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2009 was a shit year, not only did Dave Anderson (formerly of Hawkwind & Amon Duul) have two heart attacks, but front man, singer songwriter and legendary guitarist Tony McPhee had a stroke.
And recovery has been in slow motion, McPhees stroke took only one thing from Tony, but it was a big thing, his speech and with it day to day communication, singing and the ability to tell people to F**K off.
So never one to curl up in a corner bemoaning his fate, Tony got out all the songs and pieces he has been working on for the last 25 years and started to pull it all together, by the end of 2009 he had Jack Endino (Groundhogs fan who produced Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and pretty much anything grunge that has come out of the Seattle) over from the States, booked Dave Andersons Foel Studio and started work.
The album is waiting for the one elusive thing to set it in plastic, not the title it WILL be called 'AT THE THIRD STROKE' (seriously, Tony's own slightly warped sense of humour), not the production (Jack is still waiting in his Seattle eerie) or even the record company (long term association with 'Talking Elephant Records') BUT the singing voice of McPhee.
Not to be discouraged and by way of a kick up the bootie, we (rest of THE GROUNDHOGS & those mentioned above) have ganged up on McPhee and worked to release one track "DRY LAND' featuring Tony's pre-stroke vocals for his 67th Birthday on 23rd March.
It will be generally available as a download on itunes, play.com, Amazon etc.
We are also featuring a live performance of the track at this years gigs its one of the ones we make Tony sing (he he he, because we ARE evil : ) )
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ALBUM.... Come on McPhee, we are waiting............. : )
| MCPHEE..........THE CHAT............... |
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For specific gig information contact us at info@thegroundhogs.co.uk or subscribe to the newsletter for up to date listings and gig reports joanna@thegroundhogs.co.uk
We have a myspace site 'The Groundhogs and Tony McPhee www.myspace.com/tonymcpheethegroundhogs, If you want to have a look, there are 4 full Groundhogs tracks to listen to, including a track to download from the new album and a few pics.
I've also set up a facebook 'page' where you can become a fan and get latest comments & details....
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We also produce an occasional newsletter for those people who are interested in updates of news, gig dates, gig reports etc....If you e-mail her she can put you on the list. joanna@thegroundhogs.co.uk the list is kept in confidence and only used for this purpose.
Regards to you all
Tony McPhee & Joanna Deacon
GIGS
2011
February
Saturday 5th The Tropic at Ruislip HA4 6JQ www.tropicatruislip.co.uk
Thursday 10th Alexanders, Chester, CH1 2JW www.alexanderslive.com
April
Friday 8th Palladium Club, Bideford, EX39 2DE www.palladiumclub.co.uk tickets onsale at venue, also solo records, Barnstaple 01271 325274
and online www.ticketweb.co.uk
Saturday 9th Marrs Bar, Worcester, WR1 1TA www.marrsbar.co.uk
Friday 15th Borderline, Orange Yard, Manette St, London W1D 4JB www.rhythmgigs.com
Saturday 16th Haverhill Arts Centre, CB9 8AR www.haverhillartscentre.co.uk
Thursday 28th The Vaults, High Street, Bishops Castle, SY9 5BQ 01588 638966
Saturday 30th Area 81, Bristol, BS5 0DN area81.insane-software.co.uk
May
Friday 27th The Ferry, Glasgow, G3 8BX www.the-ferry.co.uk
Sunday 29th Barnard Castle Blues Festival, Durham
June
Thursday 2nd The Blues Kitchen, Camden High Street, NW1 7JN
www.theblueskitchen.com
Thursday 9th Sweden Rock Festival www.swedenrock.com
Sunday 12th Knust Hamburg, Germany www.knusthamburg.de
Saturday 18th Sonic Rock Solstice, Builth Wells www.sonicrocksolstice.com
July
Saturday 9th The Garage, Swansea, Whitez Snooker & Pool Club, SA2 0NP www.garagevenue.com
Friday 22nd Ludlow, Assembly Rooms, SY8 1AZ www.ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk
Thursday 28th Tony McPhee & Joanna Deacon acoustic
at Play Festival; (time to be confirmed) Workhouse, Llanfyllin, Powys www.playfestival2011.co.uk Circus, workshops, live music & dj's, indoor shows, fire shows, fun, dancing, love.
Saturday 30th, 17:30 - 20:30 Sustainable Life Festival, Meifod www.takethepowerback.org.uk
August
Sunday 7th Gig in The Park, Halesworth, Suffolk www.giginthepark.co.uk
September
Saturday 3rd Weyfest, The Rural Life Centre, Farnham, GU10 2DL www.weyfest.co.uk
October
Wednesday 5th Eel Pie Club, CABBAGE PATCH
67 London Road, Twickenham eelpieclub.com
Saturday 8th Condom Rally, Mersea Island, Nr. Colchester www.condomrally.co.uk
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joanna@thegroundhogs.co.uk
PO Box 122, Wellington, Telford, Shropshire, TF1 2XA, UK.
Joanna
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