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Grill composed 16 songs for The Grass Roots and his solo album. One of these, "Come On and Say It", appeared as a single A-side. His other 15 compositions appeared on single B-sides and albums. He wrote frequently with Warren Entner and they were considered a songwriting team. Grill played with The Grass Roots on 16 albums, seven of which charted.
Let's Live for Today" was recorded by the Grass Roots with the help of session musicians, including Sloan on lead guitar, and was released as a single in May 1967. [1] [3] The lead vocal on the Grass Roots' recording was sung by the band's bassist Rob Grill [1] and the distinctive "1-2-3-4" count-in before the chorus was sung by guitarist ...
The Grass Roots also recorded songs written by the group's musicians, which appeared on their albums and the B-sides of many hit singles. As the Grass Roots, they had their first top-10 hit in the summer of 1967 with "Let's Live for Today", an English-language cover version of "Piangi con me", a 1966 hit for the Anglo-Italian quartet The Rokes.
Let's Live for Today is the second studio album by the American rock band the Grass Roots, released in July 1967 by Dunhill Records.A new group was brought in for this album which included Creed Bratton, Rick Coonce, Warren Entner and Rob Grill.
Lawrence William Knechtel (August 4, 1940 – August 20, 2009) was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles–based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, the Beach Boys, the Mamas & the Papas, the Monkees, the Partridge Family, Billy Joel, the Doors, the Byrds, the Grass Roots ...
After departing from The Grass Roots in the mid 70s, Entner went behind the scenes of the music business and became a manager. Owning his own firm Warren Entner Management, Entner managed a number of hard rock artists including Angel, Quiet Riot, Faith No More, [4] Rage Against the Machine, Deftones, as well as other acts such as The Grays, Failure and Nada Surf.
Grass Roots' lead singer Rob Grill would in 1991 cite "Temptation Eyes" as his personal favorite Grass Roots song. [3] Chart performance. Weekly charts. Chart (1970 ...
His professional career started as the lead guitarist for The Grass Roots from 1974 to 1975. He arranged an audition through Dennis Provisor who had experience with the group since 1969. He played lead guitar during the period of The Grass Roots "Mamacita" single (which charted), their self titled album and the US tour in support of it.