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Black Crowes to tour this summer

Deepster said:
I would say, you're the poster I most respect around here and I always give your take the benefit of the doubt. That said, I think you're missing the boat on this one.

End of July. Friday night. Tailgate first. Beautiful summer night. Catch a little buzz and listen to Chris Robinson screech out their great songs. You said it yourself. All time great front man. As opposed to ordering a pizza, sitting home and watching "Diners, Drive Ins and Dives" on your couch?

I'll also say this. I went to one of August's gigs last year. Jerry didn't walk through the door that night, but we had some drinks, danced a bunch and had a really great night. Hoping to catch another one soon. My girlfriend asks all the time when we're going again. Live music > Recorded music.

I'm not trying to outdo 1993. I know the show is going to be good ol' fashioned rock and roll. No brainer there.
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11/22 free show la boca Middletown. Maybe 8893 and @Dove will show. They have a bunch. It was the last place we all hung out with @Dogbreath2U
 
Chin Diesel said:
Just remember the Stones have been touring with Ron Woods for 45 years and he wasn't around for their first 10 albums. Bands change all the time. See also, Allman Brothers.

Only band out there whose moniker is crap is Skynyrd. Literally not an original player on the current band.
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That’s a crappy comparison.

Jagger Richards watts have been there for almost 60 years. Wyman was there for close to 30. The other guitar chair was a hot seat with jones and Taylor in first 15 years.

The Robinson brothers are the Crowe’s no doubt, but still. One more at least please.


Btw last I checked Gary Rossington still in skynyrd when they finished


But yeah he’s only one.
 
Deepster said:
I would say, you're the poster I most respect around here and I always give your take the benefit of the doubt. That said, I think you're missing the boat on this one.

End of July. Friday night. Tailgate first. Beautiful summer night. Catch a little buzz and listen to Chris Robinson screech out their great songs. You said it yourself. All time great front man. As opposed to ordering a pizza, sitting home and watching "Diners, Drive Ins and Dives" on your couch?
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I can't believe you of all people are going to travel into Hartford. Thoughts and prayers.

Anyway, love Wiser Time. Summer night, nice fire, G&T or a bourbon....Great song.
 
August_West said:
I wasn’t , no.
About 300 friends were.

I would’ve heard about that as it happened. By all accounts they were the best two shows of the short tour. And I’ve seen one of them fall over at a show. It’s entirely possible , but it didn’t happen in Hampton
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Weird, he was at two of their shows this weekend in Hampton. He came over to pick up his dog last night. He gave me a Dead and Co. shirt which I'll never wear and told me about the shows. He said the shows were good but they're getting really old and told me one of them passed out when he went to pick up his hat.

Just texted him, he said it was Bill Kreutzman and the keyboard player caught him.
 
gtcam said:
I'd rather that CR just stayed with the Brotherhood
He is such a pain in the ass that some musicians won't give him the time of day
I get all the "original hippie" crap but I'm as original hippy as CR any day
Love his music but the personality sucks - can't believe Neal Casal put up with him as long as he did
If I have nothing better to do, like mow the lawn, I may grab a lawn seat but its really the 2 Robinson boys and some other musicians - not the Black Crowes
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I mean, he put up with Ryan Adams for 4 years?
 
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HuskyHawk said:
Saw the Chris Robinson Experience (?) once. Awful. Bunch of talented musicians who acted like there was no audience and they were in the studio. Snobby and disinterested in the crowd. They performed for themselves not us.
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I enjoyed then when I saw them. I thought they jammed.
 
mauconnfan said:
Kinks wow. Thought they were getting old in '81 when I saw them at Tanglewood with Mott the Hoople! LOL
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Cripes, Ray was only like 37 then and still jumping around like crazy on stage (see the One For The Road tour film, primarily from their Providence show in 1980).

Fwiw, Ian Hunter would've been 42 back in 1981 (was planning a tour this fall at 80, but cancelled due to tinnitus).

Chris Robinson is 52.

Anyway, that brother thing was a joke. And if Ray, Dave and Mick do hit the road again, they'll be headliners (and it will undoubtedly be an awful show since neither brother can sing anymore).
 
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August_West said:
Agreed .... except for this one off

But yeah Stewart> jagger
Faces>stones


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I'll accept that. Not with Stones.

That whole little period of synchronicity when Marriott left for Humble Pie (and Frampton left his pop band), Rod & Ronnie left Beck to join the remains of Small Faces, and Beck just went on to do Beck things worked out for everyone and produced some amazing music.

Too bad Rod went MOR. "A Nod Is a Wink..." is as fine a crunchy & raunchy rock n' roll disc as was ever produced.
 
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storrsroars said:
I'll accept that. Not with Stones.

That whole little period of synchronicity when Marriott left for Humble Pie (and Frampton left his pop band), Rod & Ronnie left Beck to join the remains of Small Faces, and Beck just went on to do Beck things worked out for everyone and produced some amazing music.

