Stone the Crows

Stone the Crows

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Origin = Glasgow, Scotland
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Genre = Blues
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Years_active =1968 - 1973
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Current_members =Leslie Harvey
Maggie Bell
Colin Allen
John McGinnis
Jim Dewar
Steve Thompson (Bass, 1971)
Ronnie Leahy (Keyboards 1971)

Jimmy McCulloch (Guitars 1972)
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Stone The Crows was a band formed in Glasgow in late 1969.

History

The band was formed after Maggie Bell was introduced to Les Harvey by his elder brother, Alex Harvey. After playing together in the Kinning Park Ramblers, they rejoined in a band Power, later renamed Stone The Crows (after a British English exclamation of surprise or shock) by Led Zeppelin's manager, Peter Grant. [cite book|last=Welch|first=Chris|year=2002|title=Peter Grant: The Man Who Led Zeppelin|page=23|id=ISBN 0-7119-9195-2]

Original line-up

*Maggie Bell, "vocals" (born Margaret Bell, 12 January 1945, in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland.
*Les Harvey, "guitar" (born Leslie Harvey, in 1945, in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland died 2 May 1972).
*Colin Allen, "drums" (born December 1940, in Bournemouth, Dorset) (ex-Zoot Money's Big Roll Band and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers)
*James Dewar, "bass" (born James Dewer, 12 October 1942, in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland). (Later with Robin Trower)
*John McGinnis, "keyboards"

The band's first two albums were produced by the above line-up, with Bell's vocals "reminiscent of Janis Joplin" [Logan, Nick &Woffinden, Bob (eds.) "The New Musical Express Book of Rock", W.H. Allen &Co. Ltd (Star), 1973, p. 489-490. ISBN 0-352-39715-2. ] .

econd line-up

McGinnis and Dewar left in 1971, to be replaced by Ronnie Leahy and Steve Thompson. The tragic death of Les Harvey (electrocuted by a live microphone on stage at Swansea's Top Rank Suite in May 1972) almost led to the breakup of the band. After trying Peter Green, the band brought in ex-Thunderclap Newman prodigy Jimmy McCulloch as lead guitarist.

Stone the Crows broke up in June 1973. Maggie Bell recorded two albums in the early seventies, "Queen Of The Night" and "Suicide Sal" and joined Rod Stewart on "Every Picture Tells A Story".

Discography

*"Stone The Crows" 1969
*"Ode To John Law" 1970
*"Teenage Licks" 1971
*"Ontinuous Performance" 1972

Notes

External links

* [http://alexgitlin.com/stc.htm Stone the Crows biography] from linernotes by Chris Welch at Alex Gaitlin's web site


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