Crowbar — Cassette

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This is the sound of a band that spent too much time in smoky rooms and loved every second of it. It is loose, loud, and deeply rhythmic, centered around a heavy-handed piano style and a harmonica that cuts through the mix like a jagged edge. The music feels lived-in and unpretentious, capturing the exact moment a bar band transcends the stage and turns the whole room into a single, sweating entity.

What sets them apart is the sheer kinetic force of their 'boogie' sensibility. While their contemporaries were leaning into prog or heavy psych, this music stayed grounded in the dirt of the blues and the swing of early rock and roll. The vocals aren't polished; they are shouted, harmonized with a rough-and-tumble joy, and delivered with a wink that suggests the party is only just getting started.

Start with 'Bad Manors' to hear them at their most essential. It captures the transition from being Ronnie Hawkins' backing band to becoming a powerhouse in their own right. It is the perfect entry point for anyone who thinks rock and roll lost its sense of humor and its swing in the early seventies.

Crowbar was a Canadian rock band based in Hamilton, Ontario, best known for their 1971 hit "Oh, What a Feeling".

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Our Catalog4 Albums · 1971 · 1973

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