Black Crowes double acoustic album, tour, hiatus, **RETURN**

DewieCox

They’re changing it more than advertised and still stretching their typical jam songs out to some extent.

dudeman

DewieCox said:

They’re changing it more than advertised and still stretching their typical jam songs out to some extent.

They are and it's a great show, IMO.

JeBurkhardt

starts in a few minutes! 

JeBurkhardt

Dirty Honey kicked ass!

dudeman

JeBurkhardt said:

Dirty Honey kicked ass!

I'm excited for you! You are at a killer show right now!

JeBurkhardt

The Black Crowes killed it. A lot of energy and really tight musically. Go see them on this tour if you get a chance. 

DC29940

JeBurkhardt said:

The Black Crowes killed it. A lot of energy and really tight musically. Go see them on this tour if you get a chance. 

I’m ticked because there was originally an Arizona date and the. It disappeared when they rescheduled and I won’t be able to make it to an out of state show. Have to live vicariously through a buddy who’s seeing them in Indy tonight. 

crowes74

Saw the St.Louis show last night.   Far cry from the Crowes of the past, but still a fun and very enjoyable evening.  Much more crowded than I expected, but tickets on ALOT of radio channels this last couple weeks. 

I’m of the belief they could play the first four records in their entirety and it would be a great hour of music.  The following 9 songs in the shows so far are mostly the same, with a few songs rotating in and out,    I think a casual fan will love this show, long time fans will find some faults but still leave 1/2 satisfied at least. . 

dudeman

crowes74 said:

Saw the St.Louis show last night.   Far cry from the Crowes of the past, but still a fun and very enjoyable evening.  Much more crowded than I expected, but tickets on ALOT of radio channels this last couple weeks. 

I’m of the belief they could play the first four records in their entirety and it would be a great hour of music.  The following 9 songs in the shows so far are mostly the same, with a few songs rotating in and out,    I think a casual fan will love this show, long time fans will find some faults but still leave 1/2 satisfied at least. . 

Interesting! I just saw them for the first time on Thursday and was really impressed with them. Sounded great, super tight and tons of good energy. 

After reading your post, I REALLY wish I had seen them back in the day.

crowes74

dudeman said:

crowes74 said:

Saw the St.Louis show last night.   Far cry from the Crowes of the past, but still a fun and very enjoyable evening.  Much more crowded than I expected, but tickets on ALOT of radio channels this last couple weeks. 

I’m of the belief they could play the first four records in their entirety and it would be a great hour of music.  The following 9 songs in the shows so far are mostly the same, with a few songs rotating in and out,    I think a casual fan will love this show, long time fans will find some faults but still leave 1/2 satisfied at least. . 

Interesting! I just saw them for the first time on Thursday and was really impressed with them. Sounded great, super tight and tons of good energy. 

After reading your post, I REALLY wish I had seen them back in the day.

They used to have as diverse a set list as Pearl Jam, and a few medium to long jams along the way.  Always a tasty cover or two as well, with a deep cut or two thrown in for the traveling fans.  It was very much like Pearl Jam show with more improvised jams here and there.    While rarely a bad show (I’ve seen one in 48) some nights used to be damn near magical.   

 

If you bought into the “nugs” subscription PJ has advertised in the past the Crowes used to have a ton of shows on there.   Earlier the better , but 05 and 06 had a great line up and many peaks with few valleys.   I believe they had some shows from the Amorica tour, 3 snakes for sure. 

They had been labeled the “most rock n roll band around” during the harmony/Amorica years, and that wasn’t far from the truth imo.  

Wobbie

dudeman said:

crowes74 said:

Saw the St.Louis show last night.   Far cry from the Crowes of the past, but still a fun and very enjoyable evening.  Much more crowded than I expected, but tickets on ALOT of radio channels this last couple weeks. 

