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Part of the early-'70s British hard rock scene,
Spooky Tooth grew out of the bluesy VIPs and prog rock group
Art and consisted of vocalist
Mike Harrison, keyboardist/vocalist
Gary Wright, guitarist
Luther Grosvenor, bassist
Greg Ridley, and drummer
Mike Kellie. The group built a following through countless gigs and recorded its debut album,
It's All About, in 1968.
Spooky Two became their most successful album in the U.S.; afterwards,
Ridley left to join
Humble Pie and was replaced by
Andy Leigh. Following 1970's
Ceremony,
Wright left to form
Wonderwheel, while
Grosvenor took the name
Ariel Bender and joined
Stealers Wheel and later
Mott the Hoople. The addition of three members of
Joe Cocker's Grease Band --
Henry McCullough,
Chris Stainton, and
Alan Spenner -- was not enough to keep the band afloat, and
Spooky Tooth broke up after
The Last Puff in 1970. A reunion in 1973 with
Wright,
Harrison, and future
Foreigner guitarist
Mick Jones produced several LPs, including the moderately successful
You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw, but personnel shifts and a lack of top-notch material ended the project in 1974.
Wright went on to a successful solo career, scoring pop hits like "Dream Weaver," and
Mike Kellie later joined the punk-pop
Only Ones. ~ Steve Huey