Adam, what a great interview! Who else would give Chris room to just ramble on - without constantly interrupting him! So awesome! Thank you for giving artists room to express themselves, while interjecting poignant tidbits of your own personal life. This is truly a terrific channel :)
Chris Robinson used to come into the record store I worked at in Atlanta in 90-92. He’d come in by himself and look like he had a really rough night, but we just gave him space and he’d buy a stack of lps.
@@jmad627 I rang up his purchase once, but that barely counts as a conversation. We were told celebs needed to be treated low-key like regular people. A rule already in place because Elton John lived nearby and used to frequent our store, too.
Now I know we must be talking about the Tower Records in Buckhead. I worked almost across the street at Buckhead Plaza and used to go in there regularly, and saw Elton in there a few times. And yes he lived down the street on Peachtree.
agreed. Southern harmony and the amorica albums are amazing. Descender is one of my core songs. And Southern Harmony is a great album from start to finish. One of the last great rock albums.
I grew up in Woodstock Ga, literally 10 minutes from the Crowes hometown of Marietta, Ga. I graduated high school in '84, and there was so much great music all around us. From REM, and Drivin N Cryin, to B-52's, Pylon, Swimming Pool Q's, Jackyl, and the Black Crowes. Man it was awesome!!!
That is really cool. I grew up in Michigan and TONS of music there... but I was not close to Detroit. I lived in Buford GA for one year in 2018. I am a drummer and I was bored so I decided to check CL postings and try to meet and jam. I found several postings looking for a drummer and I tried out for a few. I sucked and all the bands and musicians were spectacular. GA rocks for sure. Which is strange because I have travelled the country and ATL radio music SUCKS. Basically no R&R at all in ATL... strange. I live in Lexington KY about 1/10 the size of ATL and we have 3-4 awesome rock stations.
James I'm here in Georgia....Gwinnett county all my life. The sad thing is in early 2000s most rock channels became something else (newer stuff). There is one that still plays classic rock.....Katie Kylie (?) is the host.
@@bethshadid2087 yes I know there is one classic rock station but it is so bland it plays the same boring classic rock over and over. Come to Central Kentucky a very small city you'll have four or five rock stations so we'll blow your mind
@@jamesbarrick3403 I believe it. Problem is so many rappers now invading ATL so real music gets the back burner.....and yes they do play same things over and over 😓
"Sometimes Salvation" will always be in my top ten songs of all time.. The first line of that song is quite possibly the best opening line of any song ever!!
This interview was so good. I was not a Black Crows fan but I did listen when they were on the radio or a friends stereo. This interview was so REAL. Chris was talking from the heart. Some interviews are questions that people have canned answers to. This one was really thought provoking on his side. It was not rehearsed. Just awesome. Thank you for allowing the person you interview breath with their answers. They seem so relaxed talking to you. They do not put on any airs, they be real.
Papa Maniac you are so on the money!!!! I was the same not a fan of them but I also didn't mind listening to them on the radio. I was not expecting to hear such awesome thoughts on music, life and everything else to come from this interview!!!!!! One of the best interviews I've seen in a long, long time!!!!!
Yeah in several interviews you'll see this spark in the singer's/musician's eyes right when he asks that perfect question, and they open up to talking about the real stuff with him
Just lost the Love of my life in a motorcycle accident when the song came out. A group of my Friends took me to the mountains to celebrate his life and help me with my sorrow. She talks to Angels was me for He was my addiction ! We sang our hearts out that night to All the songs they sang at that time. I'm 67 yrs young and still jam to All music. But I Thank them for getting me through the Hell. GBU All 🙏
She Talks to Angels hit me as so sad, yet emotionally honest. I felt like the girl in the song was an actual person. Authentic, is the word I'm looking for. The song seemed so authentic.
One of my best fathers day gifts was fom my nineteen year old daughter. She took me to see The Black Crowes at Asbury Park. Pure music no special effects. The only special effects were the music
Very cool. I'm fascinated by Asbury Park's club and music history. When I heard the Black Crowes Hard To Handle, I was blown away. The newer version with the horns raised up in the mix, I instantly thought of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes! Not long afterwards, It's Been A Long Time by Southside Johnny came out. Being a sax player, seeing them or a horn driven band in a club there is on my bucket list. I bet seeing Black Crowes in that environment brought back some glory days! Take Care.
