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3 unusual facts about Moby Grape


Bob Mosley

is principally known as the bass player and one of the songwriters and vocalists for the band Moby Grape.

Christopher Lewis

His younger brother is Peter Lewis, one of the founding members of the seminal 1960s rock band, Moby Grape.

The Sweet Ride

The San Francisco rock and roll band Moby Grape contributed to the soundtrack, and appeared, credited, in the film, performing the song "Never Again" in a Sunset Strip nightclub called the Tarantula.


The Ducks

The Ducks (formerly known as the Jeff Blackburn Band) were a short-lived hard rock supergroup formed in the summer of 1977 by singer-songwriter Jeff Blackburn, and consisted of musicians Bob Mosley (an original member of Moby Grape), Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, and Johnny Craviotto.


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Great Grape

It has been speculated that Columbia's decision to release this album was based solely on trying to capitalize on any interest generated in Moby Grape by the then-recent release of a new studio album, 20 Granite Creek, on Reprise Records.

Live Grape

At the time, band members were in a protracted legal dispute with former manager Matthew Katz over ownership of the Moby Grape band name.

The Avalon

On January 29, 1967 it hosted the Mantra-Rock Dance musical event, organized by the local Hare Krishna temple, which featured Hare Krishna founder Bhaktivedanta Swami, along with Allen Ginsberg, The Grateful Dead, Moby Grape and Big Brother and the Holding Company, with Janis Joplin.