The GPs

about

The GPs were a one-off "supergroup" consisting of singer/songwriter/guitarists Ralph McTell ("Streets of London") and Richard Thompson along with two of Thompson's fellow Fairport Convention alums, bassist Dave Pegg and drummer Dave Mattacks. Of the six gigs the GPs played in their short time together, their live set at Broughton Castle on 14 August 1981 was the only one recorded, but it was not released until ten years later. It consisted of Thompson and McTell originals alongside rock & roll classics like "Great Balls of Fire," oddball covers of country hits ("Together Again," "Honky Tonk Blues"), folk songs ("Pretty Boy Floyd") and one Dylan cover ("Going, Gone, Gone"). The band's name is an abbreviated version of The Grazed Pontiffs, refering to an assassination attempt on the Pope that had taken place earlier that year. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

Saturday Rolling Around

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Window To The Soul

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The Best Of British Folk

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Saturday Rolling Around [Bonus Tracks]

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Fight for Fame

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IN 1981 THERE WAS... THE GPs (Live)

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B-Sides

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Saturday Rolling Around: Live from Broughton Castle

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A Box of Pegg's - (Disc 1) Level Pegging

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The Gram Parsons Anthology

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Farewell Concert

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Saturday Rolling Around (Aug 1981)

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