Stone the Crows

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This article is about the band. For the band's self-titled album, see Stone the Crows (album). For the song by Down, see Stone the Crow.
Stone the Crows
Kralingen Music Festival 1970
Background information
OriginGlasgow, Scotland
Genres
Years active1969–1973
Past members
Jim Dewar
Steve Thompson
Ronnie Leahy
Jimmy McCulloch

Stone the Crows were a Scottish blues rock band formed in Glasgow in late 1969. They are remembered for the onstage electrocution of guitarist and founding member Les Harvey.

History

The band were formed after

To Sir With Love" and was also married to Lulu's manager, Marion Massey. London had also managed the predecessor band Cartoone, in which Peter Grant had a financial interest and featured Les Harvey on guitar.[4]

Original line-up

The band's first two albums were recorded with the original line up and Bell's vocals were described as being similar to Janis Joplin's.[5]

Second line-up and onstage death of Les Harvey

McGinnis and Dewar left the band in 1971 and were replaced by Ronnie Leahy and Steve Thompson.[1]

Guitarist and co-founder Les Harvey was electrocuted onstage in front of a live audience at Swansea's Top Rank Suite in May 1972. Wires to the group's equipment were reportedly damaged by the audience and although the road crew attempted to repair the damage, they overlooked a loose ground wire.[6] Harvey received a jolt of electricity as he reached for a microphone while his fingers touched the metal strings on his guitar. His body reportedly flew into the air and came to rest with his guitar in contact with the microphone stand. Bandmates who tried to rescue him reportedly got shocked themselves and it wasn't until someone kicked his guitar away[7] that medical personnel were able to render aid. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

Jimmy McCulloch would subsequently replace the main songwriter Harvey as lead guitarist, following Harvey's death.[1] After Harvey's death the band reconsidered their direction.[8]

Post-breakup

Stone the Crows ultimately broke up in June 1973,

Wings
, in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1974.

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

  • The BBC Sessions, Volume 1 – 1969–1970 (1998)
  • The BBC Sessions, Volume 2 – 1970–1971 (1998)
  • Live Montreux 1972 (2002)
  • Radio Sessions 1969–1972 (2009) (2CD)
  • BBC Sessions 1969–1972 (2014) (2LP)

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 1-85227-745-9
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  2. ISBN 0-7119-9195-2
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  3. ^ Pingitore, Silvia (6 October 2021). "Maggie Bell of Stone the Crows and the 1970s blues-rock: interview with the UK's Janis Joplin". the-shortlisted.co.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  4. ^ Uncredited, Led Zeppelin: Achilles Last Stand, Biography of Mark London[usurped]. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  5. ISBN 0-352-39715-2
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  6. ^ "Clipped From The Record". The Record. 21 May 1972. p. 43. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Clipped From Daily Press". Daily Press. 18 June 1972. p. 25. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. ^ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 238. CN 5585.
  9. ^ Liner notes to Rod Stewart's album Every Picture Tells a Story, Mercury Records, catalog no. SRM-609, 1971.
  10. ISBN 1-904994-10-5
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