- Set One -
COLD BOY SMILE
SOUL SINGING
SISTER LUCK
THORN IN MY PRIDE
NO EXPECTATIONS
DOWNTOWN MONEY WASTER
GARDEN GATE
DRIVIN WHEEL
JEALOUS AGAIN
- Set Two -
FEELING ALRIGHT
GOOD MORNING CAPTAIN
(ONLY) HALFWAY TO EVERYWHERE
DESCENDING
WISER TIME
POOR ELIJAH - TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON (MEDLEY)
APPALOOSA
HIGH HEAD BLUES
SEEING THINGS
REMEDY
- encore -
SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER (w/JIMMY PAGE)
- Set One -
COLD BOY SMILE
SOUL SINGING
SISTER LUCK
THORN IN MY PRIDE
NO EXPECTATIONS
DOWNTOWN MONEY WASTER
GARDEN GATE
DRIVIN WHEEL
JEALOUS AGAIN
- Set Two -
FEELING ALRIGHT
GOOD MORNING CAPTAIN
(ONLY) HALFWAY TO EVERYWHERE
DESCENDING
WISER TIME
POOR ELIJAH - TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON (MEDLEY)
APPALOOSA
HIGH HEAD BLUES
SEEING THINGS
REMEDY
- encore -
SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER (w/JIMMY PAGE)
Saw all 3 shows here in the UK and last night, simply bought tears to my eyes
Jimmy effin Page
cried like a little girl. Every night just got better and better, some of the guitar work was mind blowing and then after 3 hours Jimmy effin Page
Some Rich news.....he's got a new facebook page and this is under biography.
Socrates said that a life unexamined was not worth living, but sometimes life is going so well that you could forgive one for just going with the flow. But life will catch up with you in time, as it did for Rich Robinson. Before he was 25, he had fame as the guitar player for the Black Crowes, fortune, a beautiful wife and home; seemingly, he had it all. But in the blink of an eye, much of it was gone. How he managed to make it through with graciousness and his sense of self-intact is examined on his new solo album, Through A Crooked Sun.
“The sun was a fitting metaphor to examine my life, because in many ways what was going on both nourished me and blinded me at the same time,” says Rich. “I was living this life that was askew. My relationships with the people that were supposed to be my closest seemed damaged. My marriage was not a good fit for either of us and we weren’t facing up to that. Though I love my brother, the fact that my working environment can be challenging has been well chronicled. Nothing was working like it should have been, but by many people’s standards, it was a dream come true.” It would take an unexpected (at least by Rich) band hiatus, financial difficulties and most devastating of all, a painful divorce to push him to the point of re-evaluation.
“Hey Fear,” the lead single from the album, looks at fear’s dual nature. “Fear can be a healthy, natural, protective response to your environment, but it can also be debilitating,” says Rich. “In many ways, continuing the unhappy life that I was leading was a response to the fear of what lay beyond it.” The song recognizes that, though fear will remain a part of one’s everyday life (“Hey there fear/You’ve been there for me/A familiar voice/In a raging sea”), it cannot be dispatched by flailing away at it, but by embracing a quiet mind and a more simple life. “I wanted this song to be sparse to represent simplicity, and then add in the more frenetic production at the end to represent the onset of fear,” Rich says.
“Bye Bye Baby” addresses what Rich refers to as his life lived backwards. “I had everything people work hard for at age 20, and now in my early 40’s, in a lot of ways, I’m starting over, like someone in their early 20’s.” The song features evocative imagery as metaphor for the past experiences of his life. A falling curtain and two birds falling from the sky are juxtaposed with the very direct question, “Is this world done with me?” “I didn’t mean for that question to be negative, but really more of a question of whether the life that I’ve led is over and wondering if that’s all there is to it. More of a question and a gentle letting go than anything,” says Rich.
The Black Crowes are still a vibrant, relevant entity, an experience he shares with his longtime bandmates, including his brother Chris. To refresh their individual energies, the band has gone on more frequent hiatuses, which has allowed Rich to explore musical ideas that might not fit the band dynamic, and also continue to hone his skills as a terrific visual artist (www.richrobinsonart.com). “The most exciting thing for me in doing my own album is that a lot of the things that I want to express lyrically, which are very personal, may not have space to be expressed in the band format,” says Rich.
