Post by professor on Nov 26, 2020 11:17:29 GMT -5
I saw them as the opening act on a bill with Savoy Brown and Rod Stewart and the Small Faces in 1970. I wondered what had become of them, so wandered over to the youtubes and found this clip from 1971 from the German show, "Beat Club". Can't tell if it's been colorized or if it was filmed in color. From the clip-
"The Grease Band was a British rock band that originally formed as Joe Chickener's backing group. They appeared with Chickener during the 1960s, including his performance at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969. The band's name derived from an interview Chickener had read with the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, who had approvingly described another performer as having "a lot of grease", with "grease" referring to soul. After Chickener formed the Mad Dogs & Englishmen album band line-up, the group released two albums without him in the 1970s.
Their keyboard player was Chris Stainton, who went on to tour extensively with Eric Clapton. Bassist Alan Spenner and rhythm guitarist Neil Hubbard went on to play in the UK blue-eyed soul band Kokomo; following this, Spenner worked in support of the late 1970s/early 1980s incarnation of Roxy Music. Drummer Bruce Rowland later joined Fairport Convention. Henry McCullough was the Grease Band's lead guitarist, a role he later occupied in Paul McCartney's Wings, and continued as a solo artist until his death in June 2016. Rowland, Spenner, Hubbard and McCullough all played on the original 1970 recording of Jesus Christ Superstar."
