Members DAMfan Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 Rob Grill [November 30, 1943 -July 11, 2011], the longtime lead singer for rock band The Grass Roots, has died at age 67 from complications of a stroke Grass Root's Medley Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jam6242 Posted July 15, 2011 Members Share Posted July 15, 2011 The Grass Roots was one of my favorite bands when I was a child & I had a huge crush on Rob Grill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted August 12, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 12, 2011 The Grass Roots - Bella Linda http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3Pjpw5EqW8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted August 21, 2011 Author Members Share Posted August 21, 2011 The Grass Roots set a record for being on the Billboard charts 307 straight weeks. They are one of nine bands that charted twenty nine or more Top 100 Billboard singles and went on to sell over twenty million records worldwide. Another interesting fact is they hold the all time attendance record for a US concert with 600,000 people converging on Washington, D.C on July 4th, 1982. After the concert, bands were barred from playing in Washington in the same venue because of the message they were sending to young people and a change in morals. The Grass Roots went on to appear in over 50 national television shows. Many of their hits are still playing on radio stations to this day. They charted one platinum album, two gold albums, thirteen gold singles and charted singles a total of twenty nine times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphanguy74 Posted August 27, 2011 Members Share Posted August 27, 2011 That medley from the Ed sullivan show is one of the best performances anywhere. I saw Rob twice in concert, once in 1986, and again in 1989. He never sounded the same as he did in the 70's... but he was entertaining and treid very hard. I think Dennis Provisor with his adlibs really added alot when he joined the group in 1969, and of course, I think Warren Entner is one of the most beautiful men that ever walked the earth. I like most all of Grass Roots singles, they ahd so many good ones, and some later ones that were really great, that weren't as successful: Please register in order to view this content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted September 18, 2011 Author Members Share Posted September 18, 2011 No Exit - Grass Roots - written by Rob Grill, Warren Entner, and Creed Bratton FROM THE 1967 ALBUM "LET'S LIVE FOR TODAY". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQQM5berR_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted December 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted December 1, 2011 Rob Grill would have been 68 today 11/30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted December 1, 2011 Members Share Posted December 1, 2011 It's so hard to look at these people from the 60s with their youth and hippie hair and realize they are either seniors now or dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alphanguy74 Posted December 1, 2011 Members Share Posted December 1, 2011 Amen... the only thing harder is looking in the freaking MIRROR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted July 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 The Grass Roots lead singer, Rob Grill passed away a year ago July 11, 2011 he was 67. He died in his wife's arms while listening to 'Let's Live for Today,' The Grass Roots hits in the 60s and 70s Midnight Confessions," "Two Divided by Love," "Let's Live for Today," "Sooner or Later" and "Temptation Eyes." The band had about dozen different members over the years except for Rob who was a Grass Root member for about 45 years. The Grass Roots' former drummer, Rick Coonce, died February 2011. The band's former guitarist, Creed Bratton, is also an actor and is currently playing Creed on the NBC series The Office and Warren Entner is an artist management now. Some may remember the many appearances of The Grass Roots on American Bandstand and may remember Rob bringing his baby son Christian on the show, he died of cancer when he was 39 Aug. 11, 2010 - Rob died eleven months to the day of his son on July 11, 2011. Grass Roots - Let's Live For Today 1967 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnFZsrs32Co&feature=em-share_video_user Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted July 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 11, 2012 From one of his many concerts Rob Grill (November 30, 1943 – July 11, 2011) lead singer of The Grass Roots for nearly 45 years Talks about the 60's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRvfmdSZeE&feature=g-hist&context=G2bc9584AHT3FVjAAeAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted July 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 12, 2012 Grass Roots - Things I Should Have Said (Rare promo) 1967 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=094ghShfAuA&feature=g-hist Love-In 2010 with "The Grass Roots"!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKkihvlTel4&feature=g-hist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted July 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 12, 2012 The Grass Roots - Feelings - From the movie "With 6 You Get Eggroll" with Doris Day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx5mGH0Fm9s&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted July 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 12, 2012 Dick Clark Interviews Grass Roots - American Bandstand 1982 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5831aoEs6fs&feature=g-hist del shannon & rob grill on goodmorning america 1983 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsHANZhCIy4&feature=g-hist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DAMfan Posted July 12, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 12, 2012 Midnight Confessions - Grass Roots So can anyone remember being shocked, when you realized that Midnight Confessions, was about a guy being in love with a married woman - had one of the most memorable lyrics of the 60s. But a little gold ring you wear on your hand Makes me understand There's another before me, you'll never be mine I'm wasting my time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nZnqtDdsws&feature=context-gah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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