My introduction to The Black Crowes was 'Hard To Handle'. I was born and raised in Surinam, South America where songs like this were NEVER played on the radio! A buddy of mine send a cassette tape over from the Netherlands, because he knew I liked rock music and he put together a mixtape. Been a fan ever since. 'She talks to Angels' is right up there with my favorite songs by them along with 'Remedy' and 'Jealous Again'. The Black Crowes got me listening to Tesla, another one of my favorite bands. Great interview Prof!
I’m a veteran, and the song “she talks to angels” was always a favorite, and I used it at my fiancé’s funeral as well. But I do say this- the interview with mr Robinson is probably one of my most favorite interviews. He was very well spoken and as he told of his experiences, he was very enlightening. Awesome interview!
That song came to mind for me when my Mother passed away. When Hard To Handle came out, she loved it. She told me it was an Otis Redding song. I knew a number of Otis Redding songs, but not that one. My best friend and I saw them live as well as many other concerts, passed away suddenly in 2018, I get emotional when I hear those two songs, so I understand. Thank You for your military service and sorry for your loss, Take Care.
Thank you so much for the well wishes from everyone. This truly isn’t about me, it is about an amazing song and the artist who wrote it. But thank you, nonetheless! It’s people like you that is the reason why I continue to serve this great nation. And hats off to the professor of rock for his continued interviews!
Words cannot express how much I loved and adored The Black Crowes with their southern, bluesy boogie rock. Along with She Talks to Angels, I loved Remedy, Bad Luck Blue Eyes and Thorn in My Pride, as well. They are incomparable in my book. 💗
I think you might be very happy to listen to the rest of their catalogue. It's extensive and a great dive. Please don't forget Tall, the Kingsway sessions, the album called Band, and all of their B-sides and unreleased songs. Utube has a good amount of those
The summer of '91 is when this song hit me and 5 of my closest friends at the time like a ton of bricks. I had heard it before and liked the song but it had no meaning before then. That would change very quickly. I was in high school at the time and had a very dear friend discover her mother dead in the bathtub of a suicide. It hit her hard. She turned to drugs and nothing any of our core group of friends could do would get her to get help. It was her way of coping. The summer of '91 saw her pain end when she overdosed and left us. It was hard to watch this beautiful, loving, fun, and energetic girl do this to herself and be helpless to stop it. The day of her funeral, which we all went to, we were sitting in my friend's basement and the song came on. We all broke into tears as a group.
Thank you for sharing this! Sorry to know your friend could not overcome her pain. Music like this, though, that is so poignant and honest, can take on a whole new level sometimes. Peace, brother!
Wow thanks for sharing this gut wrenching story. The stories of each persons life is sacred. There is a deep reverence I have for those who have the courage to speak about their painful experiences for this is were deep healing can occur. It seems to me that the song She Talks To Angels is a testament of this! That ironic lyric "There's a smile when the pain comes. The pain gonna make everything alright" speaking the truth about our pain brings it out of the darkness and into the light. Our suffering makes our joy deeper and higher!
I love when interviewers let people talk like that. No interruptions, or clarifying questions... but then again, herding cats might be easier than getting Chris Robinson to focus on a single, solitary subject... like She Talks to Angels 😂😂😂
I clearly remember picking up Shake Your Moneymaker a month after release. With this album my faith in blues oriented Rock and Roll was reborn. Seeing Things is a masterpiece in this genre. Truly a classic to behold.
I'm from Atlanta and am just a few months older than Chris. It touched me deeply, all the things he said about our generation growing up and maturing in the South. Such a fabulous interview. He spoke so much truth. I chuckled a bit at his comment about the goth girl in East Atlanta, as I was a goth and that was where I lived. Thank you for hosting him and giving him the chance to speak from such a depth of heart. Keep up the great work.
