The Black Crowes
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The Black Crowes Biography
At the time of their 1990 debut, the kind of rock & roll
the Black Crowes specialize in was out of style. Only Guns N' Roses
came close to approximating a vintage Stones-style raunch, but they
were too angry and jagged to pull it off completely. The Black Crowes
replicated that Stonesy swagger and Faces boogie perfectly. Vocalist
Chris Robinson appropriated the sound and style of vintage Rod Stewart
while guitarist Rich Robinson fused Keith Richards' lean attack with
Ron Wood's messy rhythmic sense. At their best, the Black Crowes echo
classic rock without slavishly imitating their influences.
The Robinson brothers originally formed the Black Crowes in Georgia in
1984. By the time of their 1990 debut, Shake Your Money Maker, the
group comprised Chris Robinson (vocals), Rich Robinson (guitar), Johnny
Colt (bass), Jeff Cease (guitar), and Steve Gorman (drums). Jealous
Again, the first single from Shake Your Money Maker, was a moderate
hit but it was the band's cover of Otis Redding's Hard to Handle that
made the group a multi-platinum success. Hard to Handle climbed its
way into the Top 40, propelling the album into the Top Ten. The
acoustic ballad She Talks to Angels became the band's second Top 40
hit in the spring of 1991. Shake Your Money Maker would eventually sell
over three million copies.
The Black Crowes delivered their second album, The Southern Harmony and
Musical Companion, in the spring of 1992. It entered the charts at
number one, but it didn't have as many hit singles as the debut; none
of the singles cracked the Top 40 and only Remedy and Thorn in My
Pride made the Top 100. Nevertheless, the band established itself as a
popular concert attraction that summer, selling out theaters across
America. During 1992, the band added keyboardist Eddie Harsch as a
permanent member. The Black Crowes' third album, Amorica, arrived in
late 1994. Amorica debuted in the Top Ten, but none of the singles from
the album made the charts; even though the record went gold, it slipped
off the charts in early 1995.
Three Snakes and One Charm, the group's fourth album, was released in
July 1996. The album entered the charts at number 15, but it quickly
slipped out of the Top 50. Nevertheless, the album received the best
reviews of any Crowes album since The Southern Harmony and Musical
Companion. Guitarist Marc Ford was fired from the Black Crowes in
August 1997; two years later, the group returned with By Your Side. In
mid-2000, the band collaborated with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page
on the double-disc Live at the Greek, an eclectic mix of newly recorded
Zeppelin covers and additional classic blues cuts. Greatest Hits
1990-1999: A Tribute to a Work in Progress, a 16-track best-of
compilation, was also released in mid-2000.
The Don Was-produced Lions appeared in spring 2001, and a summer tour
with Oasis -- the Tour of Brotherly Love -- followed in June. But all
was apparently not well with the group, and in January 2002, the band
announced that it was on hiatus. Drummer Steve Gorman was fired, and
Chris Robinson announced his intentions for a solo career. In 2005,
however, the group got back together for a show at San Francisco's
Fillmore, a concert that was released in both CD and DVD form in 2006
as Freak 'N' Roll... Into the Fog. That same year, The Lost Crowes,
which contained two previously unreleased albums, 1993's Tall, parts of which were seen in Amorica and other places, and the 1997 never-before-heard Band, came out. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Written by Stephen Thomas Erlewine