GALLOWS CROOK

BIOGRAPHY:

Gallows Crook were Ian Johnston (drums), Gordon McKay (bass) and Dave Roberts (guitar / vocals). The young three piece band originated in Bo'ness and their musical influences swayed towards Cream, Hendrix, Mayall and various American blues artists.
The band were 'signed up' by the International Club in Edinburgh as their resident band on their second only live performance in 1970, and worked the Edinburgh club scene very succesfully for around a year. They were quoted by a number of prominent musicians at the time as a band that were destined for bigger things.
Sadly that was not to be. Their management was taken over by an influential Edinburgh agent / promoter who decided to re-mould the band completely. Dave Valentine (of the Hipple People) was drafted in as front man and Stuart Caplan recruited on keyboards. The bands musical direction changed to become more commercially viable and the uniqe magic that was 'Gallows Crook' had gone. The band were renamed Platform. The writing was on the wall and the band split after a year of gigging around Scotland.