Chris Robinson Brotherhood

red mos

saw the Houston show on Sept 22. Great show in a very small venue. Ran into Chris Robinson before the show, and shook his hand, and told him I was looking forward to seeing this band, and he was like "right on man." was alot nicer, than he appears to be with the Black Crowes. Only thing he really got upset about was people snapping pix with cellphones. They played the studio room in warehouse live, so it was like watching a band in your living room. fave song had to be "beware, oh Take care", "Rosalee", I an't hiding, and driving wheel". Bummed we didn't get "Appaloosa" but that's ok. really like what they did to it. Has a country like twang to it, as opposed to the Crowes version, but like the crowes version better still.

jjflash

CRB has an upcoming mini-tour :bz . Hopefully more dates will follow.

Tour Dates

04.12.2014 Live Oak Florida Spirit of the Suwannee On-Sale
04.13.2014 Tampa Florida The Ritz Ybor On-Sale
04.18.2014 Winston-Salem NC Ziggy's On-Sale
04.19.2014 Wilmington NC Ziggy's By the Sea On-Sale
04.20.2014 Atlanta Georgia Sweetwater 420 Festival On-Sale
06.08.2014 Hunter New York Mountain Jam Festival On-Sale
06.15.2014 Snowmass Colorado Snowmass Mammoth Festival On-Sale
09.11.2014 - 09.14.2014 Danville, IL Phases of the Moon Music + Art Festival On-Sale Feb 10

jjflash

The CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD are set to unveil their third studio album PHOSPHORESCENT HARVEST on April 29 via Silver Arrow Records. The band--Chris Robinson (lead vocals, guitar), Neal Casal (guitar, vocals), Adam MacDougall (keys, vocals), George Sluppick (drums) and Mark Dutton (bass, vocals)--will also hit the road in conjunction with the album's release. The tour officially starts April 29 at Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, CA with dates confirmed into late May (and more to be announced).

PHOSPHORESCENT HARVEST is a treasure trove of 10 songs--including several the band road-tested over the last few years--that advances the band's kaleidoscopic sound, which is deeply soulful, rootsy and spacey all at once. There's strong songcraft here, with a free-flowing delivery; it is music that is in no hurry to reach its destination but firmly knows where it is going. From the beginning, the CRB set out to do something different from what they had done before, creating their own scene with a musical prowess, cohesive songwriting and a unified commitment to experimentation, both in the studio and on the road (they've performed over 230 shows since forming in 2011).

"The best perspective I have on what's going on in my life--good and bad--is what comes out in the songs," says Chris Robinson. "As you move on in time, you get older, you have relationships. Some of them are good, some fail. Friends. Drugs. Life. Death. People come, people go. Songwriting is a completely different emotional response to your life and to what it means, to in some poetic nature, put it out there."

PHOSPHORESCENT HARVEST follows the release of the companion albums Big Moon Ritual (June 2012) and The Magic Door (September 2012) plus last year's live quadruple vinyl Betty's S.F. Blends, Vol 1. The group continues to record with producer Thom Monahan, and Robinson wrote all of the songs with Casal, save for two that are Robinson solo compositions ("Tornado," "Jump The Turnstiles").

"We're really going by the electricity and the vibrations that we can sort of tune in to," Robinson recently told Relix magazine (Jan/Feb '14). "There's a psychedelic component to it. That's part of the greasing the wheels of the great cosmic engine, with psychedelic thought and philosophy and action. If you get my drift." He went on to talk about the more rock and roll feel on PHOSPHORESCENT HARVEST, and his overall vision for the Brotherhood: "I'm not going to have hit records. I don't write pop songs. But then again, I find a deep need to express myself and how I'm feeling and where I am and where I've been and where I'm going by writing songs. Why change something to make it easier for anyone else, when I think if we stay sincere and keep our energies in a real creative place, then people will wander into our small community, and it maybe would get more popular…to tend that garden is a great responsibility. But I want it to grow." Check out the whole Relix feature here.

Rolling Stone editor David Fricke picked the CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD as one of his favorites of 2012, and praised their live performance in New York City, saying "…the singer's acid-country Brotherhood, with ex-Ryan Adams guitarist Neal Casal, were a sublime time onstage and across these two albums, recorded at the same sessions and issued six months apart. The Irving Plaza show was a characteristic live high. In the second set, Robinson steered out of a rattling ‘Tough Mama,' from Bob Dylan's Planet Waves, into the long reverie ‘Girl on the Mountain,' a song from an earlier side trip, New Earth Mud, given fresh air and a new coat of DayGlo paint (1/30/13)."


Track listing for PHOSPHORESCENT HARVEST:
1. Shore Power
2. About a Stranger
3. Meanwhile In The Gods....
4. Badlands Here We Come
5. Clear Blue Sky & The Good Doctor
6. Beggar's Moon
7. Wanderer's Lament
8. Tornado
9. Jump The Turnstiles
10. Burn Slow
11. Humboldt Windchimes (bonus track on CD only)

http://chrisrobinsonbrotherhood.com/2014/news1.html >- 8-X

Heisenberg

All right, all right, all right!

...still miss The Crowes though

jjflash

CRB to release Betty's Blends Vol. 2 "The Best From The West" in early May via Silver Arrow Records & Tapes. Woot!

BIGDaddyWil

jjflash wrote: »

CRB to release Betty's Blends Vol. 2 "The Best From The West" in early May via Silver Arrow Records & Tapes. Woot!

I still need Betty's Blends Vol. 1. Thanks for the heads up!

Wobbie

Thanks for breaking up the Crowes, Chris

BIGDaddyWil

imalive wrote: »

Thanks for breaking up the Crowes, Chris

I know right? What a dick!

Wobbie

BIGDaddyWil wrote: »

imalive wrote: »

Thanks for breaking up the Crowes, Chris

I know right? What a dick!

love the guy but seems so.....

jerparker20

I saw the CRB this past week in Minneapolis. Fantastic. Chris seemed to be enjoying himself and very appreciative of the crowd, unlike the last time I saw the Crowes. I wouldn't hesitate for a second to see them again.

Yes it kinda sucks that the Crowes are done, and Chris seems to come off as kind of a dick about, but maybe it's for the best.

The Fixer

going to see them at a small venue in philly in two weeks. looking forward to it

The Fixer

for those who have hit shows on this tour, what time have they hit the stage? show on sunday is at 8...no opening band.

Suziemay

Anyone need a ticket for tonight's NYC show? I have one that I'm not going to use, will sell to you for face ($35) or best offer below face (will take anything really!). Will transfer via TM.

PM if interested!

jjflash

Suziemay said:

Anyone need a ticket for tonight's NYC show? I have one that I'm not going to use, will sell to you for face ($35) or best offer below face (will take anything really!). Will transfer via TM.

PM if interested!

hope-you-enjoy-the-show-bump

BrainOfJHA

http://www.bullmoose.com/p/18801754/chris-robinson-brotherhood-bettys-blends-best-of-the-west-volume-two-limited-to-2000-copies

The Fixer

Playing on the beach at the famous Stone Pony in Asbury Park this Tuesday. Cannot wait...

HesCalledDyer

It might be time to get my eyes checked. I thought for sure this thread title was...
Chris Robinson Bobblehead

The Fixer

The Fixer said:

Playing on the beach at the famous Stone Pony in Asbury Park this Tuesday. Cannot wait...

These guys are so damn good live. The Stone Pony show kicked ass!

Wobbie

I'm watching freak n roll. damn CR for beaking up tne crowes

Wobbie

apropos of my post above.....goddam, Rich has some beautiful guitars.