Bell was interviewed many years later for the 2003 documentary film of the same name.įollowing Joplin's death, Bell moved to Woodstock, New York, where he worked as a session musician. His playing can be heard on her posthumously released album Pearl and many bootleg recordings from her 1970 tour, including performances from the Festival Express "train tour" of Canada. In the late 1960s, while touring with Hawkins at the Fillmore East, Bell was approached by Michael Friedman, an associate of Joplin's manager, Albert Grossman, and invited to join her new ensemble. Bell left Crowbar shortly after this to join Janis Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie Band, making good on an offer made the previous year by her manager. Hawkins fired the entire band in early 1970, and they renamed themselves Crowbar, subsequently recording Official Music (as King Biscuit Boy with Crowbar) (1970, Daffodil 1996, Stony Plain). Īfter a short stint in The Mid-Knights, Bell's career first gained significance when he joined Ronnie Hawkins as a member of the group And Many Others, following the departure of Hawkins's previous band (who would gain fame as the Band). Richard started playing the piano at the age of four and studied music at Canada's Royal Conservatory of Music. Richard Bell was the son of the Canadian composer and musician Dr.
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