The Band Plays On is the debut album from Back Street Crawler

Back Street Crawler (band)

Back Street Crawler was a group of blues and rock musicians founded by guitarist Paul Kossoff , signing to Atlantic Records in 1975. The band took the name from Kossoff's solo album, Back Street Crawler.- History :...

, fronted by ex-Free

Free (band)

Free were an English rock band, formed in London in 1968, best known for their 1970 signature song "All Right Now". They disbanded in 1973 and lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become a frontman of the band Bad Company along with Simon Kirke on drums; lead guitarist Paul Kossoff died from a...

 guitarist Paul Kossoff

Paul Kossoff

Paul Francis Kossoff was an English rock guitarist best known as a member of the band Free.Kossoff was ranked 51st in Rolling Stone magazine list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" -Early days:...

. 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

Terry Slesser

Terry Slesser is a blues rock singer from Newcastle, England. He is chiefly known for his role as vocalist in ex-Free guitarist Paul Kossoff's band Back Street Crawler, renamed Crawler after Kossoff's death in 1976.- History :In the early 1970s, Slesser joined Beckett, replacing their original...

 on "New York, New York" (a Mike Montgomery original, and not the tune made famous by Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli

Liza May Minnelli is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli....

 and Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...

). Montgomery subsequently left the band and was replaced by John "Rabbit" Bundrick

John Bundrick

John Douglas "Rabbit" Bundrick is an American rock keyboardist, pianist and organist. He is best known for his work with The Who and associations with others including Eric Burdon, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Roger Waters, Free and Crawler. Bundrick is noted as the principal musician for the cult...

.

Track listing

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
  Paul Kossoff
  Paul Francis Kossoff was an English rock guitarist best known as a member of the band Free.Kossoff was ranked 51st in Rolling Stone magazine list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" -Early days:...
  
   - guitar
• Terry Wilson-Slesser
  Terry Slesser
  Terry Slesser is a blues rock singer from Newcastle, England. He is chiefly known for his role as vocalist in ex-Free guitarist Paul Kossoff's band Back Street Crawler, renamed Crawler after Kossoff's death in 1976.- History :In the early 1970s, Slesser joined Beckett, replacing their original...
  
   - 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"

Production

• Produced by Back Street Crawler
  Back Street Crawler (band)
  Back Street Crawler was a group of blues and rock musicians founded by guitarist Paul Kossoff , signing to Atlantic Records in 1975. The band took the name from Kossoff's solo album, Back Street Crawler.- History :...
  
   for Oak Records Ltd & Steve Smith (track 3)
• Engineered by Rod Thear
• Recorded at Ridge Farm Studios (tracks 1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10) & Sawmills (tracks 3, 6)
• Mixed at Olympic Studios
  Olympic Studios
  Olympic Studios was a renowned independent commercial recording studio located at 117 Church Road, Barnes, South West London, England. The studio is best known for the huge number of famous rock and pop recordings made there from the late 1960s onward....
  
  , London
  London
  London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
  
   (tracks 1-2, 4-5, 9-10) & Basing Street Studios
  Basing Street Studios
  SARM Studios is a recording studio located in Notting Hill, London. The studios were established by Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records, and were originally known as Basing Street Studios...
  
  , London
  London
  London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
  
   (tracks 3)
• Remixed at Olympic Studios
  Olympic Studios
  Olympic Studios was a renowned independent commercial recording studio located at 117 Church Road, Barnes, South West London, England. The studio is best known for the huge number of famous rock and pop recordings made there from the late 1960s onward....
  
  , London
  London
  London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
  
  (tracks 6-8)

External links

• Terry Wilson-Slesser