One of the best rock albums of the last twenty years or so is the Crowes' "By Your Side." Rocking, soulful, etc. "Go Tell the Congregation" is still one of my favorite songs of all time. Chris was in the beginning of his relationship with Kate Hudson at the time and the album is brimming with fantastic love songs that rock. We used "Diamond Ring" at our wedding.
God Bless Chris and the Black Crowes! Talk about 'resonating'!!!! That dude did more 'speaking' to me then and, still now, than almost anyone could. So grateful I had an example like him who could've cared less wtf the current culture of things dictated and let me know that true beauty and soul was alive and well in the hearts of others besides myself. Can't say enough about him. The Palmer Auditorium in 1992-93...the 'High As The Moon' tour...changed my whole perspective on music and life
I love the Black Crowes. "Wiser Time" with a pedal steel intro and their cover of Lou Reed's "Oh Sweet Nuthin" are my favorites. If you haven't seen the video for "Oh Sweet Nuthin" Adam, check it out, you will love it. The video I saw was live in a studio. Thanks for another fantastic story.
Hey Adam, the Black Crows were cool. I am from Chattanooga TN, on the radio the DJ said that a bar in town was where a band had been practicing to go record their first album and tonight they were going to do the songs for the album. I called the station and he told me I would love the show because after this weekend it's going to be big money spent at arenas to hear these guys. I went and they told the name they were using (forgot it), now we're are the Black Crows. It was a fantastic show and only five dollars cover charge. I'm glad I went, they played all their first album , plus. Thanks for doing this interview with them and you are right they saved Rock in a time when we needed to be saved. Keep rocking brothers and sisters ✌️ and 🤘😎 Brother Gary
For me, The Black Crowes redeemed the music of the 90’s. I adore all of their music, but if I had to choose one song that was the only thing I could listen to for the rest of my life it would be She Talks to Angels. It still moves me as much as ever. It is perfect both instrumentally and vocally. It is gritty and also gracious. It’s dark, but you feel so much better for having listened to it. Thanks for just letting Chris talk. This was a great interview. You let it be his interview. I respect that.
The Black Crowes!!... the band I always play when I'm feeling sad and depressed no need for medication when you have their music to pick you up! Love the Robinson Brothers always!
Sister Luck and Seein' Things were by far the best songs on Shake Your MoneyMaker IMO. I know everyone has one but the power in those songs still move me today.
I was 20 years old in college when this album came out, then saw them in concert in early ‘91. What an album! Definitely one of the best debut albums of all time
I hitchhiked to Amsterdam with my girlfriend in 93, and this guys followup cd was in the drivers stero playing. I'm married to that girlfriend for 26 years now. Time flies.
I had just graduated high school, put down my trumpet and saxophone from band, and bought an acoustic guitar. The Crowes came out right then. The first song I ever learned to play was "She talks to angels". I still have my Black Crowes guitar tab book from 1992. Sure, Clapton, the Beatles, Stevie Ray, and Mike Campbell were all teachers of mine, The crowes were the "Classic rock" band of my generation (X).
For sure the Black Crowes helped save rock WAY before Nirvana, but for me, before the Black Crowes, there was Jane’s Addiction. That was the first band that gave me hope that I wouldn’t have to be only listening to 60’s and 70’s music forever.
Friends of mine started a music festival-in an old live stock ring-in honor of our friend who passed away. An amazing man who mentored so many with music. Continuing the legacy… 131 Music Festival Reed City Michigan
Love the Crowes, and love hearing interviews with Chris. They're always informative and entertaining. He speaks his mind and gives lengthy answers. As a journalist myself, that's what you want from an interview subject. Thanks, Prof.!
THANK GOD FOR THE BLACK CROWS!!! Exactly like you explained. When they came out with their music I can remember my first thought and it was oh yeah!!! That's what rock and roll sounds like!!!!
I love hearing artist's introduction to music and what influenced them early on. It's interesting how so many Rock 'n' Roll artists of old were influenced by a ton of Southern (USA) music (from the Blues to African-American Gospel to Country).
