An Experiment Called The Grass Roots

The Grass Roots were sort of Dunhill Records answer to the Monkees, though they had no TV show from which to launch the singles. That said, they didn't need one, the singles were ear candy and very welcome on the radio. Interestingly, though famous songwriter/producers PF Sloan and Steve Barri started the group as a vehicle for their songs, they were soon replaceed by better singers, namely Rob Grill (bass), Dennis Provisor (keyboards) and Warren Entner (guitar). These cats could all croon and they took the group, including ace guitartist Creed Bratton (yup, he now plays Creed on The Office), in a pop-soul direction. Using a variety of Dunhill writers, the group produced a ton of listenable and singalongable (if you can sing) hits. Here's once of their last ones. That's Grill singing lead and Provisor singing second lead and apparently having a ball on keyboards. Check `em out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE2ZadyjJ_c

Btw, it turns out that Grill is still touring with a relatively new version of the Grass Roots, while Dennis Provisor is stuck touring around Wisconsin with a group called The HITS. I would never go see the Grass Roots without Dennis Provisor, he was sort of an American Winwood. Perhaps I should start a grass roots movement to reunite them.