The Black Crowes

The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes after performing in Kansas City, September 2006
General information
Genre (s)	Rock , blues rock , soul
founding	1989, 2005, 2013
resolution	2001, 2010, 2015
Website	www.blackcrowes.com
Founding members
Vocals , harmonica	Chris Robinson
guitar	Rich Robinson
Drums	Steve Gorman (until 2001, from May 2005)
bass	Johnny Colt (until 1997)
guitar	Jeffrey Cease (until 1992)
Last occupation
Vocals, harmonica	Chris Robinson
guitar	Rich Robinson
guitar	Jackie Greene (since 2013)
Drums	Steve Gorman (until 2001, from May 2005)
Keyboard	Adam MacDougall (since 2007)
bass	Sven Pipien (1997 to 2000; since 2005)
former members
guitar	Jeffrey Cease (until 1992)
guitar	Marc Ford (1992 to 1997; 2005 to August 2006)
guitar	Audley Freed (1997 to 2001)
Keyboards	Edward "Eddy" Hawrysch (1991 to August 2006)
Keyboards	Rob Clores (September 2006 to July 2007)
bass	Johnny Colt (1989-1997)
bass	Greg Rzab (2000)
bass	Andy Hess (2001)
Drums	Bill Dobrow (March to May 2005)
guitar	Paul Stacey (September 2006 to 2007)
guitar	Luther Dickinson (2007 to 2010)
Live members
Background vocals	Mona Lisa Young
Background vocals	Charity White

The Black Crowes is a rock band from Atlanta , Georgia ( USA ). She has sold more than 15 million albums to date and is u. a. was named "The Most Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World" by the music magazine Melody Maker, which was previously published in Great Britain . The band has toured with greats like Aerosmith , ZZ Top , Jimmy Page , Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers , Oasis and Lenny Kravitz . The Black Crowes are ranked 92nd among the “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock” on the US music channel VH1 . Her musical style is not so much classic hard rock, but rather a mixture of blues , rock ('n'Roll) and soul . They were known for concerts with sometimes sprawling jam passages.

Career

The band was formed in 1985 as Mr. Crowes Garden in Atlanta , Georgia . Over the years the band members changed occasionally, but the brothers Chris and Rich Robinson were always the driving force. In 1989 they came under contract with the American Recordings label .

In 1990 the band released their first studio album called Shake Your Money Maker . Standout tracks include Hard to Handle , a cover of the original by Otis Redding , She Talks to Angels , Jealous Again , Twice As Hard and Seeing Things . The album sold over five million copies and went platinum five times in 1995. Hard to Handle and She Talks to Angels reached the top 30 positions in the US single charts. Brendan O'Brien, the sound engineer of the album, had a large part in the sound of the album, which had a lasting impact on the band.

After guitarist Jeff Cease was replaced by Marc Ford , the second album was released in 1992 with the title The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion . Best-known tracks from the album Remedy , Thorn In My Pride , Sting Me , Sometimes Salvation and Hotel Illness . In 1995 the album was awarded two times platinum. Eddie Hawrysch, who first played piano and the Hammond on this album , has been a permanent member of the band ever since.

In 1994 the album Amorica was released after the previously unreleased album Tall was dropped. Because the album lacked hit singles, the often undervalued album reached 500,000 sales.

Finally, in 1996, Three Snakes & One Charm was released . The album The Band , recorded in May 1997, was not released either, but in 2002 it got into the hands of fans, perfectly mixed. (The band had no record deal at the time and was considered to have been temporarily dissolved.) After the summer tour in 1997, Marc Ford (guitar) and Johnny Colt (bass) left the band. Colt has been Lynyrd Skynyrd's bassist since 2012 . Sven Pipien joined the band in 1998 as his replacement. In 1999, By Your Side appeared with a five-person cast . Audley Freed (former guitarist for Cry Of Love ) became a member of the band. In 1999 the album Live at the Greek was recorded on tour with Jimmy Page and released the following year.

