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Anthony Charles McPhee (23 March 1944 – 6 June 2023) was an English guitarist and singer. He was the founder of the British blues and rock music band the Groundhogs.
The Groundhogs backed Dupree and John Lee Hooker on UK concerts in the mid-1960s. The band evolved into a blues-rock trio that produced three UK Top 10 albums in the UK in the early 1970s.They continued to play in various line-ups until, McPhee retired in 2014.2024 update by Joanna Deacon Tony McPhee's widow
In 1973, McPhee released a solo album titled The Two Sides of Tony (T.S.) McPhee. Side A of this record is blues rock, and Side B is a single psychedelic art rock electronic composition in four movements, featuring Arp 2600 synthesizers, electric piano, and The Rhythm Ace drum synthesizer. Entitled The Hunt, it explores McPhee's strong stance against fox and stag hunting. (2025). 9780956865205, Incompetent Publishing. ISBN 9780956865205 McPhee also released many other solo acoustic blues records, as well as duets with Jo Ann Kelly.
Apart from the Groundhogs, McPhee played with Herbal Mixture, the John Dummer Band, Hapshash and the Coloured Coat, Tony McPhee's Terraplane, Tony McPhee's Turbo, the Tony McPhee Band, and Current 93.
McPhee's definitive biography, written by Paul Freestone, was published in 2012.
McPhee died on 6 June 2023 of complications from a fall that occurred the previous year. He was 79.
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