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Tony McPhee obituary

Influential British blues guitarist and singer with the rock band the Groundhogs

The Guardian - UK

The Groundhogs guitarist and frontman Tony McPhee dies aged 79

The influential British rock guitarist backed John Lee Hooker, recorded with Jimmy Page and played with Eric Clapton and John Mayall

Guitar World

How a psychotic reaction inspired The Groundhogs' revolutionary classic Split

In 1971 The Groundhogs released Split, a savage, four-part suite titled documenting a traumatic brush with drugs experienced by frontman Tony McPhee

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Tony McPhee, singer and guitarist for rock band the Groundhogs, dies aged 79

Musician who led acclaimed band on and off between 1962 and 2015 – and scored three UK top 10 albums – had suffered a fall last year and a series of strokes

The Guardian - UK

"When he felt the spirit, he was untouchable" – the story of Bluesbreakers with Eric Clapton and Peter Green

Two legendary players. Two near-mythical Les Pauls. Two all-time-great blues albums and the greatest guitar handover in blues history

MusicRadar

Christine McVie used to play at the blues night we ran as teenagers. We were all besotted

We’d book Chicken Shack in a room above a pub for £30. And in a male-dominated scene, the shy singer proved her worth with a magical voice

The Guardian - UK

How the Red Hot Chili Peppers rediscovered the best version of themselves

LOS ANGELES — Dressed in the signature colors of the basketball team he loves — loves even when the team pains him as it has over the last few months — Flea comes roaring into the parking lot of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' Van Nuys rehearsal space astride a…

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