The Black Crowes - Live at the Hammerstein Ballroom, March 2005

2001 saw the release of the sixth studio album, Lions , with the singles Lickin ' and Soul Singin . In 2002 the band announced that they would be taking an indefinite break, although some members were active together in the meantime. Chris Robinson released two solo albums under Chris Robinson and the New Earth Mud ( New Earth Mud and This Magnificent Distance ). His brother Rich formed a band called Hookah Brown on short notice before releasing his own solo album Paper in 2004.

The separation of the band ended in spring 2005 on the occasion of a few shows in New York's Hammerstein Ballroom at the end of March. After these shows sold out very quickly, they played more shows in the US. In the summer the band went on tour with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers .

In 2006 the band released their first DVD called Freak 'n' Roll ... Into the Fog , a live concert at The Fillmore in San Francisco , recorded on August 6, 2005.

On August 12, 2006, the band played their last concert of their summer tour through the United States at Red Rocks in Morrison / Colorado, as well as their last concert with keyboardist and quasi-founding member Eddie Hawrysch (the only one who has played with the Robinson brothers continuously since 1992 ). He was a band elder, and he left for personal reasons. Keyboardist Rob Clores, who already played on Paper with Rich Robinson, will be behind the keys from autumn. Only a few weeks later, on September 5th, Marc Ford announced his departure from the band, (also) for health reasons (endangering his sobriety). Paul Stacey was named as a replacement for the autumn tour, which began just two days later, and his engagement was planned as provisional from the outset. The Briton Stacey played guitar with Chris Robinsons band New Earth Mud from 2002 to 2004 and was in the studio with the Robinson brothers in August 2006 to prepare the production of a new Black Crowes album.

In late summer 2006, the unreleased Tall and Band sessions were officially made available to fans on a double CD under the name The Lost Crowes , the 1992 video Who Killed That Bird out on Your Window Sill was re-released on DVD and the music from DVD Freak 'n' Roll… Into the Fog was released as a double CD. In early August 2007 the band announced that they had finished recording a new album. Adam MacDougall, who played the keyboards on the recordings, has been a permanent member of the band ever since. He replaces the keyboardist Rob Clores, who stepped in for Eddie Harsch at short notice, whose exit was not commented on.

The Black Crowes in the current line-up at the Newport Folk Festival: Luther Dickinson, Sven Pipien, Steve Gorman, Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson (from left to right), keyboardist Adam MacDougal is outside the frame.

Warpaint , the band's seventh studio album and their first album in seven years, was released in March 2008. In addition, Luther Dickinson, who already played guitar on the recordings, replaced Paul Stacey as the new lead guitarist. Stacey, who acts as producer of the album, was only seen as a temporary successor to Marc Ford anyway. Dickinson has played in the blues band North Mississippi Allstars since 1996, for which he continues to work as a singer and guitarist.

… Before the Frost , the eighth studio album by the Black Crowes, was recorded virtually 'live' in front of a small group of selected fans over five nights at Levon Helm Studio in Woodstock NY and was released on September 1, 2009. The album contains … Until The Freeze , a link to download another nine songs. Eight of them are original compositions, clearly influenced by country music, as well as a cover version of Stephen Stills ' So Many Times . Both albums were produced by Paul Stacey.

In April 2010 the Black Crowes announced on their website that the following album Croweology was only recorded with acoustic instruments and that it would be a kind of best-of album for the band's 20th anniversary, with the most famous songs, partly rearranged, completely were newly recorded by the band. The double album should be sold as a thank you to the fans for the price of a normal album. The Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys tour followed in late summer. A longer and indefinite break was then taken.

During this second hiatus, Chris and Rich Robinson each pursued solo projects. Luther Dickinson returned to the North Mississippi Allstars, Adam MacDougall played keyboards in the Chris Robinson Brotherhood , the Black Crowes singer's new band. In December 2012, the Black Crowes announced that they would tour together again in 2013. The line-up resembles that of the years 2008 to 2010 with the exception of Dickinson, who was replaced by guitarist and singer Jackie Greene . The band also announced the release of the live album Wiser for the Time , which comprises eight pages of LPs, recorded during five concerts in New York in 2010. It was also published as a download.

In January 2015, Rich Robinson , guitarist and co-founder of the Black Crowes, announced the breakup of the band due to contractual and financial differences.

