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Active until
  
1983

Genre
  
Rock

Active from
  
1972

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Albums
  
Macon Tracks, Honest to Goodness, Pullin' Together

Members
  
Larry Howard, Dru Lombar, Joe Dan Petty

Similar
  
Wet Willie, Bonnie Bramlett, The Marshall Tucker B, Paul Hornsby, Lloyd Watson

High society grinderswitch


Grinderswitch was an American southern rock band. They recorded a number of albums for Capricorn Records in the 1970s, but never achieved the same widespread recognition enjoyed by some of the label's other artists, such as The Allman Brothers Band and Marshall Tucker Band. They also recorded for Atlantic. In the UK they are perhaps best known for their recording "Pickin' the Blues", which was used for many years by the disc jockey John Peel as the theme tune for his BBC radio shows.

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Grinderswitch mail train blues 1975


History

The nucleus of the band for most of its lifetime consisted of Paul Hornsby (keyboards), Dru Lombar (lead guitar, lead vocals), Joe Dan Petty (bass guitar, vocals), Rick Burnett (drums) and Larry Howard (guitar, vocal). The lineup for their first album was augmented by Dickey Betts (guitar) and Jai Johanny Johanson (congas). Former Elvin Bishop Band keyboardist Stephen Miller joined the band starting with their "Pullin' Together" album.

1974 Honest to Goodness (US)

Tracks:

  1. "Kiss The Blues Goodbye" - (Dru Lombar) - 4:57
  2. "Can't Keep A Good Man Down" - (Dru Lombar, Larry Howard, Joe Dan Petty, Rick Burnett) - 3:55
  3. "How The West Was Won" - (Larry Howard) - 5:23
  4. "Eighty Miles To Memphis" - (Joe Dan Petty) - 3:01
  5. "Catch A Train" - (Dru Lombar) - 4:43
  6. "Roll On Gambler" - (Larry Howard) - 5:17
  7. "Homebound" - (Dru Lombar) - 6:47
  8. "Peach County Jamboree" - (Dru Lombar) - 3:49

Bonus:

  1. "You're So Fine (live version)" - (Lance Finnie, Willie Schofield, Bob West) - 3:28
Grinderswich
  • Dru Lombar - lead and slide guitars, lead vocals
  • Larry Howard - electric and acoustic guitars
  • Joe Dan Petty - bass, backing vocals
  • Rick Burnett - drums, congas, percussion
    • Additional Personnel
  • Paul Hornsby - piano, organ, producer
  • Richard Betts - guitar (1)
  • Jaimoe (Jai Johanny Johanson) - congas (2, 3)

    • 1975 - Macon Tracks (US)

    All tracks written by Dru Lombar, Joe Dan Petty, Larry Howard and Rick Burnett except where noted.

    Side 1
    1. "Mail Train Blues" - 3:55
    2. "Put It All In Today" - 4:09
    3. "Now I'm Lovin' You" - 4:04
    4. "Happy Like Me" - 3:25
    5. "The Best I Can" - 2:53
    Side 2
    1. "Let The South Wind Blow" - 4:12
    2. "Drifter" - 4:13
    3. "Get It While It's Hot" - 3:30
    4. "Pickin' The Blues" - (Lloyd Copas) - 5:01 This song is credited to Cowboy Copas on the album, but Dru later said it was actually an Elmore James jam.

    Personnel

    Grinderswitch
  • Dru Lombar - lead and slide guitar, lead vocals
  • Larry Howard - lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Joe Dan Petty - bass, backing vocals
  • Rick Burnett - drums, percussion
    • Additional Personnel
  • Charlie Daniels - fiddle, banjo
  • Paul Hornsby - piano, clavinet, organ, production

    • 1976 - Pullin' Together (US & UK)

    Tracks:

    Side 1
    1. "Higher Ground"
    2. "I'm Satisfied"
    3. "That Kind Of A Woman"
    4. "Kill The Pain"
    Side 2
    1. "You're So Fine"
    2. "Open Road"
    3. "Fact Of Life"
    4. "Nobody Can"
    5. "As Sure As Tomorrow"

    1977 - Redwing (US) U.S. No. 144

    Tracks: All tracks written by Grinderswitch except where noted.

    01. Redwing - 4:27 02. You And Me - 2:50 03. That Special Woman - 2:28 04. Taste Of Love - 7:14 05. This Road - 4:05 06. Wings Of An Angel - 3:33 07. Watermelon Time In Georgia (Harlan Howard) - 2:18 08. I Bought All The Lies - 2:56 09. Faster And Faster - 3:05

    Personnel:

  • Dru Lombar - lead guitar, slide guitar, lead vocals
  • Steve Miller - keyboards
  • Larry Howard - electric & acoustic guitars
  • Joe Dan Petty - bass
  • Rick Burnett - drums, percussion
  • Paul Hornsby - producer

    • 1981 - Have Band Will Travel

    Tracks:

    01. One Hour Into Sunday 02. A Real Good Sign 03. The Warm Kind 04. Ashes And Stone 05. Golden Minutes 06. Lady Luck 07. Open Road 08. The Fever 09. Bound And Determined

    2005 - Ghost Train From Georgia

    Tracks:

    01. Where'd You Learn To Love Like This? 02. Who's Been Cheatin' On Who 03. When Two Hearts Beat As One 04. Ghost Train From Georgia 05. Holding On To Someone Letting Go 06. Two Wheel Ride 07. Close Enough For Love (For Me) 08. Homebound 09. Help Me Lord 10. Miss Understanding 11. Dixie Flyer

    Songs

    Pickin' The BluesMacon Tracks · 1975
    Kiss The Blues GoodbyeHonest to Goodness · 1974
    Mail Train BluesMacon Tracks · 1975

    References

    Grinderswitch Wikipedia
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