Ric Grech

Bass, violin and vocals on the first 2 albums. Born Richard Roman Grech, Nov. 1, 1946, Bordeaux, France. Died March 17, 1990

Gordon Jackson Thinking Back (1969) – with Jim Capaldi, Dave Mason, Steve Winwood, Julie Driscoll, Luther Grosvenor, Jim King, Chris Wood, Poli Palmer

Blind Faith (1969)

Ginger Baker’s Air Force (1970)

Harold McNair – Fence (1970)

Graham Bond – Holy Magick (1971)

Rossetta Hightower – Hightower (1971)

Traffic – Low Spark of High Heeled Boys, Welcome to the Canteen (1971)
find lots of info at Bobbie’s Smiling Phases website; also try SteveWinwood.com

Muddy Waters – London Muddy Waters Sessions (1971)

Steve Winwood – Winwood (1971)

Jim Capaldi – Oh How We Danced (1972)

Gram Parsons – G.P. (1972), Grievous Angel (1973), Sleepless Nights (1976)

Bee Gees – Life in a Tin Can (1973)

Eric Clapton – Rainbow Concert (1973)

Crickets – Remnants (1973), Bubblegum, Pop, Ballads and Boogie (1973)

Eddie Harris – Eddie Harris in the UK (1973)

LAST FIVE YEARS (1973) compilation album. Tracks: Second Generation Woman, Kiss the Children, Face in the Cloud, Just a Guest, Doin’ It, Hey Mr. Policeman, Rock N’ Roll Stew, How-Hi-The-Li, Sea of Joy

Viv Stanshall – Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead (1974)

Rod Stewart – Smiler (1974)

Chapman/Whitney – Streetwalkers (1974)

Muddy Waters – London Revisited (1974)

Ron Wood – Mahoney’s Last Stand (1976)

Ginger Baker – Eleven Sides of Baker (1977)

After show-biz, Grech became a carpet-seller in Leicester. He died in 1990 at the age of 43, from liver and kidney failure following a brain hemmorhage, and passed away at Leicester General Hospital. MOJO magazine reported that only weeks before his death, he had approached Poli Palmer with a “reformation deal” from a record company, but this is possibly confused with a mid-70′s collaboration between Palmer and Grech that never got off the ground.