Luther Grosvenor

Luther Grosvenor (born 23 December 1946) is a British rock musician, who played guitar in Spooky Tooth, and briefly in Stealers Wheel and

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23 December - 1946 - British - Rock musician - Guitar - Spooky Tooth - Stealers Wheel

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under the pseudonym Ariel Bender in Mott The Hoople .

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Luther grew up in Evesham where he played in local bands. He met Jim Capaldi, later known from Traffic, with whom he formed a group called Deep Feeling.

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Evesham - Jim Capaldi - Traffic

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Later he joined a group called VIP, in which Keith Emerson played for some time. VIP was renamed into Art and 1967 into Spooky Tooth.

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Keith Emerson - 1967

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The years with Spooky Tooth (1967 to 1970), Stealers Wheel 1973 and Mott the Hoople 1973 to 1974 were the most successful years in his musical career.

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1967 - 1970 - 1973 - 1974

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After leaving Mott the Hoople, Luther published a few solo albums and formed a group called Widowmaker that existed till 1977.

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In the 1990s Luther Grosvenor returned in a Spooky Tooth reunion and also in Mott the Hoople re-appearances. In 2005, he revived his pseudonym, forming the Ariel Bender Band.

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