Crow

Crow

This article is about the American classic rock band. For the Australian rock band, see Crow (Australian band).

Crow
Origin	Minneapolis-St. Paul, U.S.
Genres	Blues rock, psychedelic rock, garage rock, hard rock
Years active	1967–1972 1980–1982 1988–present
Labels	Amaret Records
Members	David Wagner Dick Wiegand Larry Wiegand Kink Middlemist Harry Nehls Denny Craswell Norm Steffen
Website	thecrowband.com

Crow is an American blues rock band that was first active from 1967 to 1972. They are best known for the song "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games with Me)", which was notably covered by Black Sabbath (on their debut album) and Ike & Tina Turner.

History

Crow was formed in 1967 by singer David Wagner, guitarist Dick Wiegand, bassist Larry Wiegand, keyboardist Kink Middlemist, and drummer Harry Nehls under the name South 40, which was used until the group went national. Nehls was replaced by Denny Craswell at that time. Columbia Records brought them in to record a demo in 1969; they passed, and Crow was signed to Amaret Records. Crow by Crow and Mosaic were the follow-up releases in 1970 and 1971, respectively. Several later singles managed to chart, although none reached the heights of "Evil Woman". Eventually, the band wanted to move to Elektra Records, but Amaret would not release them from their recording contract while retaining their name. Wagner left the group in 1971; the band replaced him with Mick Stanhope and attempted to move forward, but collapsed for good in 1972. In 1988, Crow reformed and they continued to play concerts all over the United States. All the members have won Minnesota Music Awards for their own individual instruments. In 2005, they were inducted into the Minnesota Rock/Country Hall of Fame and, in 2009, the Iowa Rock & Roll Music Hall of Fame.

Crow still play occasionally in the Midwest with Dave Wagner on vocals.

Discography

Live albums

• 1968 Live at Someplace Else – (as by South 40)

Studio albums

• 1969 Crow Music
• 1970 Crow by Crow
• 1971 Mosaic
• 1972 d/b/a Crow (David Wagner – solo)
• 1981 Crow on the Run (Northwest U.S. release only)

Compilation albums

• 1972 Best of Crow
• 1992 Evil Woman: The Best of Crow
• 2007 Classics: 1969–1972
• 2007 Before the Storm (David Wagner – solo)
• 2013 The Best of Crow

All releases on Amaret, except for Live at Someplace Else (Metrobeat), Evil Woman: The Best of Crow (K-Tel/Era), Classics: 1969–1972 (Noiseland Industries), The Best of Crow (Sundazed) and Before the Storm (K-Tel).

Singles

• 1969 "Time to Make a Turn"(US No. 123)
• 1969 "Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Games With Me)" (US No. 19)
• 1970 "Cottage Cheese"(US No. 56)
• 1970 "Slow Down" (US No. 103)
• 1970 "(Don't Try to Lay No Boogie Woogie on the) King of Rock N' Roll" (US No. 55)
• 1971 "Watching Can Waste Up Time"
• 1971 "Yellow Dawg"
• 1972 "Mobile Blues" (David Wagner – solo)
• 1972 "Cado Queen" (David Wagner – solo)

All releases on Amaret.

Members

• David Wagner – vocals (1967–1971)
• Dick Wiegand – guitar (1967–1972)
• Larry Wiegand – bass (1967–1972)
• Dave "Kink" Middlemist – keyboards (1967–1972)
• Harry Nehls – drums (1967–1969)
• Denny Craswell – drums (1969–1972)
• Mike Mlazgar – drums (1969)
• Mick Stanhope – vocals (1971–1972)
• Chico Perez – percussion (1971–1972)