GROUNDHOGS

Formed: 1963, ENG - Disbanded: 1966
Reformed: 1968, ENG - Disbanded: 1974
Reformed: 1976, ENG - Disbanded: 1977
Reformed: 1984, ENG

Leader of the band:
Tony McPHEE
Born: Anthony Charles McPhee - March 23, 1944, Humberston, Lincolnshire, ENG
Instrument: guitar, vocals
Bands: The Dollarbills (early 60s), John Lee's Groundhogs (1963-66), Herbal Mixture (1966-67), John Dummer Blues Band (1967-68), The Groundhogs (1968-74, 1976-77, 1984-), Terraplane (1977-83), Tony McPhee Band (1983-84)

Played with: John Lee Hooker (1965: tour, album), Champion Jack Dupree (1966-67: tour, album), Big Joe Williams (1968: tour, album), Billy Boy Arnold (tour, album: 1977)

Discography:

SCRATCHING THE SURFACE 1968
BLUES OBITUARY 1969
THANK CHRIST FOR THE BOMB 1970
SPLIT 1971
WHO WILL SAVE THE WORLD 1972
HOGWASH 1972
SOLID 1974
CROSSCUT SAW 1976
BLACK DIAMOND 1976
RAZORS EDGE 1985
BACK AGAINST THE WALL 1987
HOGS ON THE ROAD (Live in Germany, December 1987, later reissued as “Extremely Live”) 1988
GROUNDHOG NIGHT
(Live at the Marquee, April 21, 1993; later reissued as "Eccentric Man", "In Concert", "Groundhog Blues")
1993
WHO SAID CHERRY RED 1996
HOGS IN WOLF'S CLOTHING 1998
LIVE AT THE ASTORIA (CD+Video; Live in London, February 20, 1998) 1998
THE MUDDY WATERS SONG BOOK 1999

Albums which released later than the recording date:

PLEASE LEAVE MY MIND (Singles from Herbal Mixture & Groundhogs) 1965-66
LIVE AT THE BBC 1968-71
ON AIR (Sessions from 1970-71 & Live in Paris, December 7, 1972) 1970-72
LIVE AT LEEDS (Live at Leeds University, April 13, 1971; originally released as promo LP) 1971
HOGGIN’ THE STAGE (Released in 1984; later released as "Boogie with Us") 1971/76
BBC RADIO ONE LIVE IN CONCERT (Live on February 24, 1972 & May 23, 1974) 1972/74
SHADOWS (Recorded at WMC Radio Studios, California) 1972
U. S. TOUR '72 (BBC sessions; It is rwrongly titled - recorded in London?) 1972
DOWN ON THE GROUND (Live at BBC; released only in Australia in 1980) 1974
U. K. TOUR '76 (Live in Derby, England) 1976
NO SURRENDER (Live in Gravesend, Kent, England - Released in 1989) 1985
THE LOST TAPES 1 (Live in London) 1989
THE LOST TAPES 2 (Live in Milan) 1994

DVD:

60/40 SPLIT 2004

Tony McPhee solo:

ME AND THE DEVIL (with Jo-Ann Kelly) 1968
I ASKED FOR WATER, SHE GAVE ME GASOLINE (Compilation with other artists) 1969
SAME THING ON THEIR MINDS (Compilation from "Me and the Devil" & "I Asked...") 1971
THE TWO SIDES OF TONY McPHEE 1973
THE BLUES AND THE BEAST 1991
FOOLISH PRIDE 1993
SLIDE T. S. SLIDE (Studio+Live; Live tracks recorded in Austria, 1993) 1996
BLEACHIN’ THE BLUES 1997
LIVE IN POLAND 2000
BLUES AT TEN (with Joanna Deacon) 2004

Tony McPhee as backing musician:

John Lee Hooker: AND SEVEN NIGHTS
(Released under a lot of title: "The 1965 London Sessions", "Hooker & the Hogs", "Shake It Baby")
1965
Champion Jack Dupree: FROM NEW ORLEANS TO CHICAGO 1966
Champion Jack Dupree: DUPREE 'N' McPHEE 1967
Eddie Boyd: AND HIS BLUES BAND (US title: "Dust My Broom") 1967
Big Joe Williams: HAND ME DOWN MY OLD WALKING STICK 1968
Hapshash and the Coloured Coat: WESTERN FLIER 1968
John Dummer Blues Band: CABAL 1969
Billy Boy Arnold: CHECKIN’ IT OUT (Later released as "Catfish") 1977
Mike Batt: TAROT SWEET 1979

 

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