The future of Aerosmith is extremely uncertain due to Steven Tyler’s injured larynx, but that isn’t stopping guitarist Joe Perry from keeping the band’s music alive on the road. A new iteration of the Joe Perry Project — featuring Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford, Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson, and Stone …
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Fresh off of their Rock Hall nomination, the Black Crowes will revisit their time performing alongside Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page with a 25th-anniversary edition of their live album Live at the Greek. For the reissue, the original 20-song double album has been expanded to 36 tracks, each one newly remixed …
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As his recent work with Pearl Jam and the Rolling Stones suggests, mega-producer Andrew Watt really, really loves classic rock —and he’s clearly a little tired of being holed up in the studio. So Watt teamed up with Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith to form Smith and Watt …
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Back in the 1990s, the Black Crowes blew up out of Atlanta, playing soulful, swaggering classic rock in an era of alt-rock irony and grunge bellyaching. Even more impressively, the two guys at the heart of the band — singer Chris Robinson and his guitar-playing brother Rich — managed to …
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It was hard to imagine in the years when Chris and Rich Robinson weren’t even on speaking terms, but the Black Crowes have managed to write and record their first studio album of new material in 15 years. Happiness Bastards is due March 15, with a hard-riffing, big-chorused first single, …
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In a surprise announcement Wednesday morning, organizers for the influential festival known as FloydFest —scheduled for July 26 through 30 in rural Virginia —said the future of the festival is in limbo. Dubbed “FloydFest 23: Forever,” this year’s lineup includes headliners the Black Crowes, My Morning Jacket, Sheryl Crow, and …
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Six months after the Black Crowes were sued by original member Steve Gorman over a royalties dispute, the band and their former drummer are “engaged” in settlement talks. In March, Gorman — who along with the brothers Rich and Chris Robinson and bassist Chuck Brandt (a.k.a Johnny Colt) formed a …
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Steve Gorman, the former drummer of the Black Crowes, is taking his ex-bandmates Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson to court. Gorman, an original member of the Southern roots-rock band who played on the Crowes’ 1990 breakthrough debut Shake Your Money Maker, filed a lawsuit against the Robinsons and “The Black …
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