Moby Grape Discography and Biography

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Another great American rock band from the 60's. It is not really known where the name MOBY GRAPE came from, but many believe the origin of the name came from the punch line of a joke "What's big and purple and lives in the ocean ?"

Moby Grape emerged in 1966, another one from San Francisco. Unlike most bands then and now, all five members contributed to singing and songwriting.Their music had elements of folk, blues, country and jazz together with rock. The members were frontman and rhythm guitarist Skip Spence (the original drummer for Jefferson Airplane), Lead guitarist Jerry Miller, and drummer Don Stevenson (both formerly of The Frantics), rhythm guitarist Peter Lewis (son of actress Loretta Young), and bassist Bob Mosley. They contributed to hippiedom with the song "Hey Grandma", while "8:05" became a country-rock standard. The group appeared at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 but do to legal problems they were excluded from the film of the event. And other legal problems included charges (later dropped) that the band consorted with underage girls.

Like many bands they had their share of problems involving drugs. Skip Spence (according to some) was never the same after dropping large quantities of LSD. Jerry Miller said:"Skippy changed radically when we were in New York City. Their were some people that were into harder drugs and a harder lifestyle, and some very weird shit. And so Skip kind of flew off with these people. Skippy disappeared for a little while. Next time we saw him he had cut off his beard, and he had a black leather jacket on, with his chest hanging out, with some chains, and just sweating like a son of a gun. I don't know what got a hold of him but it just whacked him. And the next thing I know, he axed my door down at the Albert Hotel. They said down at the reception desk that this crazy guy had held an ax to the doorman's head." Spence was committed to New Yorks Bellevue hospital, and on the day he was released, he rode his motorcycle dressed only in his pajamas directly to Nashville to record his only solo album, Oar.

The remaining four members released Moby Grape '69, then Bob Mosley left the group. The last 3 members released their final album for Columbia in late 1969, Truly Fine Citizen.

All 5 members re-united in 1971and released 20Granite Creek. Then Spence left again and the band struggled on for a while but never returned to the level of excellence and popularity that they enjoyed in the early years.

Miller still performs today (2008) as the Jerry Miller Band, playing rockin' blues and the occasional Moby Grape song. Skip Spence after being homeless and suffering from long termed mental health problems and other health problems died in 1999 in Santa Cruz, CA.

After 30 years of court battles over the management of the band in 2006, they finally won back the rights to the name "Moby Grape" and planned a reunion show with the living members and drummer Aynsley Dunbar and keyboardist Pete Sears. It was to be held in January 2007 but did not take place due to scheduling conflicts. Finally in September 2007 the reunited Moby Grape performed before 40,000 fans at the Summer of Love 40th Anniversary Celebration in San Francisco.

The debut album and WOW/GRAPE JAM were first released on CD during the late 80's by the San Francisco Sound label, a company owned by MG's former manager Matthew Katz. These releases suffered from mediocre sound and poor quality packaging . The group has never been properly compensated for these recordings and these releases should be avoided.

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ALBUM INDEXMOBY GRAPE (1967)....WOW/GRAPE JAM (1968)....GRAPE JAM (1968)....WOW (1968)....TRULY FINE CITIZEN (1969)....MOBY GRAPE '69 (1969)....20 GRANITE CREEK (1971)....GREAT GRAPE (1973) ....VINTAGE THE VERY BEST OF MOBY GRAPE (1993)....LEDGENDARY GRAPE (2003) .... LISTEN MY FRIENDS (2007)

MOBY GRAPE (1967)

1 -Hey Grandma Amazon dl .99

2 - Mr. Blues--Amazon dl .99

3 - Fall on You --Amazon dl $0.99lyrics

4 - 8:05 --Amazon dl $0.99

5 - Come in the Morning --Amazon dl $0.99

6 - Omaha --Amazon dl $.99lyrics

7 - Naked, If I Want To --Amazon mp3 dl $.99lyrics(Cat Power)

