MAGGIE BELL

MAGGIE BELL pictured at Renfrew Ferry to the live soundtrack of 'What You Got is So Good'. From a musical family, Maggie sang from her teenage years, leaving school at the age of fifteen, to work as a window dresser by day and singer at night.

She was introduced to Leslie Harvey, by his older brother Alex, after getting up on stage to sing with him; Leslie Harvey was, at that time, a guitarist with the Kinning Park Ramblers. Bell joined the group as one of the vocalists. After the band split up, Bell moved to the Mecca Band at the Sauchiehall Street Locarno, and later to the Dennistoun Palais Band. She then rejoined Harvey, forming a group, initially known as Power, eventually travelling to Germany to sing on United States Air Force bases in the mid 1960s. Peter Grant, who was managing The Yardbirds at the time, spotted Power playing at one of these bases, and agreed to produce and manage them, impressed by the vocal ability of Bell and the guitar playing of Harvey. Power was renamed as Stone the Crows, an expression used by Grant upon hearing this band.

This group lasted until 1973, finding that Harvey's death from accidental electrocution, on 2 May 1972, took too much out of the group for them to continue. The live chemistry between Bell and Harvey was missing. Peter Grant remained as Bell's manager after the split, and organised her first solo album, Queen of the Night, which was recorded in New York with record producer Jerry Wexler. The pictures featuring in this video were taken at the British Blues Quintet gig - a British blues band, formed in London in 2006, by five veteran UK blues musicians; Zoot Money (keyboards and vocals), Colin Allen (drums), MAGGIE BELL (vocals), Colin Hodgkinson (bass and vocals) and Miller Anderson (guitar and vocals).

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[1sortedman]

Just stumbled on this toda...... deep joy ! Maggie on form as ever plus the excellent CH on bass ... made my day.

[Wharfomatic]

Saw Maggie open for Johnny Winter at The Spectrum in 1973 been a fan ever since. You really must come back to America soon!

[Billy Young]

Superb!...Been a Big Fan of Maggie and the Crows for many years...Great post...

[daviemcf]

Magic Maggie!!!