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UK blues rock legends The Groundhogs released their debut album Scratching The Surface in late 1968, but they'd already been plying their trade for over half a decade.     Formed originally as pop act The Dollar Bills in in 1962, the band toughen up their sound the following year and change their name, inspired by John Lee Hooker's 1951 song Ground Hog Blues. The same year, on October 21, Hooker plays his first UK show at the American Blues Festival, held at Manchester's Free Trade Hall. The final date of an almost month-long tour that consists almost entirely of shows in Germany, it features a startling lineup of blues greats, from Hooker to Big Bill Broonzy, Lightnin' Hopkins and Memphis Slim.It's no exaggeration to say that the Manchester show plays a huge part in the British blues boom that follows, with attendees including Mannfred Mann singer Paul Jones, Alexis Korner, John Mayall, and &

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