Back Street Crawler were an English rock band formed in 1975 by ex-Free guitarist Paul Kossoff.
[1] 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 "Long Way Down", both of which featured on Back Street Crawler's album The Band Plays On.
Keyboard player Mike Montgomery quit the band shortly afterwards, to be replaced by John 'Rabbit' Bundrick for a series of American concerts in early 1976.
During the run of shows, Bad Company were performing at the Los Angeles Forum and they joined Back Street Crawler onstage for two nights.
However, on 19 March, Paul Kossoff died from cerebral and pulmonary edema on an overnight flight from Los Angeles to New York leading to the tour's cancellation.