamed them after a John Lee Hooker song, "Groundhog's Blues". John Cruickshank suggested they became John Lee's Groundhogs when they backed John Lee Hooker on his 1964 UK tour: they later supplemented Little Walter, Jimmy Reed and Champion Jack Dupree when they toured the UK. McPhee featured on Dupree's From New Orleans to Chicago (1966) alongside Eric Clapton. The Groundhogs issued "Shake It" b/w "Rock Me" on the Interphon record label in January 1965. Their line-up on their first album, Scratchin' the Surface, (produced by the 19-year old Head Of A&R for Liberty Records, Mike Batt) released in November 1968,[3] consisted of McPhee as singer and guitarist; bassist Peter Cruickshank (born 2 July 1945,[3] in Calcutta), Ken Pustelnik on drums (born 13 March 1946 on a farm near Blairgowrie, Angus, Scotland) and Steve Rye on harmonica (born 8 March 1946 in London – died 19 July 1992, in London). In 1969, the single "B.D.D." (Blind Deaf Dumb) flopped in the UK but hit number one in Lebanon.[3] The group's album releases Thank Christ for the Bomb (May 1970); Split (March 1971); and Who Will Save the World? The Mighty Groundhogs (March 1972), recorded as a trio without Rye, all reached the Top 10 in the UK Albums Chart.[9] Split reached number 5, spending 27 weeks in the UK Albums Chart and achieved gold record status, while a single release from the album, "Cherry Red", was featured on BBC Television's Top of the Pops programme on 22 April 1971.[3] They supported The Rolling Stones on their 1971 British tour at the request of Mick Jagger and released an album of their live set on the Stones tour, recorded at Leeds University and called Live at Leeds. All these albums and live shows were performed by the classic power trio of Cruickshank, McPhee and Pustelnik. 1974's album Solid saw a last return to the charts.[3] After breaking up in 1974, they returned in 1975 with a different line-up. Two albums, Crosscut Saw and Black Diamond, were released in 1976. At times in the 1990s, McPhee alternated two line-ups. After years of performing and recording for a loyal following, original manager Roy Fisher put together a short-lived 'original line-up' to celebrate their fortieth anniversary. McPhee left the band again in order to pursue an acoustic career, leaving Cruickshank and Pustelnik to continue, subsequently forming 'The Groundhogs Rhythm Section' with invited frontmen, latterly with Eddie Martin, while McPhee embarked on a major tour in 2004 with Edgar Winter and Alvin Lee and issued an acoustic blues album Blues at Ten. McPhee put together a new band in 2007, with long-time Groundhogs bassist Dave Anderson (ex-Hawkwind) and Marco Anderson on drums. This trio toured the UK in 2008 with Focus and Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash. The 2009 line-up of Tony McPhee's Groundhogs comprised McPhee, Anderson and previous long-term drummer Mick Jones. The Groundhogs Rhythm Section's latest recruits, Bob Bowles (guitar, vocals) and Jon Buckett (guitars, keyboards, vocals), joined Ken Pustelnik and Pete Cruickshank in February 2011.[4] As of 2011, the new Groundhogs' lineup consisted of McPhee, Anderson, Joanna Deacon (vocals), and Carl Stokes (drums) from the death rock band 'Cancer'.[5] Due to McPhee's ongoing health issues relating to a stroke in 2009, Tony McPhee & The Groundhogs retired in January 2014 although Tony McPhee & Carl Stokes have since worked with David Tibet's 'Current '93. PersonnelMembers{{unreferenced section|date=September 2016}}
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DiscographyAlbumsas The Groundhogs: Studio albums
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References1. ^{{cite book|first=Nigel|last=Williamson|authorlink=Nigel Williamson|title=The Rough Guide to the Blues|year=2007|publisher=Rough Guides|page=178|isbn=1-84353-519-X}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite web|first= Richie |last= Unterberger |authorlink= Richie Unterberger |title= Groundhogs – Artist Biography |publisher= AllMusic. All Media Network |accessdate= 28 October 2016 |url= http://www.allmusic.com/artist/groundhogs-mn0000074115/biography}} 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite book| first= Martin C.| last= Strong| year= 2000| title= The Great Rock Discography| edition= 5th| publisher= Mojo Books | location= Edinburgh| pages= 405–406| isbn= 1-84195-017-3}} 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.riffsbar.com/gig-guide/2011/02/176/blues-night-bob-bowles-with-the-legendary-groundhogs-rhythm-section/ |title=Blues Night: BOB BOWLES with the legendary GROUNDHOGS Rhythm Section! - Saturday 19 February 2011 at 19:30 | Gig Guide | Riffs Bar - Live Originals & Covers Music Venue in Swindon, Wiltshire |publisher=Riffs Bar |date=2011-02-19 |accessdate=2012-03-07}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thegroundhogs.co.uk/41%20years.html |title=The Groundhogs Archive |publisher=Thegroundhogs.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2012-03-07}} 6. ^There may be an issue with this listing. The Groundhogs official website http://www.thegroundhogs.co.uk/41%20years.html does not list Chaz Depaolo as being with them as a member. It also lists these people for collaborations: John Lee Hooker, Jo Anne Kelly, Dave Kelly, Champion Jack Dupree, Eddy Boyd, Big Joe Williams, Hapshash & the Coloured Coat, John Dummer Band, Andy Fernbach, Mike Batt, Billy Boy Arnold, Blue Cheer, Amon Duul, Yorkshire Chamber Choir, Dick Heckstall-Smith.The UK Scarborough News has articles about Depaolo using the rhythm section of The Groundhogs for some short tours in the UK. He had Ken Pustelnik and Pete Cruickshank back him for a few tours. http://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/what-s-on/gigs-music/as-printed-in-the-scarborough-evening-news-on-8-december-1-1489220#ixzz427XZQvN4 7. ^1 {{cite book| first= David| last= Roberts| year= 2006| title= British Hit Singles & Albums| edition= 19th| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London| isbn= 1-904994-10-5| page= 237}}
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