- Included in the Under Appreciated Rock List.
- THE CRAWDADDYS, the San Diego 1960’s-style R&B band that launched the Sixties revival scene of the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.
- The Original Facebook Posts about THE CRAWDADDYS are at: Original Facebook Posts / Jan 2015 / THE CRAWDADDYS (Part 1) and Original Facebook Posts / Jan 2015 / THE CRAWDADDYS (Part 2).
Martin Winfree published a Note.
February 7, 2015
The Under-Appreciated Rock Band of the Month for January 2015 is THE CRAWDADDYS. Part 1 is my tribute to Kim Fowley, the below-the-radar music legend who died last month; he had been involved in rock and roll since 1959 and is best known for launching one of the early all-female rock bands, The Runaways. I have had this part finished for a while; had I known that I would be splitting the UARB post for the third time, I could have had this part on line by the end of last month.
KIM FOWLEY
Last week I was reading the paper and learned of the death of Kim Fowley (pronounced like “foul-y” not “foley” – and, yes, he is a guy) . Mixed with sadness at his passing was my wonder at the size of the article about his death on the Obituary page in the SunHerald. Entitled “Kim Fowley, Runaways’ Creator, Dies at 75″, it didn’t miss being a quarter of a page by a whole lot. I know that… Continue Reading
Martin Winfree
February 7, 2015
As I said, the Under-Appreciated Rock Band of the Month for January 2015 is THE CRAWDADDYS, the San Diego 1960’s-style R&B band that launched the Sixties revival scene of the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, leading inexorably to the Garage Rock Revival of the early 2000’s – the White Stripes, the Killers, Queens of the Stone Age, the Black Keys, etc. Don’t forget the “Story of the Month” that I have been including at the end of the posts for the past year or so; this time it is on the saga of John Mellencamp who was unknowingly saddled with the name Johnny Cougar at the beginning of his recording career.