Video: Pickin The Blues GRINDERSWITCH John Peel Theme

It's the seventh anniversary of John Peel's death. I'm not going to emphasise how great the man was. I've done that often enough in the past. Let's just have a minute's silence (or noise, whatever you prefer) and read a few quotes: "You get free records, you get paid for playing them on the radio, I choose all the music for my own programmes ... it seems to me to be almost the perfect life, really." Peel on Big Black: "Once a week I drive a nail through my foot to remind myself of the stupidity [...]

Back in 1973 a Joe Dan Petty, Larry Howard, Dru Lombar, and Rick Burnett got together in Georgia and formed the band Grinderswitch, who for the next decade continued to travel extensively and released 4 label albums and 3 own releases. Grinderswitch One classic track, which became well known, particularly in the UK was Pickin the Blues, which for many people is no more than an intro followed by the voice of John Peel. In 1976 Pickin the Blues reached No.27 in the festive 50. After [...]

Can anyone tell me about this - John Peel was a UK hero for many of us, this was his signature tune