Groundhogs - Cherry Red

[bitumen40]

@guyithie i couldnt have said it better myself ! i like you already !! i only heard Hisingen blues because a friend of mine gave me a freebie sampler CD and it was basically the only track that made my jaw drop and my eyes to gaze lovingly at my Tannoys! Total nectar for the ears.!

[bitumen40]

@SneakyTechno. lend an ear to Hisingens blues by Graveyard. i was blown away by how good it was and to its similarity to The Groundhogs. ;)

[SneakyTechno]

@bitumen40 yes quite similar, its the off beat on the drum back beat snare, guitars pretty much same echo etc thanks

[bitumen40]

I love The Groundhogs. i was virtually raised on them and Gentle Giant and the like! Has anyone listened to Graveyard? they sound so similar to The Groundhogs.

[SneakyTechno]

@bitumen40 i never heard them, glad you liked the video

[guyithie]

@bitumen40 Graveyard is an extraordinary band, Hisingen Blues single handedly restored my faith in modern music and now The Groundhogs have only increased my love for awesome late sixties-early seventies bands.

[jacksbackband]

All those short term memory losses came flooding back!

[jonathansorchard]

Saw the Grondhogs twice at the Winter Gardens, Weston super mare in the early seventies. Tony McPhee was a genius on the guitar.

[SWELLTECHNO]

@TheSecondSkateteam Explain please

[marcusv1nicius]

@SWELLTECHNO It's a pro skateboarder, Dylan Rieder, he used this song in his Transworld Mag A Time To Shine video part.

[darksatelite01]

the best on youtube!

[sneakyuploader]

@darksatelite01 many thanks my friend !!

[keithmarland]

loved it when they played this live on totp in the 70s..the look on the faces of the audience was just brilliant...still sounds immense to this day..thanks for posting....and if anyone knows where the totp performance is...?

[SWELLTECHNO]

@keithmarland I did not know they played TOTP`s

[chefsammiles]

"Dawn of Man" 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 American epic science fiction film produced and directed by Stanley Kubrick, and co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. ...Groundhogs - Cherry Red is an epic piece of rock history The Groundhogs fronted by Tony McPhee on Guitar and Vocals were a top Progressive Blues Rock Group. Emerging in the early sixties as a blues band, noted for backing visiting American Blues Artists such as John Lee Hooker.

[SWELLTECHNO]

@chefsammiles Glad you liked the video, spot on with the info, have a great day !!!

sNEakY

[chefsammiles]

@SWELLTECHNO i checked out yourtube, brilliant!, i don't have the anything,lol . if you like prog retro music check out my profile on "last fm" chefsam57, rock on

[universalself]

luv this +.it sounds really current

[MLGxSLasH]

EPIC Bluesy riff

[CyValkarion]

Finally got to see this movie. It ended and I said, "I didn't understand any of that." My dad went, "Guess you had to be there."

Freakin amazing song by an amazing band. Keep this stuff alive!

[silentstrelok]

Cheers, Mr. Kubrick...

[joyceeslillad]

Ace video,just like me and my mates on a saturday night,then and now ha ha ha

[theRADteepee]

duude, i thought earthless was the first to do this song. Groundhogs rule!

[mattgolafilms]

fucking amazing video.

[SWELLTECHNO]

@mattgolafilms Cheers bud

[stormsurfer5650]

One of my old favourites and fucking wickeder than when I used to listen as a teenager - brilliant!!

[SWELLTECHNO]

@stormsurfer5650 Thanks mate

[stevewilks99]

awsome track

[SWELLTECHNO]

@stevewilks99 Thanks Steve

[hallo403]

which album is this song?

[SWELLTECHNO]

@hallo403 It`s from the `Split` album, glad you liked it !!!

[stevewilks99]

brilliant band

[19stuart73]

Gotta love T S Mcphee and the groundhogs

[SWELLTECHNO]

@19stuart73 awesome

[micmacmoc]

Nicely done, superb!

