Chris Robinson's new Black Crowes project

Not to mention, Chris Robinson even dressed like he used to in the 90s. The whole thing is a stain on whatever the Crowes' legacy might be (after the depressing 2013 tour).

 

Hey be nice, it's tough to be a Raiders fan!
In fact Chris could be their coach, since he gets rid of all their best players.
Coach Chris says:
Sorry Marc but you're gone.
Sorry Steve but you're gone.
Sorry Rich but you're gone.

 

Hearing very very bad things about the new Betty’s Blends. Anyone care to comment ?

 

What are you hearing? Mine isn't here yet.

 

Mine gets here today. Hearing that the sq is not up to snuff

 

In fact all over my FB CRB groups they are saying how chit the sound quality is, which is weird since its Betty.

 

I think the issue is that it's more expensive than previous Betty releases that were 3LPs ($80 vs $60), and those came with CDs and/or digital-download that this does not.

 

No I am talking purely of sound quality

 

Dedicated thread here, but no mention of substandard sound.

New CRB - Betty’s Midwestern Magick Blends, vol. 4

 

Is Tony Leone still in the CRB?

 

Yes, he took a month or two off. Don’t know why. Neal Casal did the same thing a few months back.

 

Took a month or two off of what? The band didn't tour without them I take it.

 

Yes, both were temporarily replaced on the road. Don’t know who Neal’s was but the Circles Around The Sun drummer stepped in for Tony.

People have private lives. They’re middle-aged, some have children, maybe they’ve elderly parents or a personal problem?

 

Really? That is surprising to hear that Chris toured without Neal.

I know that Circles around the sun cancelled some dates in August, but was back later that month.
Might be connected.

 

Chris is an unstoppable road dog. Hopefully he doesn't burn out his cohorts in CRB. Neal's replacement was Greg Loiacano of the fantastic Mother Hips. I love Neal, but I'd be interested in hearing some of those shows.

 

I think the other thing that hurt "By Your Side" (for me anyways) was the whole glam look they adopted.

 

He's due back after their short Thanksgiving tour break.

If I were Tony, I'd be a bit worried about being Wally Pipped though. Mark Levy from Circles Around the Sun did an incredible job filling in on drums. They were playing with renewed energy in October IMO.

 

Never heard why Neal was out. The CATS shows and his absence from the first leg of the CRB tour were do to unforeseen health issues, or something along those lines. Like Bob said, CR is almost peerless when it comes to his touring pace. Just when you think CRB might be due for an extended break, another tour is announced. It's like what Chris said in an interview recently: even people who can't stand him anymore will be the first to say the guy is obsessed with music.

 

Filming the first ATCF gig live was a mistake, says Marcus King, who seems to admit what a lot of us could see when they were live streaming rehearsals: He was in over his head.

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“I feel really strongly about the fact we’re coming back to the venue where we did the first-ever show, that for some reason, we also decided to video and record for people to listen to for years to come,” King laments about ATCF’s first visit to The Cap. “That was such a poor example of what the band was really about. I don’t know if I speak for the rest of the group, but that first night there was so much hesitation on my part and so much worry that I wasn’t going to be able to do the parts that Rich [Robinson] wrote any justice.”

“As I grew into myself on that tour, I had to really get it into my mind that I was playing Rich’s parts, but I was putting my interpretation on to them,” he says. “As that tour went on, I became much more confident with that idea while also doing my best to pay respect to those songs and the Black Crowes fantastic catalog of music.”

 

Opening 3 songs.

 

Hmmm. Flicked through this footage but all I see is Chris dressed in his Crowes uniform doing all his old moves almost like a parody of himself.

Fair play to anyone who enjoys it but I wouldn't open my curtains if these guys were playing in my back garden.

I've seen and heard these songs played much better to be in any way impressed by this cash grab.

'Look at what money can buy' indeed.

 

Dude still can't play the intro to 'Sting Me' properly. Obviously, Chris couldn't even help him sort that out.

 

Sounds great, if anything the mix is horrendous. Of course Chris is doing his old moves, he is not playing a guitar. To say the duo of King and Freed are not doing justice to the Crowe’s material is nonsense.

Chris put together a great band and wants to play music he wrote, it’s part of his legacy and he can play what he wants.

 

The beginning with 'Feeling Alright' was great. Everyone in this band is a great musician. But the Crowes songs just don't sound right without Rich (and Steve).

 

It's the stench of ego and sycophantic hero worship by She Talks To Angels fans that kills this for me. And that's even before factoring in hearing this cover band play Rich's songs, and often badly. I'm starting to think that Chris is almost entirely surrounded by yes men these days (and I like the Brotherhood quite a bit).