Proud Mary (band)
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Proud Mary are an English
country
/blues
/rock
band from Royton
, Oldham
, England
. The band was discovered by Noel Gallagher
in 2001, and was the first to sign to the Oasis
star's Sour Mash label.
Gallagher described the band's musical influences as "a cross between The Stones
, Neil Young
and The Band
"; other influences include Bob Dylan
, Faces
, Merle Haggard
and Mott the Hoople
.
Proud Mary's debut album
, The Same Old Blues
, was released in June 2001. The band parted with Sour Mash in 2003, and released their second album, Love and Light
, with Redemption Records 2004. The band has toured with Neil Young
, The Black Crowes
, and Ryan Adams
and has played at several major music festival
s.
By 2006, Newsome had relocated to Los Angeles
putting Proud Mary on hiatus. In a statement on the band's website he stated "...remember people, when me or Greg do something solo, it doesn't mean we're going solo, if you know what I mean!" Throughout 2007 and 2008, Griffin filled the Proud Mary void with numerous solo shows and, with support from former Proud Mary guitarist Nev Cottee and various other session musician
s, Griffin released a solo record, Glass Bottom Boat. Newsome also released his own solo record, Electric & Palms; he also wrote various film
and television scores in Los Angeles.
The band reunited in 2009, playing six UK shows and on 1 September 2010 released their third album, Ocean Park. The album contained thirteen tracks, two of which had been previously released on Griffin's solo record Glass Bottom Boat, but in a re-recorded format.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
/blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
/rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band from Royton
Royton
Royton is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies by the source of the River Irk, on undulating land at the foothills of the Pennines, north-northwest of Oldham, south-southeast of Rochdale and northeast of the city of Manchester.Historically a...
, Oldham
Oldham
Oldham is a large town in Greater Manchester, England. It lies amid the Pennines on elevated ground between the rivers Irk and Medlock, south-southeast of Rochdale, and northeast of the city of Manchester...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. The band was discovered by Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Noel Thomas David Gallagher is an English musician and singer-songwriter, formerly the lead guitarist, backing vocalist and principal songwriter of the English rock band Oasis. He is currently fronting his solo project, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.Raised in Burnage, Manchester with his...
in 2001, and was the first to sign to the Oasis
Oasis (band)
Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was formed by Liam Gallagher , Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs , Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and Tony McCarroll , who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher...
star's Sour Mash label.
Gallagher described the band's musical influences as "a cross between The Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
, Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
and The Band
The Band
The Band was an acclaimed and influential roots rock group. The original group consisted of Rick Danko , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson , and Levon Helm...
"; other influences include Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
, Faces
Faces (band)
Faces are an English rock band formed in 1969 by members of the Small Faces after Steve Marriott left that group to form Humble Pie...
, Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard
Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...
and Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople were a British rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid 1970s. They are popularly known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.-The early years:Mott The Hoople...
.
Proud Mary's debut album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
, The Same Old Blues
The Same Old Blues
The Same Old Blues is the debut album from UK rock group Proud Mary. The album was recorded at Wheeler End Studios in November, 2000 over a period of 7 days and released on Noel Gallagher's Sour Mash label. The album was produced by Noel Gallagher assisted by Gem Archer, engineered by Stan Kybert...
, was released in June 2001. The band parted with Sour Mash in 2003, and released their second album, Love and Light
Love and Light
-Track listing:#"Last Man on Earth" - 3:15#"Love and Light" - 3:51#"No Visible Scars" - 3:24#"Supa Dupa" - 3:44#"Love Thang" - 3:11#"I Wanna Get Off" - 4:55#"Get By" - 3:22#"Nobody Loves Me Better" - 3:08#"Right All The Time" - 3:39...
, with Redemption Records 2004. The band has toured with Neil Young
Neil Young
Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
, The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in 1989. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the...
, and Ryan Adams
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams is an American alt-country/rock singer-songwriter, from Jacksonville, North Carolina. Initially part of the group Whiskeytown, Adams left the band and released his first solo album Heartbreaker in 2000...
and has played at several major music festival
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
s.
By 2006, Newsome had relocated to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
putting Proud Mary on hiatus. In a statement on the band's website he stated "...remember people, when me or Greg do something solo, it doesn't mean we're going solo, if you know what I mean!" Throughout 2007 and 2008, Griffin filled the Proud Mary void with numerous solo shows and, with support from former Proud Mary guitarist Nev Cottee and various other session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...
s, Griffin released a solo record, Glass Bottom Boat. Newsome also released his own solo record, Electric & Palms; he also wrote various film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
and television scores in Los Angeles.
The band reunited in 2009, playing six UK shows and on 1 September 2010 released their third album, Ocean Park. The album contained thirteen tracks, two of which had been previously released on Griffin's solo record Glass Bottom Boat, but in a re-recorded format.
Albums
| Year | Information | UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart... Position |
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| 2001 | The Same Old Blues The Same Old Blues The Same Old Blues is the debut album from UK rock group Proud Mary. The album was recorded at Wheeler End Studios in November, 2000 over a period of 7 days and released on Noel Gallagher's Sour Mash label. The album was produced by Noel Gallagher assisted by Gem Archer, engineered by Stan Kybert...
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| 2004 | Love and Light
Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , Download |
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| 2009 | Dust and Diamonds
Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact... Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... |
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| 2010 | Ocean Park
Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... , Download |
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Singles
| Year | Single | UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... Position |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | "Very Best Friend"
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| "All Good Things"
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| "Very Best Friend" (re-issue)
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Current
- Greg Griffin - Lead vocals
- Paul NewsomePaul NewsomePaul Newsome also known as "Spot Newsome"' is a gold selling artist originally from Oldham, Lancashire, England and living in Los Angeles. He is the guitarist/songwriter for UK rock group Proud Mary and has also recorded various scores for both film and television...
- Guitar, vocals - Bryn Mooser - Bass
- Eric Ryan - Guitar
- Bingo Richey - Guitar
- Richard Stuvurud - Drums
Previous
Several musicians have contributed to Proud Mary, both live and in the studio, including:- Gary WhelanGary WhelanGary Whelan is an Irish actor, known for his work on British television.Although born in Ireland, Gary relocated to London when he was ten years old.-Acting:He has portrayed several roles in the police force...
(Happy MondaysHappy MondaysHappy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass, lead guitarist Mark Day, keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan...
) - Andy RourkeAndy RourkeAndy Rourke is a bass guitarist best known for being a former member of The Smiths.-Career:...
(The SmithsThe SmithsThe Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
) - Craig Gill (Inspiral CarpetsInspiral CarpetsInspiral Carpets are an alternative rock band from Oldham in Greater Manchester, England formed by Graham Lambert and Stephen Holt in 1983. The band is named after a clothing shop on their Oldham estate...
) - Kevin Whitehead (Barclay James Harvest & Dare)
- Tony Auton (Tony Auton Band)
- Gwyn Morgan Davies (BongshangBongshangBongshang are a band from Shetland who fuse traditional Shetland and folk styles with rock, funk, electronica and contemporary production techniques...
) - Nathan Birkett
- Bryn Mooser
- Terry Kirkbride