{"product_id":"groundhogs-the-blues-obituary-2025-repress","title":"Groundhogs, The - Blues Obituary (2025 Repress)","description":"The second studio album from The Groundhogs, now slimmed to the classic three piece line up of Tony TS McPhee on guitar, Pete Cruikshank on bass and Ken Pestelnik on drums. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe beginning of their domination as the hardest working band on the circuit, a testament to their creativity as they re-tooled the blues into a neo-psyche groove. Breaking from their traditional influences, the first stepping stone for the power trio who would blossom with ‘Thank Christ For the Bomb’, ‘Split’ and ‘Who Will Save The World?’. Inspired by a Yardbirds’ freak out, hearing authentic Indian drumming and the magic that existed between this legendary trio, ‘\u003ci\u003eBlues Obituary\u003c\/i\u003e’ is a juggernaut of riffs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAccording to Tony in Zig Zag’s John Tobler’s sleeve notes to the 1987 re-issue of ‘\u003ci\u003eBlues Obituary\u003c\/i\u003e’, it was\nthe BBC’s John Peel producer, John Walters, that forced the band’s hand. “He decided he hated the blues,” McPhee told Tobler, “We figured it was time to get away from it.” “A deep excursion into musical depths further down than Canned Heat ever dared go.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reissue also includes a mono-friendly single cut of ‘BDD’ plus its original B-side ‘Gasoline’, an aching solo Tony TS McPhee track.","brand":"Fire Records","offers":[{"title":"Gold LP","offer_id":50650592051478,"sku":"RMX-57848","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/7750\/2998\/files\/cb9de1300102849406f38850e412413f.jpg?v=1761574639","url":"https:\/\/resident-music-uk.myshopify.com\/products\/groundhogs-the-blues-obituary-2025-repress","provider":"Resident Music UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}