#TonyMcPhee

2025-06-12

Two Sides of Tony (T.S.) McPhee Review by Mike DeGagne

..The second half of the album is comprised of "The Hunt," which is just as esoteric and sagacious as it is long and opens up with the ARP 2600 synthesizer mimicking an eerie, echoed howl of a dog in the distance. McPhee bellows and rants in a penetrating manner about the unethical nature of war and humankind's inhumanity throughout the ages, switching ever so smoothly to his abstract philosophies about the corruption of power and the mystery of fate, life, and death. Not only is his poetry forceful, but the overlapping of the electric piano and drum synthesizer shroud the piece with an ornate progressive ambience, adding a deeper sense of intrigue to his words and creating a rather bizarre electronic climate...""

youtube.com/watch?v=BRIUUBlFVZ

#tonymcphee #thegroundhogs #foxhunting #ARP2600 #spokenword #antiwar

The Two Sides of Tony (T.S.) McPhee Lp cover
David Anthonytheactivistuk
2024-11-02
Dan Kletter 🥑soundclamp@mastodon.xyz
2023-08-17

#NowPlaying Whew, this 1973 LP by #TheGroundhogs frontman #TonyMcPhee is amazing. The A-side lures you in with some straightforward blues-rock. The flip side takes you on a wild cosmic arp synth adventure. youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK

Tony McPhee (and the Groundhogs) was definitely a big part of my early rock music days and I'm sure had a lot of influence on my own playing.

I saw them on the UK college circuit many times in my teens, bloody great gigs they were.

This is a brilliant obituary in The Guardian, the guy gets it spot on.

#tonymcphee #guitarist #rock #blues

theguardian.com/music/2023/jun

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