The Groundhogs – The Carlisle Hastings 11th April 1985

Judy Atkinson… I think I was there. I certainly saw them there twice, and once on the pier back around 1975

Reid McDuffie… I was there. They used to also often play at the Crypt. Sometimes as Tony McPhee Band and sometimes as Groundhogs (it was the same guys though. I think there was a contractual issue with the name).

Leigh Wieland-Boys… I saw the Groundhogs circa 1971 at an all day music festival in Kendal, the only other group I recall in the line-up were Juicy Lucy!

Anita Jardine… Takes me back to the Roundhouse and Sundowner days..

Peter Houghton… Great band saw them on the Pier and had a nice chat with Tony and the rest of the band and they signed my Album for me

Faith Brooker… Once a fixture of the South London pub scene. Loved em’.

Tony Court-holmes… saw them live

Tim Moose Bruce… Went to that one. Also saw them at the Shelley Arms at Nutley, and the Golden Martlet at Hellingly. Great band.

Neil Partrick… I saw them around this time in a pub in Eastbourne (I think, though might have been The Carlisle in Hastings, or maybe Hellingly I suppose. Ended up sleeping with the lead singer, as you do (along with other assorted bodies vying for space on a floor in a Pevensey bungalow).

Simon… Was there with Reid McD. Bumped unto TS outside and shared a roll up.