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Flamin’ Groovies TV promos
05.12.2011
06:00 pm
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“Shake Some Action,” both the song and album, is one of my all-time favorites. The Flamin’ Groovies’ celebration of sixties garage rock and their punkish power pop sound was too ahead of its time for the USA . They moved to England where they found an audience receptive to their brand of unadulterated rock and roll.

Here’s two promo videos from The Groovies followed, after the jump, by a terrific performance of “Slow Death” on French TV.


“Shake Some Action” - November 1, 1987 on French TV show “Decibels.” This incarnation of The Groovies features only two of the original group: Cyril Jordan and George Alexander. With Jack Johnson and Paul Zahl from Roky Erickson’s band.

“Slow Death” -1973 The Marquee, London, England. Firing on all cylinders. Chris Wilson, Cyril Jordan, George Alexander, Tim Lynch, Danny Mihm
 

 
“Slow Death,” 1972 TV performance after the jump…

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Posted by Marc Campbell
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05.12.2011
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See the Flamin’ Groovies shake some action, 1972
11.12.2010
09:13 pm
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It’s been said of The Flamin’ Groovies that they sounded like the Rolling Stones, had the Stones sworn their allegiance to Sun Records rather than Chess Blues and that seems about right to me.

The Groovies, who started in San Francisco, circa 1965, never really caught on here and moved to England, getting caught up in the brief pre-punk enthusiasm for “pub rock” which saw them lumped together with bands like Dr. Feelgood and Dave Edmunds & Rockpile. By the time punk came around, they were all but forgotten, although they did have a song (“Shake Some Action”) on the Clueless soundtrack that a lot of people seem to know.

Below, The Flamin’ Groovies do their anti-drug anthem, “Slow Death” in 1972. This is pretty amazing, I must say.
 

Posted by Richard Metzger
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11.12.2010
09:13 pm
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