Where the Groupies Killed the Blues is the second album by progressive rock band Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend was a 1970s German Rock band. Allmusic author, Eduardo Rivadavia, noted the group as, "early practitioners of heavy metal and progressive rock." They also incorporated elements of jazz into their music. The band have also been cited as one of the pioneers of doom metal.-History:The...

, released in 1972. Piano is prominent on most songs, and organ is used only on a few songs such as "Where the Groupies Killed the Blues", whereas on the debut album, Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend (album)

Lucifer's Friend is the first album by the band Lucifer's Friend, released in 1970.-Side one:# "Ride in the Sky" – 2:55# "Everybody's Clown" – 6:12# "Keep Goin'" – 5:26# "Toxic Shadows" – 7:00-Side two:...

, organ and guitars had been the driving force.

In the U.S., the band's U.S. label (Billingsgate Records) did not release this album although Billingsgate did issue the followup album, I'm Just a Rock & Roll Singer. The U.S. release of Groupies was delayed three years until the band's new label Passport Records released it.

Side one

1. "Burning Ships" (Hesslein, Horns, Lawton) – 4:34
2. "Prince of Darkness" (Hesslein, O' Brien-Docker) – 5:37
3. "Hobo" (Hesslein, Lawton) – 3:42
4. "Mother" (Hecht, O' Brien-Docker) – 7:25

Side two

1. "Where the Groupies Killed the Blues" (Hesslein, O' Brien-Docker) – 5:04
2. "Rose on the Vine" (Hesslein, O' Brien-Docker) – 8:19
3. "Summerdream" (Hecht, Hesslein, O' Brien-Docker) – 8:56

Side one

1. "Hobo" (Hesslein, Lawton) – 3:42
2. "Rose on the Vine" (Hesslein, O' Brien-Docker) – 8:19
3. "Mother" (Hecht, O' Brien-Docker) – 7:25

Side two

1. "Where the Groupies Killed the Blues" (Hesslein, O' Brien-Docker) – 5:04
2. "Prince of Darkness" (Hesslein, O' Brien-Docker) – 5:37
3. "Summerdream" (Hecht, Hesslein, O' Brien-Docker) – 8:56)
4. "Burning Ships" (Hesslein, Horns, Lawton) – 4:34)

Personnel

• Peter Hesslein - Lead Guitars/Vocals/Percussion
• Peter Hecht - Keyboards
• John Lawton
  John Lawton (musician)
  John Lawton is a rock and roll and blues vocalist best known for his work with Lucifer's Friend, Uriah Heep and the Les Humphries Singers.-Biography:...
  
  - Lead Vocals
• Dieter Horns - Bass
• Joachim Rietenbach - Drums