The Band Plays On

This article is about the hard rock album. For the 1934 American film, see The Band Plays On (film). For the non-fiction book, see And the Band Played On. For the pop song, see The Band Played On.
The Band Plays On
Studio album by Back Street Crawler
Released October 1975
Genre Hard rock, blues rock
Length 44:16
Label Atlantic
Producer Back Street Crawler
Back Street Crawler chronology
The Band Plays On
(1975)		 2nd Street
(1976)

The Band Plays On is the debut album from Back Street Crawler, fronted by ex-Free guitarist Paul Kossoff. 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 on "New York, New York" (a Mike Montgomery original, and not the tune made famous by Liza Minnelli and Frank Sinatra). Montgomery subsequently left the band and was replaced by John "Rabbit" Bundrick.

The Mike Montgomery songs, "Jason Blue" and "The Band Plays On", had previously appeared on a self-titled 1973 album by Bloontz, in which Terry Wilson, Mike Montgomery and Tony Braunagel had played together prior to the formation of Back Street Crawler.

Track listing

  1. Hoo Doo Woman - 4:17
  2. New York, New York - 4:40
  3. Stealing My Way - 4:21
  4. Survivor - 3:35
  5. It's A Long Way Down To The Top - 5:58
  6. All The Girls Are Crazy - 3:33
  7. Jason Blue - 4:57
  8. Train Song - 4:36
  9. Rock & Roll Junkie - 3:17
  10. The Band Plays On - 5:02

Personnel

Production

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