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"My main wish is to be recognised for my contributions to blues and rock and the guitar," McPhee said in 2011

Singer and guitarist Tony McPhee, who fronted British blues and rock group The Groundhogs across six decades, has died aged 79.

The band confirmed McPheeโ€™s death in a statement on their Facebook page, which read: โ€œWe are deeply saddened to announce that 79-year-old guitar and blues legend Tony (TS) McPhee, died peacefully at home today 6th June, from complications following a fall last year.โ€

Born on March 22, 1944, in Humberston, Lincolnshire, McPhee began listening to imported blues albums that his brother would bring home. He told Classic Rock in 2007 that โ€œit was then that I first heard this raw stuff and my ears pricked up. There was some good pop music at the time but nothing that really stirred you. Then I went to see Cyril Davies at the Marquee in 1963, heard proper R&B and thought: โ€˜thisโ€™ll doโ€™โ€.

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