Crowbar - Memories Are Made Of This

Year: 1975
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:14
Size: 113,7 MB
Styles: Blues-rock, rock
Scans: Full

1. The Frenchman's Cherokee Boogie Incident (0:27)
2. Let The Four Winds Blow (2:25)
3. Cane On The Brazos (5:46)
4. In The Dancing Hold (3:53)
5. Where Were You (4:02)
6. Lay One Down (4:28)
7. Oh Never Be A Dodo (0:21)
8. Murder In The First Degree (5:16)
9. Trilby (2:49)
10. Dead Head Out Of St. John's (3:51)
11. Tits Up On The Pavement (8:36)
12. Happy People (Previously Unreleased) (3:02)
13. Oh What A Feeling (4:11)

Crowbar formed in the summer of 1969 as And Many Others to accompany Ronnie Hawkins. Taking the name Crowbar, and making its base in Ancaster, near Hamilton, Ont, it left Hawkins early in 1970 after one LP and several US appearances, then backed individual members Blake 'Kelly Jay' Fordham, John Rutter and King Biscuit Boy on record. King Biscuit Boy's album Official Music and single 'Corrina, Corrina' were the most successful releases.

Personnel changes left Crowbar in 1971 with 'Kelly Jay' (vocals, keyboards, harmonica), Rheal Lanthier (lead guitar), John Gibbard (slide guitar), Josef Chirowski (replacing Richard Bell, keyboards), Roly Greenaway (bass guitar) and Sonnie Bernardi (replacing Larry Atamuniuk, drums). King Biscuit Boy continued as a frequent guest performer through 1971.

The most popular of Crowbar's singles were 'Oh What a Feeling' (1971) and 'Million Dollar Weekend' (1974). The band made three LPs 1970-2 for Daffodil - Bad Manors (SBA-16004), Larger than Life (And Liver than You'll Ever Be) (2-SBA-16007, recorded in concert at Massey Hall) and Heavy Duty (SBA-16013) - and one in 1973 for Epic, KE32746 (KE-32746). The compilation Crowbar Classics: Memories Are Made of This (SBA-16030) followed.

Crowbar's rousing rock, blues and boogie made it one of Canada's most popular touring bands of the early 1970s. It appeared in Great Britain but otherwise made little impact outside of Canada, perhaps the result of the strong nationalistic fervour that characterized its performances. Disbanded in 1975, it was revived in 1977 for a tour of eastern Canada and again by Kelly Jay and others intermittently during the 1980s for club work in southern Ontario.

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King Biscuit Boy With Crowbar - Official Music

Year: 1970
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:10
Size: 98,2 MB
Styles: Electric blues, harmonica blues
Scans: Full

1. Highway 61 (2:54)
2. Don't Go No Further (3:46)
3. Unseen Eye (3:00)
4. I'm Just A Lonely Guy (2:34)
5. Key To The Highway (3:16)
6. Corrina, Corrina (4:26)
7. Biscuit's Boogie (9:38)
8. Hoy Hoy Hoy (5:18)
9. Badly Bent (2:10)
10. Cookin' Little Baby (2:38)
11. Shout Bama Lama (2:27)

Born in Hamilton Ontario, Richard Newell's musical career began in the early 60's as a teenager playing the harmonica in teen bands, the Barons in 1961 (later renamed Son Richard and the Chessmen) and then with the blues styled Mid-Knights in the mid 60's. He became noticed while playing with Ronnie Hawkins as one of the Hawks, who nicknamed him King Biscuit Boy. After playing with Hawkins for two years, he left to go for it alone but joined Crowbar (a band made up of ex Hawks) and recorded his debut album entitled Official Music (as King Biscuit Boy & Crowbar) in 1970.

Official Music was released on the Daffodil Records label in Canada and Paramount in the U.S.A. to critical acclaim. Of the eleven songs on the album, eight are standard blues covers of songs by such greats as Willie Dixon, Bill Broonzy, Otis Redding, Sonny Boy Williamson, given a unique treatment by Newells' harmonica playing. There are also original compositions written by Newell and performed in a classic blues style. Official Music charted in both the US and Canada and a single taken from the album, "Corinna Corrina" was a minor hit in Canada for King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar in 1970. After the release of Official Music, King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar parted ways. /Keith Pettipas, AllMusic

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