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NEWS: You can stop emailing me for classic Crow music!!
They finally released a CD with 11 cuts on it called "Crow Classics 1969-1972".
How to order details on their webpage...($15 + S & H)

This disc contains:
Evil woman
Slow down
Cottage cheese
King of rock and roll (Don't try to lay no boogie woogie)
Something in your blood
Busy day
Stand to blame
Easy street
Colors
Mobile blues
Gone, gone gone

I think it is a damn shame that not much is out there on the net for Minnesota bands such as CROW. Without a doubt they were a great band. It would be hard to beat Crow for good old biker/garage rock! Great for parties! Well, I am gonna do my small part to correcting that oversite.
Dave Waggoner (Wagner) had a hell of a distinctive voice. You could almost instantly identify a Crow song, thanks to Dave. Also, they had that dueling (Kink's) keyboards vs (Dick's) fine guitar work that I love so much, even to this day. Larry's great bass lines were mixed louder then most records from that era.They were one of the best Midwest 70's bands, any way you cut it.

How many of you knew that Mark "Chico" Perez (of Gypsy) played percussion on Crow records?? There is another common point, Crow & Gypsy both were courted by small labels and a big one, Atlantic. Both selected the small record label, and lived to regret it.

Not many Minnesota bands had any national attention before Prince. Some that did:
Crow, Gypsy, Castaways (Liar, Liar), Gestures (Run, Run, Run), & (of course) the Trashmen (Surfin' Bird).

Prior to Crow, the band was known as South 40, and one live LP was released by them: "South 40 Live At Someplace Else!"
(Metrobeat MBS-1000). This LP contains the songs "Fire", "You Keep Me Hangin' On", "Get Out Of My Life Woman", "99 1/2", among others.

IMHO, the best Crow songs are: Cottage cheese,
Evil woman, Don't try to lay no boogie woogie-
on the king of rock and roll, Easy street,
Gone, gone, gone, and Slow down. "Slow down" is one of the best versions of that song, period. "Easy street" shows a jazz influence that may surprise you.

Dave Wagner left Crow in 1971, and the rest of the original band broke up in 1972. Wagner reformed Crow, with other members, and played from approximately 1983 to 1998. He reformed Crow again around 2001 and continues to play.

Crow Albums:

As South 40 they released:
* "South 40 Live At Someplace Else"  Metrobeat LP MBS-1000 1968

* "Crow Music"   Amaret Records LP ST5002 1969     [Reached #69 on charts in 1969]
* "Crow By Crow"   Amaret Records LP ST5006 1970     [Reached #181 on charts in 1970]
* "Mosiac"   Amaret Records LP ST5009 1971
* "Best of Crow"   Amaret Records LP AST 5012 1972
* "Evil Woman, The Best of Crow   CD K-Tel/ERA Records 5002-2 1992

Dave Wagner released a solo LP:
* Dave Wagner D/B/A Crow   Amaret 5013 LP 1972
ALL OF THE ABOVE MUSIC IS OUT OF PRINT!!

• >Song List for D/B/A 1972: Mobile Blue/Cado Queen/Everything Has Got To Be Free/She Makes Me Warm/If It Feels Good, Do It//Before My Time/The Time That I Love You The Most/Load Up The Boat, Captain/I Don't Want My Love Refused/Victims Of The Darkness
  
  * "On the Run" Local release. Peak Records Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dave Wagner & a new set of other players.
  Dave Wagner vocals
  Denny Johnson b/vocals
  Robby Belleville d
  John Richardson g/vocals
  Jeff Christensen g/vocals
  Thanks to Roger for info about this release.
  
  The ERA/K-Tel CD (OUT OF PRINT) release of Evil Woman, Best of Crow (1992) contains the following songs:
  
  * EVIL WOMAN [BILLBOARD CHARTED AT #19, CASHBOX AT #7. SOLD 600,000 COPIES]
  * COTTAGE CHEESE [BILLBOARD CHART #56]
  * I NEED LOVE
  * DON'T TRY TO LAY NO BOOGIE WOOGIE ON THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL [BILLBOARD CHART #52]
  * COLORS
  * YELLOW DAWG
  * SLOW DOWN
  * TIME TO MAKE A TURN
  * BUSY DAY
  * KEEPS ME RUNNIN'
  * SATISFIED
  * GONNA LEAVE A MARK
  * SMOKEY JOE
  * I STAND TO BLAME
  * MOBILE BLUES [Dave Wagner solo]
  * I WANT SUNSHINE [LIVE South 40]
  * HEADING NORTH
  * GONE, GONE, GONE
  
  
  
  1969 1st LP
  
  
  
  

1970 Crow's second album

1971 Crow's third album

1972 Best of LP

Best of LP

Crow at outdoor show in Minneapolis circa Labor Day 1997. Wagner was only original member left.

 

 

 

Dave is on the left, Larry Wiegand is on bass. This was shot at the Fine Line club in Minneapolis.

 

 

 

 

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