On November 11, 2019, the two brothers announced their reunion on the Howard Stern Show. For the anniversary of the debut album "Shake Your Money Maker", concerts around the world are planned for 2020, on which the band will play the album in its entirety as well as other hits.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1990	Shake Your Money Maker	-	-	-	UK36 silver (11 weeks)UK	US4th × 5 Quintuple platinum (165 weeks)US
1992	The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion	DE30 (20 weeks) DE	AT39 (2 weeks) AT	CH17 (9 weeks) CH	UK2 (7 weeks) UK	US1 × 2 Double platinum (51 weeks)US
1994	Amorica	DE40 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH35 (5 weeks) CH	UK8th silver (7 weeks)UK	US11 gold (18 weeks)US
1996	Three Snakes & One Charm	DE38 (7 weeks) DE	AT35 (4 weeks) AT	CH35 (4 weeks) CH	UK17 (4 weeks) UK	US15 (14 weeks) US
1999	By your side	DE28 (7 weeks) DE	AT47 (1 week) AT	-	UK34 (2 weeks) UK	US26 (10 weeks) US
2001	Lions	DE66 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH68 (2 weeks) CH	UK37 (2 weeks) UK	US20 (6 weeks) US
2008	Warpaint	DE71 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK52 (1 week) UK	US5 (9 weeks) US
2009	Before the Frost ... Until the Freeze	DE84 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK47 (1 week) UK	US12 (6 weeks) US

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2000	Live at the Greek	DE24 (8 weeks) DE	AT37 (4 weeks) AT	CH77 (4 weeks) CH	UK39 (6 weeks) UK	US64 gold (9 weeks)US	with Jimmy Page
2002	live	-	-	-	-	US137 (1 week) US
2006	Freak 'n' Roll ... Into the Fog	-	-	-	-	US200 (1 week) US

More live albums

• 2009: Warpaint Live
• 2013: Wiser for the Time

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2000	Greatest Hits 1990–1999: A Tribute to a Work in Progress ...	-	-	-	-	US143 (4 weeks) US
2006	The Lost Crowes	-	-	-	-	US128 (1 week) US
2010	Croweology	DE98 (1 week) DE	-	-	UK62 (1 week) UK	US13 (6 weeks) US
	Number one albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK-UK	US1US
	Top 10 albums	DE-DE	AT-AT	CH-CH	UK2UK	US3US
	Albums in the charts	DE9DE	AT4thAT	CH5CH	UK10UK	US14thUS

• 1998: Sho 'Nuff

Singles

Chart placements

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)			Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		UK	US	skirt
1990	Jealous Again Shake Your Money Maker	UK76 (1 week) UK	US75 (9 weeks) US	skirt5 (23 weeks) skirt
	Twice As Hard Shake Your Money Maker	UK47 (3 weeks) UK	-	skirt11 (17 weeks) skirt	only published in Europe in 1991
	Hard to Handle Shake Your Money Maker	UK39 (9 weeks) UK	US26 (29 weeks) US	skirt1 (21 weeks) skirt	Republished in Europe in 1991
1991	She Talks to Angels Shake Your Money Maker	UK70 (1 week) UK	US30 (16 weeks) US	skirt1 (20 weeks) skirt
	Seeing Things Shake Your Money Maker	UK72 (1 week) UK	-	skirt2 (16 weeks) skirt
1992	Remedy The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion	UK24 (3 weeks) UK	US48 (9 weeks) US	skirt1 (20 weeks) skirt
	Sting Me The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion	UK42 (2 weeks) UK	-	skirt1 (15 weeks) skirt
	Thorn in My Pride The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion	-	US80 (6 weeks) US	skirt1 (23 weeks) skirt	released in the US only
	Hotel Illness The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion	UK47 (3 weeks) UK	-	skirt1 (20 weeks) skirt
1993	Sometimes Salvation The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion	-	-	skirt7 (10 weeks) skirt	released in the US only
	Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion	-	-	skirt40 (2 weeks) skirt	released in the US only
1994	A Conspiracy Amorica	UK25 (2 weeks) UK	-	skirt5 (13 weeks) skirt	only published in Europe in 1995
1995	High Head Blues Amorica[UK: ↑]		-	skirt8 (12 weeks) skirt
	Wiser Time Amorica	UK34 (2 weeks) UK	-	skirt7 (16 weeks) skirt
1996	One Mirror Too Many Three Snakes & One Charm	UK51 (1 week) UK	-	-	only released in Europe
	Good Friday Three Snakes & One Charm	-	-	skirt3 (14 weeks) skirt
	Blackberry Three Snakes & One Charm	-	-	skirt6 (11 weeks) skirt
1998	Kickin 'My Heart Around By Your Side	UK55 (2 weeks) UK	-	skirt3 (20 weeks) skirt
1999	Only a Fool By Your Side	-	-	skirt7 (14 weeks) skirt
	Go Faster By Your Side	-	-	skirt24 (9 weeks) skirt	released in the US only
2001	Lickin ' Lions	-	-	skirt9 (10 weeks) skirt
	Soul Singing Lions	UK80 (1 week) UK	-	skirt14 (16 weeks) skirt
2008	Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution Warpaint	-	-	skirt33 (12 weeks) skirt
	Number one singles	UK-UK	US-US	skirt6thskirt
	Top 10 singles	UK-UK	US-US	skirt18thskirt
	Singles in the charts	UK13UK	US5US	skirt22ndskirt

