Released October 1975 Length 44:16 Producer Back Street Crawler | Genre Hard rock, blues rock Label Atlantic The Band Plays On
(1975) 2nd Street
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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 dueted with Terry Wilson-Slesser on "New York, New York" (a Mike Montgomery original, and not the tune made famous by Liza Minnelli and Frank Sinatra). Montgomery subsequently left the band and was replaced by John "Rabbit" Bundrick.
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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 listing
Aii tracks composed by Mike Montgomery; except where indicated
- "Hoo Doo Woman" (Back Street Crawler) - 4:17
- "New York, New York" - 4:40
- "Stealing My Way" (Mike Montgomery, Paul Kossoff) - 4:21
- "Survivor" - 3:35
- "It's a Long Way Down to the Top" - 5:58
- "All The Girls Are Crazy" - 3:33
- "Jason Blue" - 4:57
- "Train Song" (Terry Wilson, Tony Braunagel) - 4:36
- "Rock & Roll Junkie" - 3:17
- "The Band Plays On" (Terry Wilson) - 5:02
Personnel
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