Back Street Crawler :The Band Played On

BACK STREET CRAWLER 

The Band Plays On

 is the debut

 album from

 Back Street Crawler,

 fronted by ex-Free guitarist

 Paul Kossoff.

 Keyboard player

 Mike Montgomery

 composed six songs 

and co-wrote two others

 on the album,

 in addition to singing lead vocals

 on "All the Girls Are Crazy" 

and "Survivor". 

He sang with

 Terry Wilson-Slesser 

on "New York, New York"

  Montgomery

 subsequently left the band 

and was replaced by

 John "Rabbit" Bundrick.

The Mike Montgomery songs

, "Jason Blue" 

and

 "The Band Plays On", 

had previously appeared on 

a self-titled

 1973 album by Bloontz, 

in which

 Terry Wilson, 

Mike Montgomery 

and Tony Braunagel 

had played together

 prior to the formation of

 Back Street Crawler.

TRACK LIST 

1. Hoo Doo Woman 
2. New York, New York 
3. Stealing My Way 
4. Survivor 
5. It's A Long Way Down To The Top 
6. All The Girls Are Crazy 
7. Jason Blue 
8. Train Song 
9. Rock & Roll Junkie 
10. The Band Plays On 

Personnel

• Paul Kossoff - guitar
• Terry Wilson-Slesser - vocals
• Terry Wilson - guitar, bass guitar
• Tony Braunagel - drums
• Mike Montgomery - keyboards, vocals
• Pete Van - baritone saxophone on "Jason Blue" & "Rock & Roll Junkie"
• Eddie Quansah - trumpet, flugel horn on "Jason Blue" & "Rock & Roll Junkie"
• George Lee - flutes, tenor & soprano saxophones on "Jason Blue" & "Rock & Roll Junkie"

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