Country Rock from Moby Grape

Mike Bacciarini · Post by **Mike Bacciarini** » 14 Dec 2022 4:48 pm

Just rediscovered this track from the enormously talented and under appreciated Moby Grape. Even with Skippy gone at this point (Jan ‘69), the song writing, vocals and layered guitar parts are just so cool. Great fingerpicking from author Peter Lewis and always hip blues licks from Jerry Miller. Although they were a killer rock band, and having seen them live in ‘67, I can say they had serious musical chops and knew how to arrange a song. Enjoy!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Os-kpREWdN4

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 15 Dec 2022 4:12 am

Mike, I've been a Grape fan for ages!
I not only bought all of their albums I also looked for solo recordings of it's members.
There is a German only release called Fine Wine with J.Miller and B.Mosley, that is also good.
Nice of you to give them a mention here.
Bob Mosley with steel guitar from Ed Black:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ym5GIiu1ho

Craig Stock · Post by **Craig Stock** » 15 Dec 2022 4:57 am

Really nice, has a real Byrds-Nesmith sound to it.

Frank Freniere · Post by **Frank Freniere** » 15 Dec 2022 2:07 pm

I think this was their second album on Columbia. Also has the classic “Murder In My Heart For The Judge.”

Joachim Kettner · Post by **Joachim Kettner** » 16 Dec 2022 8:13 am

It's from their third, called 69.

Mike Bacciarini · Post by **Mike Bacciarini** » 17 Dec 2022 1:03 pm

We can’t ignore their amazing debut album from ‘67. Every song still holds up well. All five wrote and sang, as well as playing. The 3 guitars were always layered, much like Buffalo Springfield.

The countrified “Ain’t No Use”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9xwjgLeZdM

The beautiful “8:05”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ioKodbNTljg

Not exactly country rock but here’s a couple more of my favorites:

“Someday”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NjGl8cG3Ze0

“Hey Grandma”
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jdI7uqCBKd0

Will Houston · Post by **Will Houston** » 17 Dec 2022 7:23 pm

A couple of my favorite Grape songs are Peter Lewis songs from the 1969 album Truly Fine Citizen, "Changes, Circles Spinning" and " Right Before My Eyes". Lots of good stuff from those guys.

Jack Hanson · Post by **Jack Hanson** » 30 Dec 2022 2:17 pm

Some semi-useless trivia about the great Peter Lewis:

1) Like so many future guitarists of esteem (Frank Zappa, Larry Carlton, and Jimmy Messina come to mind), Lewis was heavily involved in the Surf Music scene in SoCal in the early 1960s. He played guitar in The Cornells, an outfit composed of the children of Hollywood celebrities.

2) Peter's mom is the movie and television star Loretta Young.

3) Multi-instrumentalist David Lindley is Peter's cousin.