8 - Someday --Amazon dl $.99

9 - Ain't No Use --Amazon dl $.99

10 - Sitting by the Window --Amazon dl $.99lyrics

11 - Changes --Amazon dl .99

12 - Lazy Me --Amazon dl $.99

13 - Indifference --Amazon dl $.99

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WOW/GRAPE JAM (1968)

1 -The Place and the Time

2 -Murder in My Heart for the Judge lyrics(Three Dog Night)

3 -Bitter Wind

4 -Can't Be So Sad

5 -He

6 -Motorcycle Irene

7 -Three-Four

8 -Funky-Tunk

9 -Rose Colored Eyes

10 -Miller's Blues

11 -Naked, If I Want Tolyrics(Cat Power)

12 -Never

13 -Boysenberry Jam

14 -Black Currant Jam

15 -Marmalade

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GRAPE JAM (1968)

1 -Never --

2 -Boysenberry Jam--

3 -Black Currant Jam--

4 -Marmalade--

5 -Lake --

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WOW (1968)

1 -Murder in My Heart for the Judge

2 -Bitter Wind

3 -Can't Be So Bad

4 -Three-Four

5 -Place and the Time

6 -Motorcycle Irene

7 -Rose Colored Eyes

8 -Funky-Tunk

9 -Miller's Blues

10 - He

11 -Just Like Gene Autry: A Foxtrot

12 -Naked, If I Want Tolyrics(Cat Power)

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TRULY FINE CITIZEN (1969)

1 -Changes, Circles Spinning

2 -Looper

3 -Truly Fine Citizen

4 -Beautiful Is Beautiful

5 -Love Song

6 -Right Before My Eyes

7 -Open up Your Heart

8 -Now I Know High

9 -Treat Me Bad

10 -Tongue Tied

11 -Love Song, Pt. 2

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MOBY GRAPE '69 (1969)

1 -Ooh Mama Ooh -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

2 -Ain't That a Shame -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

3 -I Am Not Willing
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4 -It's a Beautiful Day Today -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

5 -Hoochie -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

6 -Trucking Man -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

7 -If You Can't Learn from Your Mistakes --

8 -Captain Nemo -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

9 -What's to Choose -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

10 -Going Nowhere -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

11 -Seeing -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

12 - ( CD )Soul Stew -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

13 - (CD) If You Can't Learn From My Mistakes (Demo) -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

14 - (CD) You Can Do Anything (Demo) -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

15 - (CD) It's A Beautiful Day Today (Demo) -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

16 - (CD) What's To Choose (Previously Unissued) -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

17 - (CD) Big (Demo) -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

18 - (CD) Hoochie (Demo) -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

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20 GRANITE CREEK (1971)

1 -Gypsy Wedding

2 -I'm the Kind of Man That Baby You Can Trust

3 -About Time

4 -Goin' Down to Texas

5 -Road to the Sun

6 -Apocalypse

7 -Chinese Song

8 -Roundhouse Blues

9 -Ode to the Man at the End of the Bar

10 -Wild Oats Moan

11 -Horse Out in the Rain

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GREAT GRAPE (1973)

1 -Omahalyrics

2 -Murder in My Heart for the Judgelyrics(Three Dog Night)

3 -Bitter Wind

4 -It's a Beautiful Day Today

5 -Changes

6 -Motorcycle Irene

7 -Trucking Man

8 -Someday

9 -8:05

10 -Ooh Mama Ooh

11 -Naked, If I Want To lyrics (Cat Power)

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VINTAGE : THE VERY BEST OF MOBY GRAPE (1993)

1 - Hey Grandma--Amazon mp3 dl $.99

2 - Mr. Blues--Amazon mp3 dl $.99

3 - Fall on You --Amazon mp3 dl $.99 lyrics

4 - 8:05 --Amazon mp3 dl $.99

5 - Come in the Morning --Amazon mp3 dl $.99

6 - Omaha --Amazon mp3 dl $.99lyrics

7 - Naked, If I Want To --Amazon mp3 dl $.99lyrics(Cat Power)

