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For|the English soccer player|Tony McPhee (footballer)BLP sources|date=July 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Tony McPhee| image = 199109xx Tony McPhee Groundhogs at Sir George Robey.jpg| caption = McPhee with The Groundhogs, London, September 1991| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Anthony Charles McPhee| alias = "TS" McPhee| origin =| Born = birth date and age|1944|03|23|df=y Humberston , Lincolnshire England , United Kingdom | death_date =| instrument = Guitar | genre = Blues rock Blues music|blues | occupation = Musician | years_active =| label =| associated_acts = The Groundhogs | website = http://www.thegroundhogs.co.uk/| notable_instruments = Tony McPhee (born Anthony Charles McPhee , 23 March 1944, at Redlands House, near Humberston , Lincolnshire ) is an English people|English Blues music|blues guitarist , and founder of The Groundhogs .
The Groundhogs backed Champion Jack Dupree and John Lee Hooker on UK concerts in the mid 1960s,cite web|title =Tony McPhee: Biography |first=Bruce|last=Eder |publisher=Allmusic| url = http://www.allmusic.com /artist/tony-mcphee-p104709/biography |accessdate =2010-12-05 evolving into a blues-rock trio that produced three United Kingdom|UK Top 40|Top 10 hits in the UK Albums Chart in the early 1970s.
McPhee has also released many solo acoustic blues records, as well as duet (music)|duets with Jo Ann Kelly . He is often credited as 'Tony (TS) McPhee'. He was dubbed TS by the Record producer|producer Mike Vernon (producer)|Mike Vernon in the mid 1960s. Apart from the Groundhogs, McPhee has played with Herbal Mixture, the John Dummer Band , Tony McPhee's Terraplane, Tony McPhee's Turbo and the Tony McPhee Band.
In 2009 McPhee suffered a stroke which affected his speech and ability to sing.cite web|title=News|url= http://www.thegroundhogs.co.uk/texttj.html|publisher=www.thegroundhogs.co.uk|accessdate=28 July 2011
Solo discography
1966 ''Ain't Gonna Cry No More - Someone To Love Me
1966 ''You Don't Love Me When You Gotta Good Friend
1968 Me and the Devil
1969 I Asked for Water
1971 Same Thing on Their Minds
1973 Two Sides of Tony McPhee
1984 Razor Edge
1991 The Blues And The Beast
1993 Foolish Pride
1996 Slide, T.S., Slide
1996 Herbal Mixture-Groundhogs
1997 ''Bleachin' The Blues
2000 Live In Poland At Blues Express
2004 Blues At Ten
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External links
http://www.thegroundhogs.com/ Fanzine with audio, video and Tony McPhee and Groundhog games
http://www.thegroundhogs.co.uk/ Tony McPhee's official website
Persondata | NAME = McPhee, Tony | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = 23 March 1944 | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Macphee, Tony Category:1944 births Category:Living people Category:People from North East Lincolnshire (district) Category:English blues guitarists Category:British rhythm and blues boom musicians Category:Stroke survivors
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