[SWELLTECHNO]

@micmacmoc Thanks very much

[SWELLTECHNO]

@micmacmoc Cheers

[ProjectX3]

@SWELLTECHNO MANNO!!!! That was the BEST Five minutes and forty four seconds I've had for a long time! I've known this song for years but have only just thought of it and I found this version, and am I pleased I did.

VERY WELL PUT TOGETHER SIR. :-) 100,000 out of ten! Many Thanks to you.

[SWELLTECHNO]

@ProjectX3 Great comment, I am so pleased .Thankyou kindly

[mswinhoe]

So good

[itsstillfriday]

Incredible SONG! and the video fits perfectly!

I hope the masses never discover this.. I never want to flip thru the dial, and hear an edited version of this being exploited on a crappy "Classic Rock" station. during a "50-minute rock-block".. I would dread hearing this in between "Take the Money and Run" and "Sweet Home Alabama" :-O BARF!! Thanks for posting this vid!.. (but let's just keep the Groundhogs as our eclectic secret!) :-)

[SWELLTECHNO]

@itsstillfriday Yes I hate those kind of edits, the adverts that strip away th heart of the song and think they are being clever, but the morons that listen dont even know where the cuts are, and when hearing the original by chance one day they think that is the wrong one, Brainwashed by the Media, frightening culture shock

[triplettam]

@itsstillfriday I have everything they ever did and I'm pretty sure they'll never be played on "Classic Radio." All they have is the same top 40 lists they had years ago. I'm pretty sure the Groundhogs secret is safe with us (although I turn everyone on to them that I can). Slainte!.

[SWELLTECHNO]

@triplettam mums the word !!

[Fitzybabe65]

@itsstillfriday Why would you not want other people to hear this?

[skatethehouse999]

love the video

[pamurrayhead]

great video to with it from 2001. these guys really are underrated just like rory gallagher

[SWELLTECHNO]

@pamurrayhead i love both of them. thanks for the comment

[rogerstill71]

@SWELLTECHNO They ARE the epitome of blues/rock, aren't they? I could listen to them both all day. Thanks for posting this!

[SWELLTECHNO]

@rogerstill71 your`e welcome I agree 100%

[ericgandalph]

The amazing Tony McPhee and the Groundhogs played lots of smaller venues and I totally agree these guys rock.I saw them first at The Bolton Institute of Technology in1976 and they brought the place to a mesmerised silence. Wonder wherethey are now!

[SWELLTECHNO]

@ericgandalph ☺

[desperatedecay]

"They lyrics could possibly be.... Until I turned to look on your night "

and I thought it said....

'daylight turned to the dark of night....'

Seriously amazing song!

[SWELLTECHNO]

@desperatedecay The lyrics are posted in the more info section , but thanks for the interpritation and good comment ☺

[SWELLTECHNO]

@acupunk74 No mate its the groundhogs, nothing to do with Peter Green, sorry to dissapoint ☺

[LORDoftheMONGEESE]

kickass

[sneakyuploader]

@LORDoftheMONGEESE The most dynamic track , cool ☺

[withnailus]

Wonderful video Wayne, works like a dream with the music

[SWELLTECHNO]

@withnailus This was the end video of the first 4 videos from the album Split part1-4

and incorperates all the other videos played at doublespeed sometimes threetimes but still a sync has been achieved , thanks Matt

[ottgooroth]

now i know wgo the white stripes are ripping off

[sneakyuploader]

@ottgooroth LOL, I suppose they could do worse !! Thanks my friend (SwellTechno creator) sNEaKY ☺

[cartiledge]

Very well done chaps.

[sneakyuploads]

@cartiledge you are welcome

[shredmunga]

i remember the groundhogs faling to play at the buxton outdoor festival in the early 70s - i was sixteen and gutted

[5WE11]

@shredmunga i would have been too At least their music will live longer than us :¬{

[gitinternational]

Man I was just looking for an old song and the I see you vid, I seen that film so many times and you just made it better, freeking brilliant

[sneakyuploads]

Nice comment, i am pleased I made it better, you will never watch it the same again!!! thanks to the groundhogs and me. Cheers man (swelltechno)

[eljefekief]

Haha, this video works so well with the line "as she turned around she had a crafty look in her eye". Sounds sped up like the video!

