Back Street Crawler

Back Street Crawler was formed in England in early 1975 by ex-Free guitarist Paul Kossoff (son of author David Kossoff) and named after the guitarist's 1973 solo LP, the first line up of Back Street Crawler included ex-Beckett vocalist Terry Wilson-Slesser, keyboardist Michael Montgomery, ex-Speedy Keen bassist Terry Wilson and drummer Tony Braunagel. Their debut as a band was on 1975's "The Band Plays On" LP (Atlantic K50173) but efforts to support the album's release were hampered when...

Following the posthumous release of "Second Street" the remaining band members shortened the group's name to Crawler, recruited ex-If guitarist Geoff Whitehorn and replaced Montgomery with ex-Free member John ?Rabbit' Bundrick. However, despite achieving minor U.S.A. chart success with their two LPs, "Crawler" (CBS 1977) and "Snake Rattle And Roll" (CBS 1978) the group found they were unable to shake off the legacy of Kossoff and split up in late 1978 with Braunagel later turning up in City Boy and working with Terry Wilson on recordings for Eric Burdon.