Thursday, 3 May 2012

les harvey

A microphone not earthed correctly, electric guitar and wet hands. Lethal.
It killed Les Harvey instantly.
Lead guitarist of Stone The Crows, and brother of singer Alex Harvey (see post) died May 3rd 1972.
Stone The Crows had become a familiar name to festival and college audiences in the early 70's with their blues rock behind the scorching vocals of Maggie Bell.
It was a devastating loss for the group and a year later they folded.
Here's a decent tribute video for Les doing "Blind Man" with Maggie Bell.