King Biscuit Boy With Crowbar - Official Music - 1970 (2006)

Official Music was released on the Daffodil Records label in Canada and Paramount in the U.S.A. to critical acclaim . Of the eleven songs on the album, eight are standard blues covers of songs by such greats as Willie Dixon, Bill Broonzy, Otis Redding ,Sonny Boy Williamson, given a unique treatment by Newells' harmonica playing. There are also original compositions written by Newell and performed in a classic blues style. Official Music charted in both the US and Canada and a single taken from the album,"Corinna Corrina" was a minor hit in Canada for King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar in 1970. After the release of Official Music, King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar parted ways.

Track List

01. Highway 61 (2:56)
02. Don't Go No Further (3:48)
03. Unseen Eye (3:02)
04. I'm Just A Lonely Guy (2:36)
05. Key To The Highway (3:19)
06. Corrina (4:38)
07. Biscuit's Boogie (9:38)
08. Hoy Hoy Hoy (5:18)
09. Badly Bent (2:13)
10. Cookin' Little Baby (2:41)
11. Shout Bama Lama (2:32)

(Note: Album directory shows 1971 in error)

King Biscuit Boy (Richard Alfred Newell) became noticed while playing with Ronnie Hawkins as one of the Hawks, who nicknamed him King Biscuit Boy. After playing with Hawkins for two years, he left to go it alone but joined Crowbar, a band made up of ex Hawks) and recorded his debut album entitled Official Music (as King Biscuit Boy & Crowbar) in 1970.