the crowes are great
few pieces of music hit me like the jam>thorn in my pride or my morning song
they do a few kick ass covers other than h2h too
like the bands don't do it, serious chills every time I hear that
there is a danger in seeing them to much, same w PJ, they can get kinda stale after four or more shows on a tour for me
Im a million miles away from home and I cant find a telephone...
I love, love, LOVE the Crowes. Got every album, the past 4, I've bought the day they were released.
I've seen the Crowes 4 times and, for me, they've been pretty consistent, with one exception. The best show that I've ever seen was the Crowes in a small venue in Raleigh right before they release By Your Side. They blew me away! Of course, standing 15 feet from the stage didn't hurt, either.
One of the worst perfomances that I've ever seen by anybody was the Crowes at Midtown Music Festival in Atlanta, right after they released Lions. They seemed to be disinterested and Chris seemed to be trying this glam thing that he wasn't pulling off very well. He needs to stick to the "dirty hippie" motif - fits him better (and i realize that it's not a put on, it's actually who he is). Of course, there is a caveat:
I've found that festival shows should not be subject to the same scrutiny as stand-alone concerts. The quality and intensity seems to be somewhat lacking in the festival shows that I've seen (mixed, often uninterested crowds combined with shorter set lists, plus the prospect of crappy sound). The exception to this rule was STP a year later at the same festival...AWESOME.
The other two times I've seen them - with Jimmy Page in Raleigh and on their last tour in Charlotte - were terrific, incredible. Especially their most recent show (their cover of Pearly Queen was freakin' great).
I'm going to see them in Charlotte in November. Somehow, my friends managed to get VIP tix for that show - I don't know what that entails, but I'm pretty excited!
Get thee hence and procure a copy of The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion - their best by far and quite possibly a perfect rock 'n' roll record from beginning to end.
And from someone who has seen them almost 15 times, they mix it up like no other and pick some really obsure covers too.
This is a great album. I'm surprise I'm liking it more than Shake your Money Maker.
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few pieces of music hit me like the jam>thorn in my pride or my morning song
they do a few kick ass covers other than h2h too
like the bands don't do it, serious chills every time I hear that
there is a danger in seeing them to much, same w PJ, they can get kinda stale after four or more shows on a tour for me
I've seen the Crowes 4 times and, for me, they've been pretty consistent, with one exception. The best show that I've ever seen was the Crowes in a small venue in Raleigh right before they release By Your Side. They blew me away! Of course, standing 15 feet from the stage didn't hurt, either.
One of the worst perfomances that I've ever seen by anybody was the Crowes at Midtown Music Festival in Atlanta, right after they released Lions. They seemed to be disinterested and Chris seemed to be trying this glam thing that he wasn't pulling off very well. He needs to stick to the "dirty hippie" motif - fits him better (and i realize that it's not a put on, it's actually who he is). Of course, there is a caveat:
I've found that festival shows should not be subject to the same scrutiny as stand-alone concerts. The quality and intensity seems to be somewhat lacking in the festival shows that I've seen (mixed, often uninterested crowds combined with shorter set lists, plus the prospect of crappy sound). The exception to this rule was STP a year later at the same festival...AWESOME.
The other two times I've seen them - with Jimmy Page in Raleigh and on their last tour in Charlotte - were terrific, incredible. Especially their most recent show (their cover of Pearly Queen was freakin' great).
I'm going to see them in Charlotte in November. Somehow, my friends managed to get VIP tix for that show - I don't know what that entails, but I'm pretty excited!
07-02-11 (Orpheum Theatre) Vedder(Solo) Minneapolis, MN
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
Summerfest 2006
"Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
No Speak, No Slave - I love that song live.
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
I'll have to grab the last piece, Lions, next to complete their catalog...I was digging Amorica that much.
EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009