[SWELLTECHNO]

@eljefekief Thanks glad you liked the video .

Wayne (SwellMusik) ☺

[abominabletreachery]

... falling in love with the blues all over again

[SWELLTECHNO]

@abominabletreachery This has got to have the best lead break in guitar history, not only the lead guitar but also the bass was phenominal !!!!! ☺

[GrowcottPeter]

I wonder if Tony and Co. remember playing Wolverhampton Civic Hall around 1972/73?? One of the best moments of my life.

Also saw Queen around the same time as a support band for Mott the Hoople. Happy days...

[moondayglo]

i wonder if they recall cancelling their leeds town hall gig 73/74 too - one of the worst moments of my (gig) life. i saw queen with mott there too, sahb, hunter/ronson, rory gallagher loooong ago....

cool vidwork btw, great seeing ancient classics given new life man

[SWELLTECHNO]

@moondayglo Cheers man, I get a lot of pleasure from seeing peeps enjoying my videos .many Thanks ☺

[SWELLTECHNO]

@GrowcottPeter I saw them a little later in around 74 maybe at Brum Town Hall , they did a bit od Hogwash amongst other stuff cherry red split part 2 ,, its ages ago but was awesome !!!!

[Drblooter99]

I always thought Split (including Cherry Red) was about a psychotic murdering maniac. That's partly cos of TS mangling his own lyrics. But I found out recently it's about a long panic attack and general weird-out he had in 1970.

[GrowcottPeter]

Many thanks for this.

I bought Split when when I was still at school in the early seventies. The words for Cheery Red were always a complete mystery until now! (No-one manages to mangle a lyric quite like Tony McPhee) I also saw 2001 Space Odessey when it first came out and that too left me totally baffled.

I would still rate Split as one of the best & most original heavy rock records of all time. I still play it in the car today.

[SWELLTECHNO]

@GrowcottPeter Thanks Pete ☺

[urkmister]

saw thaem at green's playhouse in Glasgow 1974 ........ played TCFTB all the way through + this .... awesome ........ next week "yan ackerman" and focus .... times they are a changin... sigh

[TheTwinsofEvil]

Yep they don`t make em like they used to do, all we can do is spread the good stuff about,, please share thanks so much !

[Barttousai]

Awesome video, I've only heard the Earthless cover, but I think I'll search some more of the Groundhogs sometime soon.

Love the 2001 clips.

[SWELLTECHNO]

You won`t be dissapointed

[storkdork]

The lyrics are really great. I think this is accurate (not enough space for whole thing) -

--- ok until ---

When the moon rise this evening, you turn round in your bed

The warmth of my body will heat you, make your blood run

All next day I waited for her return but she didn't show,

The daylight turned to the dark of night,

I said please come soon, still there was no sign,

(But) As the dawn returned I knew that look in her eye was just a lie

-- repeat --

[SWELLTECHNO]

Thanks for that storky

[Drblooter99]

Yes those words sound right. Now the gibberish lyric I've had in my head for 40 years has been wiped and replaced by the correct version. I'm not sure I didn't lose something important...

[SWELLTECHNO]

@Drblooter99 I felt exactly the same, but I soon forgot the correct words and reverted to what I thought he said LOL

SwellTechno

[Drblooter99]

Yes you're right, Swelltechno. Amazingly I seem to have already forgotten most of the correct words -- and I'll avoid seeing them again. I like my gibberish version!

[GMPNY]

Wow! A step back in time, great sound, thanks for sending it Fred :-)

[SWELLTECHNO]

Thankyou

[comikdebris]

THIS A GREAT SONG BY A GREAT BAND!

music now has no soul it's been ripped out by the record companies

kids today have all been brainwashed to believe crap is good

[SWELLTECHNO]

Absolute Truth !!!

[matbluesman]

Great song, great goup and nice vid!

[swellmusik]

Cheers

[OrionDive]

That's fuckin' awesome! The video is also great ;-)

[swellmusik]

Thanks Mate !!!

