Charles Edward Crawford, known as ed fROMOHIO, (born January 26, 1964, in
Steubenville
Steubenville is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. Located along the Ohio River 33 miles west of Pittsburgh, it had a population of 18,161 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The city's name is deri ...
,
Ohio
Ohio () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Of the fifty U.S. states, it is the 34th-largest by area, and with a population of nearly 11.8 million, is the seventh-most populous and tenth-most densely populated. The sta ...
) is best known as the lead singer and guitarist for
Firehose, an alternative rock band he formed in 1986 with former
Minutemen
Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War. They were known for being ready at a minute's notice, hence the name. Mi ...
members
Mike Watt
Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter.
Watt co-founded and played bass guitar for the rock bands Minutemen (1980–1985), Dos (1985–present), and Firehose (1986–1994). He began a solo ...
(bass guitar) and
George Hurley
George Hurley (born September 4, 1958) is a drummer noted for his work with Minutemen and fIREHOSE.
Music career
Early years
Originally from the East Coast, Hurley and his family moved to San Pedro, California, when he was six years old. ...
(drums).
Biography
In 1985, Minutemen vocalist and guitarist
D. Boon
Dennes Dale Boon (April 1, 1958 – December 22, 1985) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist, singer and songwriter of the punk rock trio Minutemen. He was born on April 1, 1958 in San Pedro, California, and formed the Minuteme ...
was killed in a van wreck. In 1986, Ed, a recent
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
graduate and Minutemen fan, heard an erroneous rumor that Watt and Hurley were auditioning new guitarists
from a member of
Camper Van Beethoven
Camper Van Beethoven is an American rock band formed in Redlands, California in 1983, later based in Santa Cruz and San Francisco. Their style mixes elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk, alternative country, and world music. The band init ...
. Ed contacted Watt after obtaining his phone number and talked his way into visiting San Pedro.
Watt and Hurley were still very much grief-stricken over the death of their friend and bandmate but Crawford traveled all the way from Ohio to San Pedro, California to meet Watt. Crawford was about to return to Ohio, when at the last minute, Watt accepted Ed's offer.
Along with Hurley, they formed Firehose. Shortly thereafter, the new band would record their first album, ''
Ragin', Full On
''Ragin', Full-On'' is the first album by American alternative rock band fIREHOSE. It was released after the breakup of the influential punk rock band Minutemen due to the death of the guitarist D. Boon. Like all fIREHOSE albums, ''Ragin', Ful ...
'', and started touring. Eventually, he would record four more
LPs with the band.
Crawford sang and played guitar with Firehose until they broke up in 1994 after releasing five albums and touring extensively.
Crawford lives in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...
and plays solo acoustic as well as electric gigs around town with his band, the Ed Crawford Trio. He appeared in the 2005 documentary film ''
We Jam Econo
''We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen'', is a full-length documentary about the influential 1980s punk rock band Minutemen, created by director Tim Irwin and producer Keith Schieron in association with Rocket Fuel Films. The film premiered ...
''. Since Firehose's break-up, he has also fronted the band Grand National (not to be confused with the UK band also named
Grand National
The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap ...
), and toured as a second guitarist with the now-defunct alt-country band
Whiskeytown
Whiskeytown was an American alternative country band formed in 1994 from Raleigh, North Carolina. Fronted by Ryan Adams, the group included members Caitlin Cary, Phil Wandscher, Eric "Skillet" Gilmore, and Mike Daly. They disbanded in 2000 with ...
led by
Ryan Adams
David Ryan Adams (born November 5, 1974) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, artist, and poet. He has released 23 albums, as well as three studio albums as a former member of alt-country band Whiskeytown.
In 2000, Adams left ...
, as well as with the
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Canada
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band
Southern Culture on the Skids
Southern Culture on the Skids, also sometimes known as SCOTS, is an American rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Originally a straightforward roots rock band, they became known as a tongue-in-cheek "party band" with an exaggerated "white ...
, and the Detroit band
Mule
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.
As of 2012, Ed is playing in a band called "Food"
which is an
acronym
An acronym is a word or name formed from the initial components of a longer name or phrase. Acronyms are usually formed from the initial letters of words, as in ''NATO'' (''North Atlantic Treaty Organization''), but sometimes use syllables, as ...
for "Far Out Old Dudes".
References
External links
FOOD on Bandcamp
American punk rock singers
American punk rock guitarists
Firehose (band) members
Singers from California
Singers from Ohio
Ohio State University alumni
Living people
1964 births
Whiskeytown members
Guitarists from California
Guitarists from Ohio
American male guitarists
20th-century American guitarists
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