Black Crowes---Your opinions?

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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,970
    I only saw them live once.  Opening for Tom Petty.  I also have a rule to not judge a band that's playing an opening slot as most of the people are there to see a different band.

    I will say at the Tom Petty show, more people were paying attention to Kate Hudson hanging out a the side of the stage than they were the Black Crowes :)
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,692
    I saw them a bunch of times between 2008 and 2013 and they were just a phenomenal live band. You take for granted the bands that can keep it together and continue on. I'll go see this new version if/when the venues are smaller and prices are lower.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,674
    Saw them opening for Neil Young in 2001

    Lions is a great album and they sounded great
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,390
    Southern Harmony box set on the way

    https://shop.theblackcrowes.com/products/the-southern-harmony-and-musical-companion-super-deluxe-edition-4lp
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  • Jumb0
    Jumb0 Posts: 910
    Seeing them in a couple of weeks at Pilgrimage Festival 
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,818
    Southern Harmony is a masterpiece. 
  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,046
    Anyone able to locate where the 'signed' version of the SH&MC boxset is for sale? 
  • pjl44
    pjl44 Posts: 10,692
    jjflash said:
    Anyone able to locate where the 'signed' version of the SH&MC boxset is for sale? 
    https://shop.theblackcrowes.com/products/the-southern-harmony-and-musical-companion-super-deluxe-limited-edition-4lp-signed
  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,390
    Dammit. I didn’t see the signed version the other day and I already ordered the unsigned one. 
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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 12,163
    U can probably cancel and reorder.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,674
    Reading Steve Gorman's book. Don't think I ever before read 150 pages in a day.

    Lions and By Your Side are both better than Amorica. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • BSully
    BSully Indiana Posts: 1,506
    I always liked the Black Crowes until I saw them live.
    Maybe it was an off-night for them, but they sounded terrible.
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  • tusevun
    tusevun Posts: 252
    At 2 points in their history there was not a better band playing music imo. Will not see them again and I am ok with that. 
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,674
    Coincidence, this was just posted: 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izKW9WKcudA
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,390
    edited February 2024
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Reading Steve Gorman's book. Don't think I ever before read 150 pages in a day.

    Lions and By Your Side are both better than Amorica. 
    Love the Gorman book but that last sentence is bonkers to me. I love both of those records, probably more than most. But not only is Amorica my favorite Crowes album it’s definitely in my all time top 10. It’s perfection from top to bottom and the piano outro on Descending to end the album gives me chills every single time. 
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  • jjflash
    jjflash Posts: 5,046
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Coincidence, this was just posted: 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izKW9WKcudA
    Thanks for the tip on this @Spiritual_Chaos I'm about 2/3 the way thru...good interview on both fronts - Chris asks good questions too. On a handful of occasions Chris starts to make Black Crowes-related remarks and Bill talks over him....I wish in those instances Bill woulda stfu and let Chris elaborate
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,674
    ZoSoTim said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    Reading Steve Gorman's book. Don't think I ever before read 150 pages in a day.

    Lions and By Your Side are both better than Amorica. 
    Love the Gorman book but that last sentence is bonkers to me. I love both of those records, probably more than most. But not only is Amorica my favorite Crowes album it’s definitely in my all time top 10. It’s perfection from top to bottom and the piano outro on Descending to end the album gives me chills every single time. 
    Amorica is bland and swagger-less. 

    Thank god for STOP KICKIN MY HEART AROUND YOU GOT MY SOUL SINGING MY SOUL SINGING
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,390
    Bland and swagger-less? Um, OK. 
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  • Milestone
    Milestone Posts: 1,143
    I started this thread 19 years ago.  Fresh takes?  The new album "Happiness Bastards" is pretty damned good. 
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  • ZoSoTim
    ZoSoTim Posts: 1,390
    It’s way better than I expected but think it could have been amazing with Gorman & Ford. 
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