“It’s All Gone” uses a hooky call and response between Rich and his psyche to chronicle his own burgeoning spirituality in light of changing circumstances (“I fell the distance of the deepest canyon drop/ That’s how you bleed, sir/It took me years to climb back to the top/ That’s what you need, sir”). His sense of spirituality has made him more aware of a growing collective consciousness that has come out of the recent difficult times that rejects the shallow, and Rich sees that as a very positive thing (“I feel it coming to take us to a new world”). The production on the song features twinned guitar parts to match the dual vocals, and the result is a joyous welcoming of new ways.
The subject of consumerism is addressed on “It’s Not Easy,” a song about how the pursuit of material things can desensitize us, how we often use it to fill in emptiness in our lives, so that we feel something, however temporary that sensation is. “I’m not judging; I’ve been there, but I think it is something that we need to be more aware of” he says. This consciousness about the limitations of materialism and a growing political awareness have led him to participate in interesting projects with those that he has found common cause with, most prominently contributing music to The People Speak, the Howard Zinn film project.
Finally, family is very much at the center of Rich’s worldview. He has recently remarried and they have welcomed a new son to the family (with another on the way). “She has been very good for me, and we really do think very similarly about things. Thinking about my three, soon to be four children really does make me think about the kind of world that I want to create around myself, what kinds of values I want to raise them around. And I’m more aware than ever that we create our own entrapments as well as our own bliss.” Thinking about family has also caused Rich to look the other way down his family tree toward his father in particular, who has been struggling to maintain good health. “Follow Your Forever” is a song to him. “Things look better than they did a few months ago, and this song came from starting the grieving process,” Rich says.
Through A Crooked Sun finds the musical gifts that have propelled a major career fully intact, but joined this time by a more sentient, holistic outlook: that of a father, a son, a husband, a spiritual being, a musician, fully integrated and more comfortable than ever in his body, mind and soul.
Website http://www.richrobinson.net/ http://www.richrobinsonart.com/
- Set One -
COLD BOY SMILE
SOUL SINGING
SISTER LUCK
THORN IN MY PRIDE
NO EXPECTATIONS
DOWNTOWN MONEY WASTER
GARDEN GATE
DRIVIN WHEEL
JEALOUS AGAIN
- Set Two -
FEELING ALRIGHT
GOOD MORNING CAPTAIN
(ONLY) HALFWAY TO EVERYWHERE
DESCENDING
WISER TIME
POOR ELIJAH - TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON (MEDLEY)
APPALOOSA
HIGH HEAD BLUES
SEEING THINGS
REMEDY
- encore -
SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER (w/JIMMY PAGE)
Set two is incredible! I need not say anything about Jimmy Page appearing, that by itself makes it a memorable night.
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Just wanted to come here and post I just recently bought tickets to see Rich do a solo show promoting his new album here in SLC on November 5th. :thumbup:
Can't wait!
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Just wanted to come here and post I just recently bought tickets to see Rich do a solo show promoting his new album here in SLC on November 5th. :thumbup:
Can't wait!
lotta chances to still see rich on the west coast.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Just wanted to come here and post I just recently bought tickets to see Rich do a solo show promoting his new album here in SLC on November 5th. :thumbup:
Can't wait!
lotta chances to still see rich on the west coast.
SLC show was definitely worth attending. I had some drunk guy on the floor ask me if I would pour some of my beer into his empty cup.
I seem to have a knack for attracting very drunk people at concerts... I've had one vomit, another want to start a fight, one tell me that Tom Petty was "British bullshit!!!", and now one ask me for a donation to his beer cup. :roll:
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
SLC show was definitely worth attending. I had some drunk guy on the floor ask me if I would pour some of my beer into his empty cup.
you didn't hook a brother up? :wtf:
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
SLC show was definitely worth attending. I had some drunk guy on the floor ask me if I would pour some of my beer into his empty cup.
you didn't hook a brother up? :wtf:
I filled his cup, but not by much. I was on my last beer and it was already 3/4 gone.