I’m of the belief they could play the first four records in their entirety and it would be a great hour of music.  The following 9 songs in the shows so far are mostly the same, with a few songs rotating in and out,    I think a casual fan will love this show, long time fans will find some faults but still leave 1/2 satisfied at least. . 

Interesting! I just saw them for the first time on Thursday and was really impressed with them. Sounded great, super tight and tons of good energy. 

After reading your post, I REALLY wish I had seen them back in the day.

I saw them many times, back in the day, and from what I can tell from the “new” videos I’ve seen, this band doesn’t hold a candle to the old lineup(s). glad most are enjoying them, tho.

Wobbie

just ordered this:

https://www.rufuspublications.com/rufusbooks/blackcrowes

ultrapig

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Wobbie

anyone else purchase this? very nice book. 300 pages of photos. came from London; delayed at least 4 months by COVID/supply chain. pricey. great book but I wish the pics were notated with when/where. another complaint is that luther got no love at all!

dankind

A book of Black Crowes glamor shots? 

NTTAWWT!

Wobbie

dankind said:

A book of Black Crowes glamor shots? 

NTTAWWT!

sorry it’s not some of the no talent bands you like.

Spiritual_Chaos

Ross Halfin is such a boring photographer

nicknyr15

Wobbie said:

dankind said:

A book of Black Crowes glamor shots? 

NTTAWWT!

sorry it’s not some of the no talent bands you like.

What lol 

Wobbie

saw them last night.

Chris’ voice was in fine form and it was loud as fuck (which I like).

it was by no means one of their best shows I’ve seen. SYMM launched them but it’s far from their best album. I got two of my favorites (wiser time, thorn in my pride) after that, but this is the “no jamming” tour 😡. hell, I’ve heard 18 minute versions of both and they were insane.

rock n roll, by lou reed, was an excellent closing song!

shitty picture:

ZoSoTim

Love the Crowes and Chris & Rich sound great these days but they miss Steve Gorman in a bad way. Love Sven on bass even if I prefer Johnny Colt and the current guitarist is good but the drummer is average at best. Keyboardist isn't anything special either but no one will ever live up to Eddie Harsch.

Wobbie

crowes74 said:

Saw the St.Louis show last night.   Far cry from the Crowes of the past, but still a fun and very enjoyable evening.  Much more crowded than I expected, but tickets on ALOT of radio channels this last couple weeks. 

I’m of the belief they could play the first four records in their entirety and it would be a great hour of music.  The following 9 songs in the shows so far are mostly the same, with a few songs rotating in and out,    I think a casual fan will love this show, long time fans will find some faults but still leave 1/2 satisfied at least. . 

agreed. SMHC would be a better album to do in its entirety.

ZoSoTim said:

Love the Crowes and Chris & Rich sound great these days but they miss Steve Gorman in a bad way. Love Sven on bass even if I prefer Johnny Colt and the current guitarist is good but the drummer is average at best. Keyboardist isn't anything special either but no one will ever live up to Eddie Harsch.

I’m a huge Gorman fan but I was actually quite impressed by the drummer. is the current guitarist Isaih (sp?) from Earthless? not as good as Marc, Luther or Jackie but, then again, this is the “no jamming” tour. 😡

jjflash

Wobbie said:

saw them last night.

Chris’ voice was in fine form and it was loud as fuck (which I like).

it was by no means one of their best shows I’ve seen. SYMM launched them but it’s far from their best album. I got two of my favorites (wiser time, thorn in my pride) after that, but this is the “no jamming” tour 😡. hell, I’ve heard 18 minute versions of both and they were insane.

rock n roll, by lou reed, was an excellent closing song!

shitty picture:

The bartender who mans the bar w/ no patrons for the entire show is kinda hilarious

Wobbie

ZoSoTim said:

Love the Crowes and Chris & Rich sound great these days but they miss Steve Gorman in a bad way. Love Sven on bass even if I prefer Johnny Colt and the current guitarist is good but the drummer is average at best. Keyboardist isn't anything special either but no one will ever live up to Eddie Harsch.

this just occurred to me….did you see them recently or last year? I think they were using Rich’s frizzy haired drummer last year. if so, he’s no longer the guy.