[wez740]

hey swell yeah i like it another awesome video mate

[CheekyUploads]

Thanks Wez

[richardsdead]

why have i not heard this???? holy shit man. this band is KILLER. hail to the 70's. nuff said.

[SWELLTECHNO]

There is stuff from then that is just magic, blows away so called music of today, mainstream sucks big time, Thanks for the great comment sir richard, you are a gent

[mypartyshop]

drooling 10/10

[SWELLTECHNO]

Thanks 57 Hienz

[SunsetScotty]

Wow! I remember trying to transcribe these lyrics a few years ago and posting my attempt on a bulletin board. If I'm not mistaken it looks like you went with my interpretation! However, I believe the other poster was right when he said that the last 'chorus' is "as the dawn returned the look in her eye was just a lie". Send me a msg if you want my most updated version.

Anyway, great video for a great song!

[swellmusik]

Thx great name !! its all great stuff, glad you like my video too !!! Cheers Scotty

[thrillseeker70]

Man this is fuckin superb !!, a total fuckin trip, and the monkeys are just too fuckin cool brother !!.

[swellmusik]

Yes, Monkey business speaks for itself, Top Man..

THX ( I am SwellTechno aSwell)

[NatSatFat]

Your Vids are outstanding, so inkeeping with this specialist 70's music, Tony should have used these images projected behind hem when the Hogs were doing gigs early in their life

Great stuff, could do with a good version of Garden, Eccentric Man and Rich Man

[swellmusik]

Nice , no time but will consider for the future , ran out of images on this filum, that were usable high 5 for your imaginitive skillfull observations

[WizzSpell]

I've never heard this song before but I love it. And the video goes to it very well. 2001 - A favourite film of mine. Nice one!  :)

[swellmusik]

Thanks Mr Wizz

[Islwynpaul]

Saw them twice about the time of Thank Christ.. Saw them again in the Patti pavilion about 3years ago. Great memories.

[swellmusik]

me too, at the Birmingham Town Hall around 75 76 maybee, still got the ticket stub somewhere lol nice comment(I made this video) cheers

[Gnobbee]

swellmusik many apologies for not getting back to you.. what i meant in my earlier post, was that I'm pretty sure i saw them in a pub up the foleshill road in Coventry(midlands) @ 1974.. the album Split, I bought in 1972/3.. I was 15/16.. but it was a bum pressing.. (not a steel needle on my stereo)lol.. it wore out.. hope that clears the "cov" thing up. Also.. your vids are sooo apt to their music.. keep it up dude. :) also.. its not like email is it here? this is the only way to reply? later

[swellmusik]

My email is on my channel , LHS , you will become more savi as time goes by THX for your comment

[Capupatio]

Check out the Earthless version of this.

[swellmusik]

I did it !!! thanks they are great

[chrissyarry]

Used to groove to this when I was about 16, 1971.....fantastic

[SWELLTECHNO]

Snap !! You sound groovy .............x

[deathpigeon69]

Lyrics VERY close - the last 'chorus' is "as the dawn returned the look in her eye was just a lie"...

[swellmusik]

Ah, now we know , thanks for that, glad you like my video which I cobbled together over the course of a day.

[groundhog1955]

Thanks for posting this,love the video link . Brings back memories of great days.

NICE ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[swellmusik]

Hope you clicked the Hog stereo button

on the left,,,Thanks for the Kind comment

[jonny6570]

if a mark thomas is watching this this is the beak?

[rupturedtesticle]

YYYYEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!! That was awesome.... Great fuckin job.

[swellmusik]

Thanks for the comment

[jaffa942]

this is a rockin track & the vid is well cool

love the groundhogs the fabulous t.s Mcphee is in my opinion one of the best guitar players ever he is up there with the very best

[SWELLTECHNO]

Thanks for the comment, glad you like my video sync ...I guess you have seen the others and thanks again

[experiencedspirit]

Cherry Red was the name of Tony's Cherry Red Gibson SG....GROUNDHOGS 4EVER!!

[SWELLTECHNO]

Thanx for jogging my memory

[silverdale247]

Very very cool!