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
SLC show was definitely worth attending. I had some drunk guy on the floor ask me if I would pour some of my beer into his empty cup.
you didn't hook a brother up? :wtf:
I filled his cup, but not by much. I was on my last beer and it was already 3/4 gone.
"here, dude....have some backwash"
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
I filled his cup, but not by much. I was on my last beer and it was already 3/4 gone.
"here, dude....have some backwash"
No way he could tell... dude was tore up.
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Man, I'm a dummy....Just now really gettin around to Rich's album. I'm sick that I've been missing this for the few months it's been released.
Hopefully you didn't miss his tour either. Him and his band put on a good show!
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Man, I'm a dummy....Just now really gettin around to Rich's album. I'm sick that I've been missing this for the few months it's been released.
I've not really heard much of Chris or Rich's solo projects yet and I don't even know where to start? There's so much music I've discovered in the last few years and I don't know how I've left them out?
Like a book among the many on a shelf...
Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
Man, I'm a dummy....Just now really gettin around to Rich's album. I'm sick that I've been missing this for the few months it's been released.
Hopefully you didn't miss his tour either. Him and his band put on a good show!
He's playing Bristol, England next year, I was thinking if I should go see him? Does he play any black crowes stuff?
My PJ shows:
London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
Man, I'm a dummy....Just now really gettin around to Rich's album. I'm sick that I've been missing this for the few months it's been released.
Hopefully you didn't miss his tour either. Him and his band put on a good show!
He's playing Bristol, England next year, I was thinking if I should go see him? Does he play any black crowes stuff?
I believe the only Crowes song he played was "What Is Home?", which was penned by him. At least that's all I can recall.
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
He's playing Bristol, England next year, I was thinking if I should go see him? Does he play any black crowes stuff?
I believe the only Crowes song he played was "What Is Home?", which was penned by him. At least that's all I can recall.
you are correct, sir
go see him.....crowes stuff or not, Rich kicks ass.
If I had known then what I know now...
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Man, I'm a dummy....Just now really gettin around to Rich's album. I'm sick that I've been missing this for the few months it's been released.
I've not really heard much of Chris or Rich's solo projects yet and I don't even know where to start? There's so much music I've discovered in the last few years and I don't know how I've left them out?
Chris has 2 really good solo albums. The 1st, New Earth Mud....pretty laid back but still has a few of the stylistic touches of the Crowes...little more chord-y and song based instead of focusing on riffs as you can imagine without Rich...If I'm in a mellow mood this is my favorite of these 4 albums, definitely comes off as a bit of a love letter to Kate Hudson....Safe In the Arms of Love, Untangle My Mind, Barefoot By the Cherry Tree are some of my faves
This Magnificent Distance-more rockish, a little bit more of a hippy-ish vibe as well....Audley Freed's on board as well, so there's a few more exciting guitar excursions here... good but a little more uneven, imo...Check out 40 Days, Surgical Glove, If You See California
Rich's 1st, Paper is solid, but with a few real highlights...Overall I think his 2 albums are the most Crowes-y musically, but he has a pretty dry voice and his voice has improved greatly since recording this..I love the songs that I like on here...When You Will, Answers are just great imo....There's also a live album that has most, if not all of these songs on it. I got it for free by signing up for emusic and gettin 25 credits.
Through A Crooked Sun, though pretty new to me, seems to be the very best out of all these...Covers quite a bit of the same territory as the classic Crowes stuff before they really started showing as much of a country/roots influence.
They also put out a live album/dvd called Brothers of a Feather, just the 2 of them, that is really quite amazing. Some great covers, a few of each their tunes and some great Crowes stuff.
Man, I'm a dummy....Just now really gettin around to Rich's album. I'm sick that I've been missing this for the few months it's been released.
Hopefully you didn't miss his tour either. Him and his band put on a good show!
I did, even after you f'in reminded me to get tix. I'm sure I would've loved it, but I had to limit my trips to the big city b/c a few other great shows(PJ20, Wilco, Dr. Dog).
EDIT: for those with facebook, Rich has been a really good follow lately answering gear questions and bein a little more chatty than you'd expect.
