Введение
Английский рок-гитарист Лютер Джеймс Гровенор (родился 23 декабря 1946 года) — английский рок-музыкант, игравший на гитаре в Spooky Tooth, недолго в Stealers Wheel и под псевдонимом Ариэль Бендер в Mott the Hoople и Widowmaker. Гровенор родился в Эвешеме, Ворчестершир, Англия, где он впервые начал играть в местных группах. Он познакомился с Джимом Капальди, который позже играл с Traffic, с которым они сформировали группу под названием Deep Feeling. Позже он присоединился к группе The V.I.P.'s, в которой некоторое время играл Кит Эмерсон. The V.I.P.'s были переименованы в Art, а затем стали Spooky Tooth. После ухода из Spooky Tooth он выпустил сольный альбом Under Open Skies (Island Records, 1971). По словам ведущего вокалиста Mott Яна Хантера, в интервью для документального фильма «Баллада Mott the Hoople», группа находилась в Германии с Линси де Пол для телешоу Hits a Go Go в Германии 24 июня 1973 года, когда ведущий гитарист Мик Ральфс шел по улице, сгибая автомобильные антенны в порыве разочарования. Де Пол придумала фразу «aerial bender» (подгибатель антенн), которую Хантер позже предложил Гровенору в качестве сценического имени. Гровенор присоединился к группе в 1973 году, заменив Ральфса. Альбом [название альбома] был выпущен в августе 2010 года. В 2011 году Гровенор выпустил альбом If You Dare, в котором в качестве гостя выступила Марк Эден.
Luther James Grosvenor (born 23 December 1946) is an English rock musician, who played guitar in Spooky Tooth, briefly in Stealers Wheel and, under the pseudonym Ariel Bender, in Mott the Hoople and Widowmaker. Grosvenor was born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England, where he first began playing in local bands. He met Jim Capaldi, who later played with Traffic, with whom he formed a group called Deep Feeling. Later he joined a group called The V. I. P.'s, in which Keith Emerson played for some time. The V. I. P.'s were renamed Art and later became Spooky Tooth. After leaving Spooky Tooth, he released a solo album, Under Open Skies (Island Records, 1971). According to Mott's lead singer Ian Hunter, interviewed in the documentary The Ballad of Mott the Hoople, the band were in Germany with Lynsey de Paul for the TV show Hits a Go Go in Germany on 24 June 1973 when lead guitarist Mick Ralphs walked down a street bending a succession of car aerials in frustration. De Paul came out with the phrase "aerial bender", which Hunter later suggested to Grosvenor as a stage name. Grosvenor joined the band in 1973, replacing Ralphs. which was released in August 2010. In 2011 Grosvenor released the If You Dare album, featuring Marc Eden on guest vocals
In June 2018, performing as Ariel Bender, Grosvenor played three Mott The Hoople reunion shows with Hunter and 1974 Mott pianist Morgan Fisher, backed by Hunter's Rant Band. The shows were at festivals in Spain and the United Kingdom and a concert in Norway. In April 2019, performing as Ariel Bender, Grosvenor played 14 Mott the Hoople reunion shows – eight in the US, six in the UK – with Hunter and 1974 Mott pianist Morgan Fisher, backed by Hunter's Rant Band. Later in 2019, a planned MTH 74 11 city swing largely through the southern US was canceled because of Hunter's bout with tinnitus.
В июне 2018 года, выступая под именем Ариэль Бендер, Гровенор принял участие в трех концертах воссоединения Mott The Hoople с Хантером и пианистом Mott 1974 года Морганом Фишером, при поддержке Rant Band Хантера. Концерты проходили на фестивалях в Испании и Великобритании, а также в Норвегии. В апреле 2019 года, выступая под именем Ариэль Бендер, Гровенор дал 14 концертов воссоединения Mott the Hoople — восемь в США, шесть в Великобритании — с Хантером и пианистом Mott 1974 года Морганом Фишером, при поддержке Hunter's Rant Band. Позднее в 2019 году запланированный тур MTH 74 по 11 городам, в основном по югу США, был отменен из-за обострения тинитуса у Хантера.
Luther James Grosvenor (born 23 December 1946) is an English rock musician, who played guitar in Spooky Tooth, briefly in Stealers Wheel and, under the pseudonym Ariel Bender, in Mott the Hoople and Widowmaker. Grosvenor was born in Evesham, Worcestershire, England, where he first began playing in local bands. He met Jim Capaldi, who later played with Traffic, with whom he formed a group called Deep Feeling. Later he joined a group called The V. I. P.'s, in which Keith Emerson played for some time. The V. I. P.'s were renamed Art and later became Spooky Tooth. After leaving Spooky Tooth, he released a solo album, Under Open Skies (Island Records, 1971). According to Mott's lead singer Ian Hunter, interviewed in the documentary The Ballad of Mott the Hoople, the band were in Germany with Lynsey de Paul for the TV show Hits a Go Go in Germany on 24 June 1973 when lead guitarist Mick Ralphs walked down a street bending a succession of car aerials in frustration. De Paul came out with the phrase "aerial bender", which Hunter later suggested to Grosvenor as a stage name. Grosvenor joined the band in 1973, replacing Ralphs. which was released in August 2010. In 2011 Grosvenor released the If You Dare album, featuring Marc Eden on guest vocals
In June 2018, performing as Ariel Bender, Grosvenor played three Mott The Hoople reunion shows with Hunter and 1974 Mott pianist Morgan Fisher, backed by Hunter's Rant Band. The shows were at festivals in Spain and the United Kingdom and a concert in Norway. In April 2019, performing as Ariel Bender, Grosvenor played 14 Mott the Hoople reunion shows – eight in the US, six in the UK – with Hunter and 1974 Mott pianist Morgan Fisher, backed by Hunter's Rant Band. Later in 2019, a planned MTH 74 11 city swing largely through the southern US was canceled because of Hunter's bout with tinnitus.
СМИ
Гросвенор вместе с Spooky Tooth снялся в документальном фильме 1970 года "Группи".