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Title: Rob Grill "Midnight Confessions" Passed Away
Post by: seahorse on July 11, 2011, 09:41:19 PM



  ::MonkeyAngel::    Rob Grill died today :(

Lead singer of '60s rock group the Grass Roots dies at 67


http://www.examiner.com/vintage-rock-n-roll-in-national/lead-singer-of-60s-rock-group-the-grass-roots-dies-at-67


Title: Re: Rob Grill "Midnight Confessions" Passed Away
Post by: MuffyBee on July 12, 2011, 01:35:18 AM
Rest in peace Rob.   ::MonkeyAngel::


Title: Re: Rob Grill "Midnight Confessions" Passed Away
Post by: seahorse on July 12, 2011, 12:21:48 PM

 ::MonkeyAngel::

CBS) Rob Grill, lead singer of The Grass Roots, died Monday. He'd been suffering from the after-effects of a fall. He was 67.

WCBS FM reports they were going to have Grill on to promote The Grass Roots' place in this summer's "Happy Together" tour but the fall prevented his appearance.

Grill had toured extensively in the past 30 years. As lead singer of The Grass Roots, he sang most of their hits, including "Let's Live for Today" and he shared lead vocals on the band's biggest hit, "Midnight Confessions."

The Pasadena Star-News reports Grill sustained a head injury in the fall in Lake Country, north of San Francisco. He was breathing on his own after the fall but was in a coma.

The Grass Roots' website states that Grill stopped leading the touring band but made special appearances.



http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-20078729-10391698.html

I saw Rob a couple years ago, he was so talented and elegant looking in this black, double breasted suit with matching T-shirt.:)


Title: Re: Rob Grill "Midnight Confessions" Passed Away
Post by: seahorse on July 12, 2011, 04:33:06 PM
 ::MonkeyAngel::




Guestbook for Rob Grill
http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/guestbook.aspx?n=rob-grill&pid=152515403


Title: Re: Rob Grill "Midnight Confessions" Passed Away
Post by: seahorse on July 12, 2011, 04:50:28 PM
 
Lake County News Rob Grill, singer for 60s rock band The Grass Roots, has died

By Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel

4:15 p.m. EDT, July 12, 2011


 ::MonkeyAngel::

EUSTIS – Rob Grill, the lead singer of the 1960s rock band The Grass Roots and famous for such hits as "Sooner or Later" and "Temptation Eyes," died Monday morning at a hospice facility while listening to one of his favorite songs "Let's Live for Today," according to his wife, Nancy Grill. He was 67.

"My dear husband Robert Frank Grill, 67, of Mt Dora, Fl passed away peacefully in my arms at 11:37 a.m. (EST), while listening to one of his favorite songs…"Let's Live for Today." He loved his fans and he loved The Grass Roots! Thank you for all of your prayers, love and support during this time" Nancy Grill wrote on a music-lovers web site.

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Raised in Hollywood, Calif., Grill's music career started while working at a studio with friends Cory Wells and John Kay, who would go on to form Three Dog Night and Steppenwolf. Grill then joined the Grass Roots and the band had their first Top 10 hit in 1967 with "Let's Live for Today."

The next year, the band had their biggest hit with 'Midnight Confessions,' with Grill on co-lead vocals. That song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band eventually had 29 best-selling singles including 13 of which went gold.

 ::snipping2::

Grill said he needed the medicine to cope with the pain of six hip-replacement surgeries and a degenerative bone disorder called avascular necrosis.

When interviewed by the Orlando Sentinel in July 2007, Grill said he was no longer taking prescription medication and was handling the pain with aspirin.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/lake/os-rob-grill-rock-star-dies-20110712,0,4000059.story


Title: Re: Rob Grill "Midnight Confessions" Passed Away
Post by: MuffyBee on July 13, 2011, 06:31:15 PM

The Grass Roots-Midnight confessions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCdGqed6Ajg

http://www.youtube.com/v/gCdGqed6Ajg?version=3&hl=en_US


Title: Re: Rob Grill "Midnight Confessions" Passed Away
Post by: MuffyBee on July 13, 2011, 06:34:13 PM
'Temptation Eyes' by The Grass Roots
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVVpDfxhcOo


http://www.youtube.com/v/tVVpDfxhcOo?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0


Title: Re: Rob Grill "Midnight Confessions" Passed Away
Post by: MuffyBee on July 13, 2011, 06:37:31 PM
Grass Roots - Let's Live For Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJlY2QThjoA&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/v/TJlY2QThjoA?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0


Title: Re: Rob Grill "Midnight Confessions" Passed Away
Post by: MuffyBee on July 13, 2011, 06:41:25 PM

Grass Roots - I'd Wait a Million Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMsnsUbG2Rc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/v/dMsnsUbG2Rc?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0


Title: Re: Rob Grill "Midnight Confessions" Passed Away
Post by: Nut44x4 on July 19, 2011, 10:24:24 AM
Ah yes....the Grassroots. Rob was the hottest ;) So many memories from the tunes. I even saw them in concert and he was too damn hot for words.  ::piggy::  RIP my friend, RIP. Good picture here on his obit in later years...talk about Temptation Eyes  ::MonkeyTongue::
http://obituaries.bangordailynews.com/obituaries/bangordailynews/obituary.aspx?n=rob-grill&pid=152515403





Title: Re: Rob Grill "Midnight Confessions" Passed Away
Post by: Nut44x4 on July 19, 2011, 10:32:43 AM
So many 'Images'

(http://929thelake.com/files/2011/07/GrassRootsMain-copy-250x200.jpg)
http://929thelake.com/files/2011/07/GrassRootsMain-copy-250x200.jpg
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&biw=606&bih=437&q=rob%20grill&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi


Title: Re: Rob Grill "Midnight Confessions" Passed Away
Post by: seahorse on August 13, 2011, 11:56:08 AM
Glorious.
 
The way I remember Rob Grill, smiling and singing at his show, he said he was on the Senior Tour... ::MonkeyHaHa::