Back Street Crawler was a group of blues and rock musicians founded by guitarist
Paul Kossoff (ex-
Free), signing to
Atlantic Records (courtesy of
Ahmet Ertegün) in 1975. The band took the name from Kossoff's solo album,
Back Street Crawler.
Terry Wilson, Mike Montgomery and
Tony Braunagel had played together in the short lived Bloontz, whose only album was released in 1973 and included versions of the Mike Montgomery songs, "Jason Blue" and "The Band Plays On", both of which featured on Back Street Crawler's album
The Band Plays On.