The Under Appreciated Rock Band for this month is the Crawdaddys; while I know of no connection with Kim Fowley, the anachronistic R&B stylings of this San Diego band sound like something that would be right up his alley. The Allmusic article on the Crawdaddys leads off with this (by Matt Carlson): “In a time of trendy discotheques, bombastic arena rock, and sonic punk barbarisms, the Crawdaddys were truly a peculiarity of the late ’70s.”
The first album by the Crawdaddys, Crawdaddy Express – recorded in monaural; talk about looking back! – came out in 1979 as the initial LP on Voxx Records. Allmusic gives the album 4½ stars and states in the review by Matt Carlson: “The Crawdaddys started their recording career properly, releasing a record with nothing but ’60s R&B, British Invasion, and blues standards (in addition to two original compositions).”
(January 2015/2)