They also put out a live album/dvd called Brothers of a Feather, just the 2 of them, that is really quite amazing. Some great covers, a few of each their tunes and some great Crowes stuff.
That album/dvd is so fuckin' ace. The version of "Horsehead" on it is fantastic.
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
They also put out a live album/dvd called Brothers of a Feather, just the 2 of them, that is really quite amazing. Some great covers, a few of each their tunes and some great Crowes stuff.
That album/dvd is so fuckin' ace. The version of "Horsehead" on it is fantastic.
Yeah, I'm a sucker for the studio version of that song, but it's definitely great here too. Caught at my 1st Crowes show 10 years ago now :shock:
They also put out a live album/dvd called Brothers of a Feather, just the 2 of them, that is really quite amazing. Some great covers, a few of each their tunes and some great Crowes stuff.
That album/dvd is so fuckin' ace. The version of "Horsehead" on it is fantastic.
Yeah, I'm a sucker for the studio version of that song, but it's definitely great here too. Caught at my 1st Crowes show 10 years ago now :shock:
Think my favorite might be Roll 'um Easy
I was listening to "By Your Side" the other day and thought, "Man, this is really a good album."
The artwork is fuckin' horrid though.
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
They also put out a live album/dvd called Brothers of a Feather, just the 2 of them, that is really quite amazing. Some great covers, a few of each their tunes and some great Crowes stuff.
That album/dvd is so fuckin' ace. The version of "Horsehead" on it is fantastic.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
I was listening to "By Your Side" the other day and thought, "Man, this is really a good album."
The artwork is fuckin' horrid though.
First two tracks are as rock and roll as it gets.
Believe me, when I was growin up, I thought the worst thing you could turn out to be was normal, So I say freaks in the most complementary way. Here's a song by a fellow freak - E.V
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Awesome!!
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
- Set One -
COLD BOY SMILE
SOUL SINGING
SISTER LUCK
THORN IN MY PRIDE
NO EXPECTATIONS
DOWNTOWN MONEY WASTER
GARDEN GATE
DRIVIN WHEEL
JEALOUS AGAIN
- Set Two -
FEELING ALRIGHT
GOOD MORNING CAPTAIN
(ONLY) HALFWAY TO EVERYWHERE
DESCENDING
WISER TIME
POOR ELIJAH - TRIBUTE TO JOHNSON (MEDLEY)
APPALOOSA
HIGH HEAD BLUES
SEEING THINGS
REMEDY
- encore -
SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER (w/JIMMY PAGE)
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
Saw all 3 shows here in the UK and last night, simply bought tears to my eyes
Jimmy effin Page
cried like a little girl. Every night just got better and better, some of the guitar work was mind blowing and then after 3 hours Jimmy effin Page
awesome
What did you think of the gigs ?
Jimmy Page
what else can you say really.
The train back to Liverpool today was the best train journey I have ever been on
Manchester gig was good not as good as the 2 London gigs, sounded like a warm up gig, was still great though.
Sweet nuthin simply magical and the impromptu Hey Jude magnificent
Socrates said that a life unexamined was not worth living, but sometimes life is going so well that you could forgive one for just going with the flow. But life will catch up with you in time, as it did for Rich Robinson. Before he was 25, he had fame as the guitar player for the Black Crowes, fortune, a beautiful wife and home; seemingly, he had it all. But in the blink of an eye, much of it was gone. How he managed to make it through with graciousness and his sense of self-intact is examined on his new solo album, Through A Crooked Sun.
“The sun was a fitting metaphor to examine my life, because in many ways what was going on both nourished me and blinded me at the same time,” says Rich. “I was living this life that was askew. My relationships with the people that were supposed to be my closest seemed damaged. My marriage was not a good fit for either of us and we weren’t facing up to that. Though I love my brother, the fact that my working environment can be challenging has been well chronicled. Nothing was working like it should have been, but by many people’s standards, it was a dream come true.” It would take an unexpected (at least by Rich) band hiatus, financial difficulties and most devastating of all, a painful divorce to push him to the point of re-evaluation.
