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Saturday March 20th 1976
                                          friars aylesbury three - vale hall, civic centre, market square, aylesbury

friars aylesbury cup winners 1979 (john otway)

groundhogs and john otway inducted into the friars heroes hall of fame in 2009

Groundhogs

john otway band

 
  exclusive friars interview with groundhogs' tony mcphee
  exclusive friars interview with john otway
  exclusive pictures from this gig in the galleries
   
  related friars history
  Groundhogs Monday June 8th 1970  Saturday April 17th 1971 Saturday November 2nd 1974  Monday June 1st 2009

Friars Bedford Friday 14th August 1970

Otway and Barrett Saturday June 16th 1973 Monday September 20th 1976  Saturday March 19th 1977  Saturday February 20th 1982

John Otway Thursday December 23rd 1971 Saturday 13th September 1975   Tuesday December 6th 1977 Sunday August 13th 1978 Saturday April 28th 1979 Thursday December 27th 1979 Sunday December 28th 1980 Saturday March 5th 1983 Friday June 4th 2010

Friars Bedford Saturday December 18th 1971
 
  setlist
  unknown
 
  band line up
  Groundhogs Tony McPhee (vocs/guitar)  Dave Wellbelove (guitar)  Martin Kent (bass)  Mick Cook (drums)

john otway band john otway  wild willy barrett ken poodle  edgar rowe
 
  gig poster and flyer (click to enlarge flyer)

 
  ticket
   

                                              

 
  memories
   
 
 
  press cuttings
 

 

 
 
  what happened next
  The Groundhogs have been going since 1963 and Tony McPhee's Groundhogs still gig as at 2012
 
  odds and trivia
  the groundhogs saved friars from closure on two occasions.
 
  official web presence
  Groundhogs official site
 
  sound and vision
  Groundhogs  - Strange Town  Otway and Barrett - Cheryl's Going Home
   
 
   
 
   

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