The Artwoods were formed in 1963, and over the next two years became an ext… Read Full Bio ↴The Artwoods were formed in 1963, and over the next two years became an extremely popular live attraction, rivaling groups such as the Animals, although, despite releasing a clutch of singles and an album, their record sales never reflected this popularity. Singer Arthur Wood, from whom the band took their name, was the elder brother of The Rolling Stones' Ronnie Wood. He had been a vocalist with Alexis Korner's Blues Incorporated for a short period during 1962, simultaneously fronting his own group, the Art Wood Combo..
When keyboardist Jon Lord and guitarist Derek Griffiths joined from Red Bludd's Bluesicians they re-christened themselves the Artwoods. Keef Hartley, formerly with Rory Storm & The Hurricanes, joined on drums in '64 and the band turned professional, secured a residency at London's 100 Club and gained a recording contract with Decca Records.
The intended debut single, a cover of Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man" was shelved in favour of a version of an old Leadbelly song, Sweet Mary". Although it didn't reach the Charts it got sufficient airplay to bring them a lot of live work, including an appearance on the first live edition of Ready Steady Go! The second record, "Oh My Love", was another blues cover. Like its predecessor, and subsequent releases, it failed to chart.
The Artwoods were dropped by Decca at the end of 1966 and signed a one record deal with Parlophone, but "What Shall I Do" also flopped. Later in 1967 a final "one-off" single appeared on Fontana under the name "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" but by the time of its release the Artwoods had effectively ceased to exist.
The Artwoods' early records today stand up well against the work of more successful groups such as the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds or ironically, the Birds, who included Art's younger brother Ron. But at the time they came out, despite appearances on programs like Ready, Steady, Go! their singles never seemed to connect with the record-buying public. In live performance, on the other hand, it was a different matter. They had a virtuoso lineup, Lord's piano and organ sound was a great complement to Wood's singing, Griffith's guitar work was tastefully flashy, and Keef Hartley was animated as well as powerful, with a big sound on the drums. Club audiences always knew they were good for a great show and the band loved playing live. Ultimately, in fact, the group's success in touring and their love of playing live may have hurt them.
The group broke up in mid '67 with Hartley going on to play with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers,Malcolm Pool played with Colosseum and Lord becoming a founder member of Deep Purple.
When keyboardist Jon Lord and guitarist Derek Griffiths joined from Red Bludd's Bluesicians they re-christened themselves the Artwoods. Keef Hartley, formerly with Rory Storm & The Hurricanes, joined on drums in '64 and the band turned professional, secured a residency at London's 100 Club and gained a recording contract with Decca Records.
The intended debut single, a cover of Muddy Waters' "Hoochie Coochie Man" was shelved in favour of a version of an old Leadbelly song, Sweet Mary". Although it didn't reach the Charts it got sufficient airplay to bring them a lot of live work, including an appearance on the first live edition of Ready Steady Go! The second record, "Oh My Love", was another blues cover. Like its predecessor, and subsequent releases, it failed to chart.
The Artwoods were dropped by Decca at the end of 1966 and signed a one record deal with Parlophone, but "What Shall I Do" also flopped. Later in 1967 a final "one-off" single appeared on Fontana under the name "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" but by the time of its release the Artwoods had effectively ceased to exist.
The Artwoods' early records today stand up well against the work of more successful groups such as the Rolling Stones, the Yardbirds or ironically, the Birds, who included Art's younger brother Ron. But at the time they came out, despite appearances on programs like Ready, Steady, Go! their singles never seemed to connect with the record-buying public. In live performance, on the other hand, it was a different matter. They had a virtuoso lineup, Lord's piano and organ sound was a great complement to Wood's singing, Griffith's guitar work was tastefully flashy, and Keef Hartley was animated as well as powerful, with a big sound on the drums. Club audiences always knew they were good for a great show and the band loved playing live. Ultimately, in fact, the group's success in touring and their love of playing live may have hurt them.
The group broke up in mid '67 with Hartley going on to play with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers,Malcolm Pool played with Colosseum and Lord becoming a founder member of Deep Purple.
What Shall I Do
The Artwoods Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'What Shall I Do' by these artists:
Frankie And The Classicals Cold empty bed, springs hard as lead Pains in my head,…
Hoody μ¬μ€ λλ λ§μΌ woo honestly λμ΄ ν¨μ¬ μ’μ woo νΌμμΈ κ² νΈνλ¨…
Hot Lips Page And His Orchestra What'll I do? When you are far away And I am blue What'll…
Jack Jackson & His Orchestra What'll I do? When you are far away And I am blue What'll…
Rev. James Cleveland What Shall I render (Rev. F.C. Barnes) Dear Lord I can't…
Rev. James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir What Shall I render (Rev. F.C. Barnes) Dear Lord I can't…
T.T.D'arby If you leave my dream Will you turn out the light So…
Terence Trent D'Arby If you leave my dream Will you turn out the light So…
v/a - Northern Soul Floorshakers V.I V.I (hey) V.I like this (ooh-wee) Can't stop do this I…
We have lyrics for these tracks by The Artwoods:
Chicago Calling Chicago calling Hear you call my name Chicago calling Won't …
feel good Π‘ΡΠΎΠΉ! ΠΠΎΠΊΠ° Π΅ΡΡ Π½Π΅ Π²ΡΠΊΠ»ΡΡΠ΅Π½ ΡΠ²Π΅Ρ Π― Ρ ΠΎΡΡ ΡΡΠ»ΡΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΎΡΠ²Π΅Ρ Π‘ΠΊΠ°ΠΆΠΈ,…
Hoochie Coochie Man The gypsy woman told my mother Before I was born You got…
I Feel Good You give me such β a hard time Wish I could…
I Take What I Want I take what I want, I'm a bad go-getter, yeah,…
If You Gotta Make a Fool If you got to make a fool of somebody If you…
If You Gotta Make A Fool Of Somebody If you got to make a fool of somebody If you…
Oh My Love I see you dance and it all that blows I see…
One More Heartache One more heartache, I can't take it My heart is carryin'…
Things Get Better Come on, everybody. Come on, everybody. Hey hey, hey hey hey…
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johnnybsteelriff
Beautiful perfect pop song....
susan brown
love it!
Ashnoy Atrushanyan
Jon Lord is playing, the band is great!
Dominik Drabich
10 times today ;)
Jon Perry
the lead guitar parts are rad
hollie65
Top of the heap!
ttcarlisle
Ron Wood's brother Art!
blacflag
@B3burner first photo, front left, if you google, he has an official site, and there's a couple interviews by him on other sites about the artwoods years...
sequentialable12
first heard this song from a EMI comp My Generation
giagnorio86
Jon Lord on piano!!