Stone the Crow

"Stone the Crow"
Single by Down
from the album NOLA
Released	September 1995
Length	4:42
Label	East West
Songwriter(s)	Phil Anselmo, Pepper Keenan
Producer(s)	Down, Matt Thomas
Down singles chronology
"Lifer" (1995) "Stone the Crow" (1995) "Temptation's Wings" (1995)

"Stone the Crow" is a song by American heavy metal band Down and a single from their 1995 debut album, NOLA. It peaked at No. 40 on the US Mainstream Rock charts.^[1] A video was also produced for the song.

Music video[edit]

In an interview, guitarist Pepper Keenan was asked about the music video:

"We recorded that at a bar in Des Allemands, Louisiana. It was at a little bar and a place they called the shrimp boat graveyard. That was a trip doing that guitar solo on top of a half sunken shrimp boat. But yeah, we recorded that record at Ultrasonic Studio. Its a shame that that place is gone now. Anyway, it was the year we had the May flood. There's a picture of us in there with all our guitars on and water up to our knees. Yeah, that was a whole other story. I remember that Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown was recording there at the same time we were, and I helped him load his gear into the studio. He had a 45 strapped on his side, and he was smoking a pipe, and let me tell you it was not tobacco. That was kicks."^[2]

Release and reception[edit]

The song was released as the second single for the band's debut album and became their first and only radio hit, reaching No. 40 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks.^[1] The song is a staple at live shows and is regularly played as the second to last song.^{[citation needed]}

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