“Hey Fear,” the lead single from the album, looks at fear’s dual nature. “Fear can be a healthy, natural, protective response to your environment, but it can also be debilitating,” says Rich. “In many ways, continuing the unhappy life that I was leading was a response to the fear of what lay beyond it.” The song recognizes that, though fear will remain a part of one’s everyday life (“Hey there fear/You’ve been there for me/A familiar voice/In a raging sea”), it cannot be dispatched by flailing away at it, but by embracing a quiet mind and a more simple life. “I wanted this song to be sparse to represent simplicity, and then add in the more frenetic production at the end to represent the onset of fear,” Rich says.
“Bye Bye Baby” addresses what Rich refers to as his life lived backwards. “I had everything people work hard for at age 20, and now in my early 40’s, in a lot of ways, I’m starting over, like someone in their early 20’s.” The song features evocative imagery as metaphor for the past experiences of his life. A falling curtain and two birds falling from the sky are juxtaposed with the very direct question, “Is this world done with me?” “I didn’t mean for that question to be negative, but really more of a question of whether the life that I’ve led is over and wondering if that’s all there is to it. More of a question and a gentle letting go than anything,” says Rich.
The Black Crowes are still a vibrant, relevant entity, an experience he shares with his longtime bandmates, including his brother Chris. To refresh their individual energies, the band has gone on more frequent hiatuses, which has allowed Rich to explore musical ideas that might not fit the band dynamic, and also continue to hone his skills as a terrific visual artist (www.richrobinsonart.com). “The most exciting thing for me in doing my own album is that a lot of the things that I want to express lyrically, which are very personal, may not have space to be expressed in the band format,” says Rich.
“It’s All Gone” uses a hooky call and response between Rich and his psyche to chronicle his own burgeoning spirituality in light of changing circumstances (“I fell the distance of the deepest canyon drop/ That’s how you bleed, sir/It took me years to climb back to the top/ That’s what you need, sir”). His sense of spirituality has made him more aware of a growing collective consciousness that has come out of the recent difficult times that rejects the shallow, and Rich sees that as a very positive thing (“I feel it coming to take us to a new world”). The production on the song features twinned guitar parts to match the dual vocals, and the result is a joyous welcoming of new ways.
The subject of consumerism is addressed on “It’s Not Easy,” a song about how the pursuit of material things can desensitize us, how we often use it to fill in emptiness in our lives, so that we feel something, however temporary that sensation is. “I’m not judging; I’ve been there, but I think it is something that we need to be more aware of” he says. This consciousness about the limitations of materialism and a growing political awareness have led him to participate in interesting projects with those that he has found common cause with, most prominently contributing music to The People Speak, the Howard Zinn film project.
Finally, family is very much at the center of Rich’s worldview. He has recently remarried and they have welcomed a new son to the family (with another on the way). “She has been very good for me, and we really do think very similarly about things. Thinking about my three, soon to be four children really does make me think about the kind of world that I want to create around myself, what kinds of values I want to raise them around. And I’m more aware than ever that we create our own entrapments as well as our own bliss.” Thinking about family has also caused Rich to look the other way down his family tree toward his father in particular, who has been struggling to maintain good health. “Follow Your Forever” is a song to him. “Things look better than they did a few months ago, and this song came from starting the grieving process,” Rich says.
Through A Crooked Sun finds the musical gifts that have propelled a major career fully intact, but joined this time by a more sentient, holistic outlook: that of a father, a son, a husband, a spiritual being, a musician, fully integrated and more comfortable than ever in his body, mind and soul.
Website
http://www.richrobinson.net/
http://www.richrobinsonart.com/
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
Set two is incredible! I need not say anything about Jimmy Page appearing, that by itself makes it a memorable night.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Lost and Found and Hey Fear are particularly good. Can't wait.
http://www.facebook.com/richrobinsonmus ... 8091127385
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
http://www.amazon.de/Freak-Roll-Into-Fo ... 695&sr=1-3
Freak n Roll on vinyl for release in November.... hope this is a legit thing, I love Freak n Roll!
Can't wait!
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
http://richrobinson.net/tour/
go.....you won't be disappointed
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
SLC show was definitely worth attending. I had some drunk guy on the floor ask me if I would pour some of my beer into his empty cup.