P.S. I thought the opening band was pretty brutal.

ZoSoTim

Wobbie said:

ZoSoTim said:

Love the Crowes and Chris & Rich sound great these days but they miss Steve Gorman in a bad way. Love Sven on bass even if I prefer Johnny Colt and the current guitarist is good but the drummer is average at best. Keyboardist isn't anything special either but no one will ever live up to Eddie Harsch.

this just occurred to me….did you see them recently or last year? I think they were using Rich’s frizzy haired drummer last year. if so, he’s no longer the guy.

P.S. I thought the opening band was pretty brutal.

I saw them summer of 2021 so maybe that was it. Dirty Honey opened and they were fantastic/

Wobbie

ZoSoTim said:

Wobbie said:

ZoSoTim said:

Love the Crowes and Chris & Rich sound great these days but they miss Steve Gorman in a bad way. Love Sven on bass even if I prefer Johnny Colt and the current guitarist is good but the drummer is average at best. Keyboardist isn't anything special either but no one will ever live up to Eddie Harsch.

this just occurred to me….did you see them recently or last year? I think they were using Rich’s frizzy haired drummer last year. if so, he’s no longer the guy.

P.S. I thought the opening band was pretty brutal.

I saw them summer of 2021 so maybe that was it. Dirty Honey opened and they were fantastic/

I think we got a different drummer. In fact, several friends commented on how good they thought he was.

my opener was the texas gentleman and I did not dig them at all.

dudeman

Wobbie said:

crowes74 said:

Saw the St.Louis show last night.   Far cry from the Crowes of the past, but still a fun and very enjoyable evening.  Much more crowded than I expected, but tickets on ALOT of radio channels this last couple weeks. 

I’m of the belief they could play the first four records in their entirety and it would be a great hour of music.  The following 9 songs in the shows so far are mostly the same, with a few songs rotating in and out,    I think a casual fan will love this show, long time fans will find some faults but still leave 1/2 satisfied at least. . 

agreed. SMHC would be a better album to do in its entirety.

ZoSoTim said:

Love the Crowes and Chris & Rich sound great these days but they miss Steve Gorman in a bad way. Love Sven on bass even if I prefer Johnny Colt and the current guitarist is good but the drummer is average at best. Keyboardist isn't anything special either but no one will ever live up to Eddie Harsch.

I’m a huge Gorman fan but I was actually quite impressed by the drummer. is the current guitarist Isaih (sp?) from Earthless? not as good as Marc, Luther or Jackie but, then again, this is the “no jamming” tour. 😡

Yeah, Isiah Mitchell is from Earthless. One of the best guitarists out there these days, IMO.

I was surprised to see him with BC last summer and he was on fire! They stayed pretty true to form for the SYMM portion of the show but they really let it rip after that. Felt high on that show for a week afterward. 

Never had a chance to see them back in the day but I walked away from last year's tour very impressed by that band.

goldrush

Do not fuck with the Robinson brothers!

https://youtu.be/FJiPY2X-Lq0

Wobbie

kinda interesting. SHMC is sooooo good.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1VQ1dV415E&t=24s

along the same lines....long and not crowes....but very interesting, IMO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC2iGFJJ69s

HughFreakingDillon

goldrush said:

Do not fuck with the Robinson brothers!

https://youtu.be/FJiPY2X-Lq0

that first security guy that he tossed into the front row was pretty epic lol

Wobbie

HughFreakingDillon said:

goldrush said:

Do not fuck with the Robinson brothers!

https://youtu.be/FJiPY2X-Lq0

that first security guy that he tossed into the front row was pretty epic lol

pretty expensive implement Rich was using.

man, I wish that was gorman on the drum kit. heart and soul of the crowes.