Black Diamond/Crosscut Saw

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Performer: The Groundhogs
Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA)

Notes: The Groundhogs were an at-times better than average 1960s British blues band led by Tony "T.S." McPhee, whose Jack Bruce-like vocals and raggedly aggressive guitar style made the group sound at times like a looser version of Cream. By the mid-'70s the Groundhogs sounded more like Cream thrown into a blender with Ten Years After, and their hard rock sound, for all of McPhee's guitar brilliance, had taken on an alarmingly generic feel. This set combines the two albums for Liberty/UA that the group released in 1976, Crosscut Saw (begun in 1975 as a McPhee solo project) and Black Diamond, neither of which is particularly distinctive aside from Crosscut's acoustic-based "Mean Mistreater" and "Pastoral Future," which features some lovely guitar playing by McPhee. It's nice to have both of these albums on one disc, though, which should delight fans of the band. ~ Steve Leggett

The Groundhogs began their career as the backing band for blues legend John Lee Hooker. By the late 1960s, though, the band had shifted gears to incorporate acid rock and heady prog workouts into its repertoire. Founding member and lead guitarist Tony McPhee continued to front the Groundhogs and tour under the name well into the '90s and early 2000s. Never a commercial success, the Groundhogs remain cult heroes to fans of heavy guitar rock and psychedelic music.

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