I seem to have a knack for attracting very drunk people at concerts... I've had one vomit, another want to start a fight, one tell me that Tom Petty was "British bullshit!!!", and now one ask me for a donation to his beer cup. :roll:
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
I filled his cup, but not by much. I was on my last beer and it was already 3/4 gone.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
No way he could tell... dude was tore up.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Hopefully you didn't miss his tour either. Him and his band put on a good show!
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Dublin 02 Arena - 22/6/10. Belfast Odyssey Arena - 23/6/10. London Hyde Park - 25/6/10. Berlin Wuhlheide - 30/6/10.
Manchester MEN - 20/06/12. Manchester MEN - 21/06/12
He's playing Bristol, England next year, I was thinking if I should go see him? Does he play any black crowes stuff?
London 28/10/96, Las Vegas 11/7/98, London 29/5/00, Nurnburg 11/6/00, Prague 14/6/00, Salzburg 18/6/00, Verona 20/6/00, Milan 22/6/00, Zurich 23/6/00, New York 8-9/7/03, Boston 11/7/03, Reading Festival 27/8/06, Shepards Bush 11/8/09, Berlin 15/8/09, Manchester 17/8/09, London 18/8/09, Dublin 22/6/10, Belfast 23/6/10, London (HRC) 25/6/10, Alpine Valley (PJ20) 3-4/9/11, Manchester 20-21/6/12, Leeds 8/7/14, Milton Keynes 11/7/14 To be continued....
I believe the only Crowes song he played was "What Is Home?", which was penned by him. At least that's all I can recall.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
go see him.....crowes stuff or not, Rich kicks ass.
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14
Chris has 2 really good solo albums. The 1st, New Earth Mud....pretty laid back but still has a few of the stylistic touches of the Crowes...little more chord-y and song based instead of focusing on riffs as you can imagine without Rich...If I'm in a mellow mood this is my favorite of these 4 albums, definitely comes off as a bit of a love letter to Kate Hudson....Safe In the Arms of Love, Untangle My Mind, Barefoot By the Cherry Tree are some of my faves
This Magnificent Distance-more rockish, a little bit more of a hippy-ish vibe as well....Audley Freed's on board as well, so there's a few more exciting guitar excursions here... good but a little more uneven, imo...Check out 40 Days, Surgical Glove, If You See California
His best song may have been left off of both albums. It's called Red Road http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvV4b0izOD0
Rich's 1st, Paper is solid, but with a few real highlights...Overall I think his 2 albums are the most Crowes-y musically, but he has a pretty dry voice and his voice has improved greatly since recording this..I love the songs that I like on here...When You Will, Answers are just great imo....There's also a live album that has most, if not all of these songs on it. I got it for free by signing up for emusic and gettin 25 credits.
Through A Crooked Sun, though pretty new to me, seems to be the very best out of all these...Covers quite a bit of the same territory as the classic Crowes stuff before they really started showing as much of a country/roots influence.
They also put out a live album/dvd called Brothers of a Feather, just the 2 of them, that is really quite amazing. Some great covers, a few of each their tunes and some great Crowes stuff.
I did, even after you f'in reminded me to get tix. I'm sure I would've loved it, but I had to limit my trips to the big city b/c a few other great shows(PJ20, Wilco, Dr. Dog).
EDIT: for those with facebook, Rich has been a really good follow lately answering gear questions and bein a little more chatty than you'd expect.
That album/dvd is so fuckin' ace. The version of "Horsehead" on it is fantastic.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Yeah, I'm a sucker for the studio version of that song, but it's definitely great here too. Caught at my 1st Crowes show 10 years ago now :shock:
Think my favorite might be Roll 'um Easy
I was listening to "By Your Side" the other day and thought, "Man, this is really a good album."
The artwork is fuckin' horrid though.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
so I just ordered it....and this:
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Crowes-Kill ... 708&sr=8-1
Vegas 93, Vegas 98, Vegas 00 (10 year show), Vegas 03, Vegas 06
VIC 07
EV LA1 08
Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
Columbus 10
EV LA 11
Vancouver 11
Missoula 12
Portland 13, Spokane 13
St. Paul 14, Denver 14