I have to be honest here dude, I've never heard of the group, but I will be checking them out on YT. Also, I'm a film buff but have never seen 2001 through to the end (I know, shoot me! :), always fell asleep!

TY for the share bro!

[SWELLTECHNO]

Groundhogs are an old favourite of mine from the early 70`s their albums are hot stuff with Tony MacPhee on Guitar,Pete Cruikshank on Bass and my friend(onYT)Ken Pustlenik on the drums...Unbelievable...If you watch The Split Videos I made I doubt if you will have time to fall asleep ...thanks for the comment speak to you soon SwellTechno

[CYFAWS]

Brilliant, thanks for uploading this! What are their best albums?

[SWELLTECHNO]

Youre welcome ,`Split`.....

`Who will save the World`.....

and `Thank Christ for the Bomb` in my opinion were the best, in that order

[experiencedspirit]

Don't forget Hogwash,Solid and the Wicked Crosscut Saw/Black Diamond...all great!!

[SWELLTECHNO]

I put HOG STEREO link

[arkwright23]

the 1st band I saw was the Groundhogs at Manchester Free Trade hall 1970. I was just 14 and loved every minute

[SWELLTECHNO]

Well they had just done the album Hogwash and they played Birmingham Townhall...that was awesome and unforgettable...I think it was maybe 1974-5 ish

[JonBournemouth]

@arkwright23

Many years ago the Groundhogs performed in the Student Union bar at Chelmsford College, it was a fantastic night, and I got to buy Tony McPhee a pint.

[SWELLTECHNO]

@JonBournemouth Fantastic memory, thanks for sharing your night. !!! I saw him play at Birmingham Town Hall in the late seventies, and they performed HogWash, cherry red and few other classics , they were the best sound ever !!!

[Blacklightroom]

kool goes with the premise and tempo.

peaze

joe

[SWELLTECHNO]

Thanx ..Its a shame UMG dont pick up on this set of videos...I have the whole album in HQ on file just waiting...So far they have only found the track ¬Ground Hog¬ Ah well ,one can only live in hope cause trying to contact these dudes, is like getting blood from a stone, unless your name is Mick

[CytoplasmicNanobots]

.....saw these in 90 80 sometin dunno i wiz stond dude but they wiz great man. Cherry red live is beyond words man beyond .....and we waz bbblllaaazziiinnnn hheeheheh

[SWELLTECHNO]

Peace

[ELGROOVER]

Sound! The Stanley 'hurry up' is effective too.

Groundhogs are on UK tour right now this October, with Wishbone Ash and Focus. Got to c@ch a gig..yea : )

[SWELLTECHNO]

Thats the crazy break the guitar is wild with frenzy and mind blowin ...I love all these bands from yesterday...I hasten to add not much from today...its all much of a muchness and now the charts have dissapeared the crap has got crapper hehehe all we have left are fragmented memories, which I hope to embelish for everyone Thanx

[genesisrock43]

saw the show last night at northampton, blew my mind!

[SWELLTECHNO]

I am jealous... tell me more

[genesisrock43]

Whats there to say apart from..OH MY FREAKIN' GOD! Grounghogs started the show, spot on the money but I thing Tony may have had quite a few intoxicants as I couldn't hear a word he said:) Then Wishbone ash came on, mainly with stuff from Argus and really had the crowd hanging on to every note of 'the warrior'. But Focus...wow, All the classics: house of the king, Sylvia, Hocus Pocus but they also did some stuff from Focus 9 which was incredible.Thijs Van Leer and Pierre van der Linden are genius

[SWELLTECHNO]

wot did groundhogs play ?

[wispygalaxy]

Fantastic visuals and music!

[SWELLTECHNO]

Thanks Wispy x

[HRHMabs]

Fantastic work. Love it :)

[Efrasnel]

Woow...2001 really fits the music. Better than Pink Floyd + Wizard of Oz!

[SWELLTECHNO]

It fits because I made the video......It took ages...but also the theme of 2001 ie.. the PRIMATIVE APES and MODERN MAN , realises the Split meaning of Tony MacPhee `s musical masterpiece