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More singles

• 1996: Better When You're Not Alone (released in US only)
• 1998: By Your Side (released in Europe only)
• 2008: Wounded Bird
• 2009: I Ain't Hiding
• 2009: Good Morning Captain

Video albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		US
1992	Who Killed that Bird Out on Your Window Sill	US? (10 weeks) US	VHS, re-released on DVD in 2006
2006	Freak 'n' Roll ... Into the Fog: All Join Hands, The Fillmore, San Francisco	US2 gold (13 weeks)US
2009	Warpaint: Live	US? (2 weeks) US
	Cabin fever	US? (2 weeks) US

Awards for music sales

Golden record

•  Canada
  • 1990: for the album Shake Your Money Maker
•  New Zealand
  • 1992: for the album The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

Platinum record

•  Canada
  • 1992: for the album The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion
•  New Zealand
  • 1991: for the album Shake Your Money Maker

Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.

Country / Region	silver	gold	platinum	Sales	swell
Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources)
Canada (MC)	-	gold1	platinum1	150,000	musiccanada.com
New Zealand (RMNZ)	-	gold1	platinum1	22,500	nztop40.co.nz NZ2 NZ3
United States (RIAA)	-	3 × gold3	7 × platinum7th	8,050,000	riaa.com
United Kingdom (BPI)	2 × silver2	-	-	120,000	bpi.co.uk
All in all	2 × silver2	5 × gold5	9 × platinum9

Web links

Commons : The Black Crowes  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website
• blackcrowes.net
• CrowesBase.com

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1. ↑ tape on www.crowesbase.com
2. ↑ Black Crowes Star Johnny Colt Joins Lynyrd Skynyrd - Contactmusic.com, May 3, 2012.
3. ^ Announcement about the line-up change ( memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) on blackcrowes.com
4. ^ Announcement for the release of Warpaint ( Memento of March 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on blackcrowes.com
5. ↑ Announcement about album and tour ( memento of April 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on blackcrowes.com
6. ↑ Press release on tour and album release ( Memento from December 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) theblackcrowesmobile.com from December 26, 2012, accessed on January 12, 2013.
7. ↑ No paid employees! The Black Crowes dissolve , Rolling Stone, January 16, 2015 (also accessed)
8. ↑ THE BLACK CROWES Are No More, Says Guitarist RICH ROBINSON, blabbermouth.net, January 15, 2015 (accessed January 16, 2015)
9. ↑ CHRIS & RICH ROBINSON ANNOUNCE BLACK CROWES REUNION AND TOUR ON THE STERN SHOW. Retrieved April 2, 2020 (American English). 
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US1 US2 US3 US4
11. ↑ billboard.com
12. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-black-crowes-mn0000048566/awards ( Memento from October 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
13. ↑ billboard.com