Group

The Grease Band

The Grease Band was a British rock band that originally formed as Joe Cocker's backing group. They appeared with Cocker during the 1960s, including his performance at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969. The band's name derived from an interview Cocker had read with the American jazz organist Jimmy Smith, who had approvingly described another performer as having "a lot of grease", with "grease"…

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Artist details

Type
Group
Area
United Kingdom
Founded
1968
Dissolved
1975
Genres
Labels
Virgin
BBC Music
Shelter Records
BBC
Last updated: September 11th, 2015

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