Charles Edward Crawford, known as ed fROMOHIO, (born January 26, 1964, in

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) is best known as the lead singer and guitarist for Firehose, an alternative rock band he formed in 1986 with former

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members

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(bass guitar) and George Hurley (drums).

Biography

In 1985, Minutemen vocalist and guitarist D. Boon was killed in a van wreck. In 1986, Ed, a recent

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graduate and Minutemen fan, heard an erroneous rumor that Watt and Hurley were auditioning new guitarists from a member of

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. 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'', 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

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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 ''

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''. Since Firehose's break-up, he has also fronted the band Grand National (not to be confused with the UK band also named

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), and toured as a second guitarist with the now-defunct alt-country band

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led by

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, as well as with the

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band

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, and the Detroit band Mule. As of 2012, Ed is playing in a band called "Food" which is an

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for "Far Out Old Dudes".

References

External links

FOOD on Bandcamp
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