Juicy Lucy

Saucy blues-rockers Juicy Lucy formed in 1969 from the ashes of cult favorite garage band <a href="spotify:artist:4UuXO2W0oFIBZMArMPDXev">the Misunderstood</a>, reuniting vocalist Ray Owen, steel guitarist Glenn "Ross" Campbell, and keyboardist Chris Mercer, with the additions of guitarist Neil Hubbard, bassist Keith Ellis, and drummer Pete Dobson. The group immediately notched a U.K. Top 20 hit with their reading of the <a href="spotify:artist:2bmixwMZXlkl2sbIbOfviq">Bo Diddley</a> perennial "Who Do You Love," with their self-titled debut LP falling just shy of the Top 40. Ex-<a href="spotify:artist:3YMjSZPsyhxwfVLJhtol81">Zoot Money</a> singer Paul Williams, guitarist <a href="spotify:artist:5H4uHlmeA3ANLmjpvUbFuF">Mick Moody</a>, and drummer Rod Coombes replaced <a href="spotify:artist:5xH1vVLhBdyOmP2UVoQr3b">Owen</a> (who exited for a solo career), Hubbard, and Dobson for 1970's Lie Back and Enjoy It, with bassist Jim Leverton assuming <a href="spotify:artist:6U1sYqnRLJhTvQ3JkhH0WZ">Ellis</a>' duties for the follow-up, 1971's Get a Whiff a This. The constant turnover clearly took its toll on the group both creatively and commercially, with co-founders <a href="spotify:artist:5FhVnyPs1wSLjkZk4mU69M">Campbell</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:0ETUvr02AV77moRcDeOZcg">Mercer</a> both exiting prior to the fourth Juicy Lucy album, 1972's Pieces, which was recorded by a makeshift lineup of Williams, <a href="spotify:artist:5BcZ22XONcRoLhTbZRuME1">Moody</a>, keyboardist Jean Roussel, and the former <a href="spotify:artist:0O9Mz12rueCsrgUqItvvnw">Blodwyn Pig</a> rhythm section of bassist Andy Pyle and drummer Ron Berg. Juicy Lucy disbanded shortly thereafter. Ray Owen revived the name in 1995 for the album Here She Comes Again, which found Mike Jarvis (guitar), Andy Doughty (bass), and Spencer Blackledge (drums) rounding out the band. A couple of years later, this version of the band broke up, but <a href="spotify:artist:5xH1vVLhBdyOmP2UVoQr3b">Owen</a> wanted to keep on going, especially when he formed a musical partnership with a guitarist known as Mr. Fish. Legal problems kept the new band from using the Juicy Lucy name so they gigged as Ray Owen's Moon. By 2004, bassist Fudge and drummer Fletch had joined up and the legal issue was settled. The new Juicy Lucy spent 2006 working on a new album and touring the U.K. with <a href="spotify:artist:6fvN9GmMCVKb5LY0WsnjFP">Nazareth</a>. Ray Owen died on October 31, 2018. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi