Leslie Harvey

Leslie Harvey

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Name =Leslie Harvey


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Born =1945, Glasgow, Scotland
Died =May 3, 1972, Swansea, Wales
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Occupation =guitarist
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Associated_acts =Stone the Crows
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Leslie (Les) Harvey (1945, Glasgow, Scotland - May 3, 1972, Swansea, Wales) (brother of Alex Harvey) was a guitarist in several Scottish bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, most notably Stone the Crows- previously known as 'Power'. It was while on stage with Stone the Crows at Swansea Top Rank in 1972 that he was killed, electrocuted by touching an unearthed microphone with wet hands.

In the sixties Les Harvey was asked to join The Animals by Alan Price but chose to stay with his brother Alex in the Alex Harvey Soul Band. He later joined the ill-fated Blues Council, another Scottish band. The Blues Council made one record, "Baby Don't Look Down" then in March 1965 their tour van crashed killing vocalist Fraser Calder and bassist James Giffen and the rest of the band went their separate ways [ [http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=1021&id=1145262003 Rock and roll years: the 1960s - Scotsman.com News ] ] Strangely enough, the only previous band to record this track were an American group who all also died shortly after recording.Fact|date=June 2007

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