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Biography
Infobox musical artist | name =Stone The Crows| image =| caption =| image_size =| background =group_or_band| birth_name =| alias =| origin = Glasgow , Scotland | instrument =| genre = Blues | occupation =| years_active = 1968–1973| label =| associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members = LeslieHarvey Maggie Bell Colin Allen John McGinnis James Dewar (rock vocalist)|Jim Dewar Steve Thompson (bass, 1971) Ronnie Leahy (keyboards, 1971) Jimmy McCulloch (guitar, 1972)| notable_instruments = Stone the Crows were a blues musical ensemble|band formed in Glasgow in late 1969.
History
The band were formed after Maggie Bell was introduced to Leslie Harvey|Les Harvey by his elder brother, Alex Harvey (musician)|Alex Harvey . After playing together in the Kinning Park Ramblers, they rejoined in a band Power, later renamed Stone the Crows (after a British/Australian English wikt:stone the crows|exclamation of surprise or shock ) by Led Zeppelin 's manager, Peter Grant (music manager)|Peter Grant .cite book|last=Welch|first=Chris|year=2002|title=Peter Grant: The Man Who Led Zeppelin|page=23|isbn=0-7119-9195-2 The band was co-managed by Grant and Mark London . London was associated with Lulu (singer)|Lulu as the co-writer of her signature song , " To Sir With Love (song)|To Sir With Love " and was also married to Lulu's manager, Marion Massey . London had also managed the predecessor band Cartoone , which featured Les Harvey on guitar, and in which Peter Grant had a financial interest.Uncredited, Led Zeppelin: Achilles Last Stand, http://www.led-zeppelin.org/joomla/biographies/117 Biography of Mark London. Retrieved 2011-09-05.
Original line-up
Maggie Bell , singing|vocals (born Margaret Bell, 12 January 1945, Maryhill , Glasgow, Strathclyde , Scotland ).
Leslie Harvey|Les Harvey , guitar (born LeslieCameron Harvey, 13 September 1944, Govan , Glasgow & mdash; died 2 May 1972).
Colin Allen , drum s (born Colin Eric Allen, 9 May 1938, Bournemouth , Dorset ) (ex- Zoot Money's Big Roll Band and John Mayall's Bluesbreakers )
James Dewar (rock vocalist)|James Dewar , bass guitar|bass (born James Dewer, 12 October 1942 Glasgow; died 16 May 2002). (Later with Robin Trower )
John McGinnis, keyboard instrument|keyboards
The band's first two album s were sound recording and reproduction|recorded 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.
Second line-up
McGinnis and Dewar left in 1971, to be replaced by Ronnie Leahy and Steve Thompson. Dewar went on to have a successful career with Robin Trower as both bassist and lead singer. The death of 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.cite book | first= John | last= Tobler | year= 1992 | title= NME Rock 'N' Roll Years | edition= 1st | publisher= Reed International Books Ltd | location= London | pages= 238 | id= CN 5585 The band brought in ex- Thunderclap Newman prodigy Jimmy McCulloch as lead guitarist.
Stone the Crows broke up in June 1973. Bell recorded two solo (music)|albums in the early 1970s, Queen of the Night and Suicide Sal and joined Rod Stewart on Every Picture Tells a Story . Meanwhile, McCulloch joined Paul McCartney|Paul McCartney's group, Wings (band)|Wings , the following year in Nashville, Tennessee.
Discography
Stone the Crows (album)|Stone the Crows (1970)
Ode to John Law (1970)
Teenage Licks (1971)
Ontinuous Performance (1972) - UK Albums Chart|UK Number 33cite book
| first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 534
References
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External links
http://alexgitlin.com/stc.htm Stone the Crows biography from linernotes by Chris Welch at http://alexgitlin.com/ Alex Gitlin's website
Category:Scottish musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 1969 Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1973
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