Early
Doug
Crabtree ~ Guitar, Vocals
Keith
Crowell ~ Bass, Vocals
Bret
Lee Orton ~ Lead Guitar
Jeff
Schaller ~ Drums
Tad
Suckling ~ 12-String, Vocals
Later
1970 - 1971
Gary
Bryan ~ Bass, Guitar, Vocals
Brian
Davidson ~ Guitar, Vocals
Dave
Gallwey ~ Vocals
J.D.
Hoskins ~ Harp, Percussion
David
McLaughlin ~ Drums
David
Nelson ~ Guitar, Vocals
Rick
Williams ~ Bass
Brian Davidson
The band was started by five Washington State University students, and with the name Cirrilean Blue, who lived and played gigs in the Seaside/Cannon Beach, Oregon area during the summer of '68. The band renamed itself Wolf Tucker (after Doug saw it on a sign in front of a small store) with the departure of Tad and continued playing a range of psychedelic hits, with accentuation on The Doors, Cream, Blue Cheer, and then later more blues rock-oriented material. For a time after the departure of Doug and Bret and addition of Dave Nelson the band went by the name "Trike" just before Dave Gallwey was added, and then went back to Wolf Tucker after Dave Nelson left to become the keyboardist for Applejack. In the last phase the one remaining original member, Jeff, moved to Everett with the two Brians for the last few months of the band's life.There were at least two other Wolf Tucker bands after the original band folded. The first bass player after Keith (name forgotten) was in a Wolf Tucker band based in Western WA. Sam Pemberton, a fellow dormie of Dave Nelson and friend of the band, was in another Wolf Tucker band based in Tacoma, WA from 1973-75.
Jeff Schaller, March 2007
Gary Bryan, who kept the band working in Everett booking the gigs, writing songs, making plans to record, and desperately trying to keep Brian Davidson on track, he was such an unusually talented / troubled young man.
There was actually another Wolf Tucker band that played the last few gigs that Gary had booked before Brian Davidson's untimely overdose. Gary Bryan switched to guitar, Rick Williams played Bass, David McLaughlin played drums, and J D Hoskins played harp and percussion. There were other guests, a guitarist from the bay area, another local guitarist, and a B3 player, but their names escape me. Gary worked hard at it, before giving up to become a disc jockey.
J.D. Hoskins, February 2010
