Crowbar (Canadian band)

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Crowbar was a Canadian rock band, probably best known for their 1971 hit "Oh, What a Feeling".

The band included:

King Biscuit Boy (Richard Newell) on harmonica
Roly Greenway on bass guitar
Kelly Jay (Blake Fordham) on vocals and piano
Jozef Chirowski on keyboards
Sonnie Bernardi on drums
Rheal Lanthier on guitar
John Gibbard on guitar and slide guitar

From 1969 to 1970, most of the members of the group had been a backup band for Ronnie Hawkins. However, he fired them, saying "You guys are so crazy that you could **** up a crowbar in three seconds!" They recorded their first album in 1970 as King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar. King Biscuit Boy left the band later in 1970, but continued to appear as a guest performer.

The band split up in 1974 but reformed in 1977, except for Chirowski, who had joined Alice Cooper's band in the meantime.

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