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Stone the Crows were a rock band formed in Glasgow in late 1969.
Original line-up: Maggie Bell, vocals (born Margaret Bell, 12 January 1945, Maryhill, 
Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland), Les Harvey, guitar (born Leslie Cameron Harvey, 
13 September 1944, Govan, Glasgow; died 2 May 1972), Colin Allen, drums (born 
Colin Eric Allen, 9 May 1938, Bournemouth, Dorset; ex-Zoot Money's Big Roll Band and 
John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, later performed with Focus), James Dewar, bass (born 
James Dewer, 12 October 1942 Glasgow; died 16 May 2002; later performed and sang 
with Robin Trower's band), John McGinnis, keyboards. The band's first two albums were 
recorded by the above line-up.
Second line-up: McGinnis and Dewar left in 1971, to be replaced by Ronnie Leahy and 
Steve Thompson. Jimmy McCulloch would subsequently replace Harvey as lead guitarist 
following Harvey's accidental on-stage death by electrocution at Swansea's Top Rank Suite 
in May 1972. As he was the band's primary songwriter as well as Maggie Bell's romantic 
partner, Harvey's death almost led to the Stone the Crows' breakup.
Stone the Crows ultimately broke up in June 1973. Peter Grant would continue to manage 
Maggie Bell's career following the band's breakup, with Bell subsequently recording two 
solo albums under Grant's tutelage, Queen of the Night (1974) and Suicide Sal (1975), and 
a 1981 album with the Grant-managed band Midnight Flyer. Bell may be best known, 
however, for her session work on Rod Stewart's 1971 album Every Picture Tells a Story, in 
particular her co-lead vocal with Stewart on the album's title track (credited as "vocal 
abrasives"). Jimmy McCulloch joined Paul McCartney's group, Wings, in Nashville, 
Tennessee, in 1974.

1969 - Stone The Crows
1970 - Ode To John Law
1971 - Teenage Licks
1972 - Ontinuous Performance