Too bad Rod went AOR. "A Nod Is a Wink..." is as fine a crunchy & raunchy rock n' roll disc as was ever produced.
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Better than original. Incredible.
And to throw back to thread topic. Chris Robinson way more mod rod influenced than anything on planet

 
alexd. said:
Skynyrd has one original, Gary Rossington plus Ricky Medlocke (later of Blackfoot) who was with them briefly in the early 70's before their first LP.

The worst is when you have a band like Molly Hatchet, still touring with one guy who played with an original member.
They've had 5 of their 6 original members die in their 50's and early 60's.
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August_West said:
That’s a crappy comparison.

Jagger Richards watts have been there for almost 60 years. Wyman was there for close to 30. The other guitar chair was a hot seat with jones and Taylor in first 15 years.

The Robinson brothers are the Crowe’s no doubt, but still. One more at least please.


Btw last I checked Gary Rossington still in skynyrd when they finished


But yeah he’s only one.
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Missed that Rossington was still band. I had heard the whole band was now replacement members.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Missed that Rossington was still band. I had heard the whole band was now replacement members.
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Technically Ricky Medlocke (the other guitar player now) can be considered somewhat OG too because he was the drummer for a hot minute in early 70's before Artimus Pyle. But not long and no one remembers. But he as there.
 
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Saw the Crowes at the Beacon in 1995 - they were pretty great. That said, I personally don't go and revisit a band after it's morphed. Folks tell me I'm missing the boat not seeing the modern Dead with Mayer, but it's a hard pass for me and I wasn't even a Jerry fawner.
 
Waquoit said:
I think you might be missing some good music with that stance.
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Northbound said:
Perhaps, but I'm fine with it.

I discover new bands, I don't need to revisit old things consistently.
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I'm a "never say 'never'" guy and @Deepster rightly called me out for my hot take on the Crowes tour. Even my resistance to the new incarnations of the Dead is not absolute; my middle daughter has become a Deadhead and I'd be hard pressed not to go to a show with her if she asked. But that's mostly about the experience. I'm still jaded about the music and the motivations and that's still the main reason for my resistance to the Crowes (i.e., I think it's pretty crappy what Chris did to the rest of the band). That said, under the right circumstances I could see myself having a good time there. Deepster has conjured some pretty nice circumstances and if they come to pass he may just convince me to join him there.

In the meantime, I just put 11/22 on the calendar for @August_West.
 
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Late to this thread and I didn't see anyone mention it (apologies if I missed it) but if you like a good rock autobiography, check out Steve Gorman's book Hard to Handle (came out a few months ago). One of the best rock autobiogs I've read. Doesn't waste time talking about his upbringing and just gets into how he got started with the Crowes. He doesn't pull any punches and sheds some light on what a Spartacus-show being in that band was. Highly recommended. After reading it, it's no surprise he isn't part of this tour and probably never will play with them again (but who knows)...
 
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You can't really have Band Democracy.

Springsteen figured that out very early: promote the guys and give them plenty of room for their artistic burn. But one leader is the way to make music through several generations. It is crazy when you spit out the many many iterations of bands that really really had that one moment of greatness ... and then could not stay together for more than a tour or 2. When you read Gorman speak about Robinson, it is a multipronged crazy task to put up with - musically, financial and personal.
 
KingConn said:
Late to this thread and I didn't see anyone mention it (apologies if I missed it) but if you like a good rock autobiography, check out Steve Gorman's book Hard to Handle (came out a few months ago). One of the best rock autobiogs I've read. Doesn't waste time talking about his upbringing and just gets into how he got started with the Crowes. He doesn't pull any punches and sheds some light on what a Spartacus-show being in that band was. Highly recommended. After reading it, it's no surprise he isn't part of this tour and probably never will play with them again (but who knows)...
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Pudge said:
You can't really have Band Democracy.

Springsteen figured that out very early: promote the guys and give them plenty of room for their artistic burn. But one leader is the way to make music through several generations. It is crazy when you spit out the many many iterations of bands that really really had that one moment of greatness ... and then could not stay together for more than a tour or 2. When you read Gorman speak about Robinson, it is a multipronged crazy task to put up with - musically, financial and personal.
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Jeff Tweedy's recent memoir provided some very good insight on band life, leaders, etc., too. Highly recommended for any Wilco fans. Also very funny.
 
Pudge said:
You can't really have Band Democracy.

Springsteen figured that out very early: promote the guys and give them plenty of room for their artistic burn. But one leader is the way to make music through several generations. It is crazy when you spit out the many many iterations of bands that really really had that one moment of greatness ... and then could not stay together for more than a tour or 2. When you read Gorman speak about Robinson, it is a multipronged crazy task to put up with - musically, financial and personal.
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Americans have tended to create solo artists. Think of any list of greatest American performers- Elvis, MJ, Dylan, Aretha, Madonna, James Brown, etc, and you go through a bunch of solo acts (or acts with back up band names (Hendrix Experience, Bruce and E Street) before you get to a band whose brand was as big as the solo artists.

Brits have had more bands as brands- Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, etc before you get to name brands. Bowie is probably the only solo artist who had as much name recognition as those bands.
 
No more Jeff Cease with the band. He rocked it at the XL recently with Eric Church. I'm sure it will be a good tour but doesn't seem anything like the original band.
 
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