8 -Rounder [Instrumental] Amazon mp3 dl $.99

9 -Someday --Amazon mp3 dl $.99

10 -Ain't No Use --Amazon mp3 dl $.99

11 -Sitting by the Window --Amazon mp3 dl $.99lyrics

12 -Changes --Amazon mp3 $.99

13 -Lazy Me --Amazon mp3 dl $.99

14 -Indifference --Amazon mp3 dl $.99

15 -Looper [Audition Version] --

16 -Sweet Ride --

17 -Bitter Wind [Alternate Version]

18 -The Place and the Time [Alternate Version] Amazon mp3 dl $.99

19 -Rounder [Live] --Amazon mp3 dl $.99

20 -Miller's Blues [Live] --Amazon mp3 dl $.99

21 -Changes [Live]

22 -Hey Grandma [Single Version]

23 -Omaha [Single Version] lyrics

24 -Big

25 -Skip's Song ["Seeing" Demo][Version]

26 -You Can Do Anything [Demo Version]

27 -Murder in My Heart for the Judgelyrics(Three Dog Night)

28 -Bitter Wind

29 -Can't Be So Bad

30 -Just Like Gene Autry: A Foxtrot

31 -He

32 -Motorcycle Irene

33 -Funky-Tunk

34 -Rose Colored Eyes

35 -If You Can't Learn From Your Mistakes [Peter Solo Version]

36 -Ooh Mama Ooh

37 -Ain't That a Shame

38 -Trucking Man

39 -Captain Nemo

40 -What's to Choose

41 -Going Nowhere

42 -I Am Not Willing

43 -It's a Beautiful Day Today

44 -Right Before My Eyes

45 -Truly Fine Citizen

46 -Hoochie

47 -Soul Stew

48 -Seeing

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LEDGENDARY GRAPE (2003)

1 - All My Life (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

2 - Nighttime Rider -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

3 - Give It Hell (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

4 -On the Dime (Album Version -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

5 -Lady of the Night (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

6 - Changing (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99

7 -Took It All Away (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

8 - Bitter Wind In Tangenika (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99

9 - Talk About Love [I'm Talking About You] (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99

10 - You'll Never Know (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99

11 - You Can Depend On Me (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

12 - Further On Up the Road (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

13 - It Don't Take Much (Album Version -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

14 - Gettin' Used to Being Treated Wrong (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

15 -Forty Feet Tall (Album Version)-Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

16 - Forbidden Love (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

17 -Telephone Love (Album Version) -Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

18 - Rodeo (Album Version) Amazon MP3 download now $0.99-

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LISTEN MY FRIENDS (2007)

1 -Hey Grandma -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

2 -Mr. Blues -Amazon MP3 download now $.99--

3 -8:05 -Amazon MP3 download now $.99--

4 - Omaha -Amazon MP3 download now $.99--lyrics

5 - Sitting by the Window -Amazon MP3 download now $.99--lyrics

6 -Indifference -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

7 - Bitter Wind [Version One] -Amazon MP3 download now $.99-

8 -Murder in My Heart for the Judge -Amazon MP3 download now $.99--lyrics (Three Dog Night)

9 -Can't Be So Bad -Amazon MP3 download now $.99--

10 - He -Amazon MP3 download now $.99.-

11 - Motorcycle Irene -Amazon MP3 download now $.99.-

12 - Rose Colored Eyes -Amazon MP3 download now $.99.-

13 -Sweet Ride (Never Again) [From the Sweet Ride] -Amazon MP3 download now $.99.-

14 -Ooh Mama Ooh -Amazon MP3 download now $.99.-

15 - Ain't That a Shame -Amazon MP3 download now $.99.-

16 - If You Can't Learn from My Mistakes -Amazon MP3 download now $.99.-

17 - Going Nowhere -Amazon MP3 download now $.99.-

18 -Seeing -Amazon MP3 download now $.99.-

19 - Changes, Circles Spinning -Amazon MP3 download now $.99.-

20 - Truly Fine Citizen -Amazon MP3 download now $.99.-

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