Description

The Black Crowes became stars in the Nineties by reviving the look (long hair, velvet flares, fur-trimmed vests, impossibly skinny physiques) and the bluesy, boozy, two-guitar rock sound of the early-Seventies Rolling Stones and Faces. Stan Robinson was a onetime singer who had a pop hit in 1959 with “Boom-a-Dip-Dip.” He discouraged his sons Chris and Rich from becoming professional musicians, but by 1984 they had formed the band Mr. Crowe’s Garden (named for a favorite childhood fairy tale). This group evolved into the Black Crowes, with Chris dropping out of college along the way. Their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker (Number 4, 1990), sold a million copies and won them Best New American Band in the Rolling Stone readers and critics polls. In true album-rock throwback fashion, its singles were only minor hits: “Jealous Again” (Number 75, 1990), “She Talks to Angels” (Number 30, 1991), and a cover of Otis Redding’s “Hard to Handle” (Number 26, 1991). This album was recorded at the University Center in Louisiana in Los Angeles on the 4th of February when they had The Jayhawks as support during the bands High As The Moon tour, between the release of the albums The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion in 1992 and Amorica in 94. This was the Crowes most successful and creative period, and while the band are still touring and releasing new albums to this day. Despite a number of line-up changes and the odd hiatus or two over the years, it cannot be denied that the pure adrenalin, quality of composition and undiluted sense of what rocks and what doesnt, made the Black Crowes one of the finest American groups to make their name in the 1990s.

Track list:
1. Intro
2. No Speak No Slave
3. Sting Me
4. Hard To Handle
5. My Morningsong
6. Thorn In My Pride
7. Twice As Hard
8. Black Moon Creeping
9. Tired Up And Swallowed
10. Remedy