Crowbar (Canadian band)
| Crowbar | |
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| Also known as | King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar |
| Origin | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Rock |
| Years active | 1970–1975 |
| Labels | Daffodil Records, Epic Records, Stony Plain Records |
| Associated acts | Ronnie Hawkins |
| Past members | |
| King Biscuit Boy Roly Greenway Kelly Jay John Rutter Ed Charron Richard Bell Jozef Chirowski Larry Atamanuik Tim Nantais Sonnie Bernardi Rheal Lanthier John Gibbard Sonny Del-Rio Ray Harrison John Dickie Russell Foreman Tim Thompson Jim Rudnick |
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Crowbar was a Canadian rock band based in Hamilton, Ontario, probably best known for their 1971 hit "Oh, What a Feeling".
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[edit] History
From 1969 to 1970, most of the members of the group had been a backup band for Ronnie Hawkins under the name "And Many Others". However, in early 1970, he fired them, saying "You guys are so crazy that you could fuck up a crowbar in three seconds!" They recorded their first album in 1970 (Official Music) as King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar. King Biscuit Boy left the band later in 1970, but continued to appear off-and-on as a guest performer.[1]
Crowbar's rock, blues and boogie mix made it one of Canada's most popular touring bands of the early 1970s. The band toured in the United Kingdom but, otherwise, made little impact outside of Canada.
Crowbar disbanded in 1975, but was revived in 1977; (minus Jozef Chirowski, who had joined Alice Cooper's band) for a tour of eastern Canada with Kelly Jay and others intermittently during the 1980s with club work in southern Ontario.[1]
[edit] Members
The band consisted of a variety of players in various combinations over its lifetime including:
- King Biscuit Boy (Richard Newell) on harmonica[2]
- Roly Greenway on bass guitar
- Kelly Jay (Blake Fordham) on harmonica, vocals and piano
- John Rutter on vocals (1970)
- Ed Charron on guitar (1973–1976)
- Richard Bell on keyboards (1970)
- Jozef Chirowski on keyboards
- Larry Atamanuik on drums (1970)
- Tim Nantais on bass guitar
- Sonnie Bernardi on drums
- Rheal Lanthier on guitar
- John Gibbard on guitar and slide guitar
- Sonny Del-Rio on saxophone
- Ray Harrison on keyboard, B3 hammond organ
- John Dickie on vocals (2000)
- Russell Foreman on guitar
- Tim Thompson on drums [1978]
- Jim Rudnick on tambourine [1970]
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Official Music (as King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar) (1970, Daffodil; 1996, Stony Plain)
- Bad Manors (1970, Daffodil SBA-16004)
- Larger than Life (And Live'r than You've Ever Been) (1971, Daffodil 2-SBA-16007) (recorded in concert at Massey Hall, Toronto)
- Heavy Duty (1972, Daffodil SBA-16013)
- KE-32746 (Epic KE-32746) (circa 1973)
- Million Dollar Weekend (1974 Epic)
- Crowbar Classics: Memories Are Made of This (1975, Daffodil SBA-16030)[2]
[edit] Singles
- 1970 Corrina, Corrina (Daffodil) (as King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar)
- 1970 Uncle Pen/Roberta (London) 17385
- 1971 Oh What A Feeling (Toyota)
- 1971 Happy People (Daffodil)
- 1972 Too True Mama (Daffodil)
- 1972 Dreams (Daffodil)
- 1972 Fly Away (Daffodil)
- 1972 Hey Baby (Daffodil)
- 1973 Million Dollar Weekend (Epic)
- 1974 Million Dollar Weekend (Daffodil)
- 1974 All The Living Things (Epic)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Crowbar, thecanadianencyclopedia.com
- ^ a b "Canadian Encyclopedia Biography: King Biscuit Boy". http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0001846. Retrieved 2007-01-19.
