Crow Music – CROW***

Evil Woman/White Eyes/Thoughts/Da Da Song/Busy Day/Time To Make A Turn/Rollin’/Listen To The Bop/Gonna Leave A Mark/Sleepy Woman

Crow Music was the debut album from the Minneapolis hard rock group Crow. It includes the US top twenty hit single Evil Woman later covered by Black Sabbath as their first single. (US:69)

“An agreeable, loose, late 60s old school hard rock LP which is quite an enjoyable listen. The Mexican style horns on Evil Woman are unusual and a big surprise on this sort of music, but somehow seem to work.”

“Soul driven semi-commercial hard rock. Similar at times to Steppenwolf with horns. It goes through numerous tonal shifts, including 50s rock 'n' roll, soul, acoustic, psychedelic, blues and a kind of pre-funk jazzy hard rock.”

“It's unfortunate that Crow are primarily known as a one hit wonder. And not really a huge smash hit at that. After cracking the top 20 with Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me, Crow was poised to fly further with several follow up releases. Sounding a bit like Steppenwolf, the band left us with a legacy of great biker rock. Recording for a very small label with little promotion, the subsequent songs just didn't advance the group, although several of them shimmer with golden rock.”

“Why did this band not make it to the top? The vocals are demanding and strong. The songs go deep.”

“The musicianship and interplay between the band members is excellent: and these guys could really write songs.”

“Crow probably don't make many top ten favourites list, but they did have their moment in the sun - in this case the gloriously heavy Evil Woman. Even the addition of a sloppy horn arrangement couldn't spoil the track.”