The Groundhogs

Genres:	Blues • Music Videos & Concerts • Pop / Rock
Descriptive "tags":	blues • rock • psychedelic • 60s • guitar • classic rock • psychedelic blues • underrated to hell
Decades Active:	1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s
Links online:	BBC Music • Discography • Fan Page • Official Homepage • Wikipedia

Biography

The original Groundhogs emerged in 1963 when struggling UK beat group the Dollarbills opted for a more stylish name; Tony McPhee (23 March 1944, Humberstone, Lincolnshire, England; guitar), John Cruickshank (vocals/harp), Bob Hall (piano), Pete Cruickshank (b. 2 July 1945, Calcutta, India; bass) and Dave Boorman (drums) also adopted a ‘John Lee’ prefix in honour of mentor John Lee Hooker, whom the quintet subsequently backed in concert and on record. John Lee’s Groundhogs recorded two singles before breaking up in 1966. McPhee completed several solo tracks with producer Mike Vernon before rejoining Pete Cruickshank in Herbal Mixture, a short-lived pseudo-psychedelic group. In 1968 the two musicians formed the core of a re-formed Groundhogs alongside Steve Rye (b. c. 1946, England, d. 19 July 1992, England; vocals/harmonica) and Ken Pustelnik (drums). The new unit made its debut with the rudimentary Scratching The Surface, but were then reduced to a...

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