I knew Shake Your Money Maker in the early 90's and it hit me so hard that I became a Black Crowes fan immediately. And for years I bought their next albums until had a chance to see the band alive in a memorable concert in Rio de Janeiro with Jimmy Page & Robert Plant. Black Crowes, specially the Robinson brothers, is one of the most talents band I've ever known and She Talks To Angels one of the most beautiful songs composed.
I can remember the first time I heard the Black Crowes ... 19 years old, on my way home to my pregnant wife, sitting at a stop sign in the rural area of NC that we live, and "Jealous Again" came blasting through the classic rock station I was listening to! I said out loud to myself, "Rock 'n' roll is saved!" Haha! It wasn't long after that I bought Shake Your Money Maker. "She Talks to Angels" fascinated me for many reasons ... the lyrics were as poetic as any Dylan or Stones song I'd heard, and music was beautifully executed! I had learned enough on guitar to know it was in open E, which was Duane Allman's favorite slide tuning, so that interested me as well. Still love the Crowes! Enjoyed the story about Chris' dad singing folk music. Much of that is played in our area, usually by old time music bands or bluegrass bands. Great story songs! This song itself, "She Talks to Angels," means even more to me today, as I've helped counsel kids and families that have been hit by addiction, either suffering themselves from it or through loved ones that are addicted.
I saw the Crowes open for ZZTop in Detroit and it was such an amazing show. I instantly fell in love with that album back when a lot of my friends were listening to metal (as was I) but I loved opening myself up to a much wider palate of music
There is book intelligence and then there is life intelligence. His meandering words could give the impression that he was just a burned out Rockstar, but in his winding word salad, there were gems of truth, deft honesty, self deprivation that lingers as a man of genuine good intent. I liked the interview.
I loved this band, still do. She Talks to Angels is just raw emotion, and it's always been a favorite. They're on my iPod and even my teenagers love them.
You’re so right Adam. At a time when music wasn’t quite sure where it was going, the Black Crows were the right band at the right time. Blues is blood.
Love The Black Crowes since the first time I hear "Hard to Handle" on the radio. Sounded like the american stones (at their best) to my ears. Every time someone declares "rock is dead" , somewhere a kid is walking to a smoky bar late one night, and the band on stage is shakin' the walls, crankin' guitars to 11 through Marshall stacks, playing 3 chords and the truth, and the kid's musical soul is knocked upside the head, buys a guitar and amp, beginning a lifelong quest to rock on, and rock hard...
The timing of this great band coming on the scene couldn't had been more perfect. "She talks to Angels" is such a mystical and brilliant creation. So beautiful in lyric and melody!! What a fabulous interview! Thank you!
This record was such a welcome wind of change back in 1990. It blew me away and I wore out the cassette until it broke in my car's tape deck. None of my friends were into it. They were all into the status quo hair metal or thought the Crowes were trying to sound like the Rolling Stones. Philistines!
We did a gig at the dark horse tavern in Atlanta (we were based in florida circa 95-97) and I noticed during sound check Chris Robinson’s name scrawled on the wall of the bathroom. Then proceeded to have one of our best shows ever. That first album was the music world realigning.
One of the greatest American rock and roll bands of all time. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Little Feat, 70's Aerosmith, OGVH, Allmans, Skynyrd, GNR, you name it, the Crowes earned a seat at that table and can stand with any of them. Just wish they would get back with Gorman and Ford, but it is what it is and they provided their fair share to the soundtrack of American life.
The Crowes ARE Rock N' Roll. G n' R brought the rawness and swagger back that was so desperately needed by then. The Crowes took that many steps further. The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion was the culmination of that. Shake Your Money Maker is a great album but TSHMC is a masterpiece of rock n' roll. Every song on that album hits. That's quite an achievement for a sophomore effort. Watch the MTV Spring Break performance to see what I mean. This was a band that had something to prove and nobody rocked harder in those days. This was such a great interview. Well done sir!
Chris’s vocal performance is just amazing on “She Talks to Angels” along with the perfect arrangement - goes beyond any song I’ve considered in the “Power Ballad” category. Though the rock stations played it to death after “Hard to Handle” I almost, almost tired of the song, lol! But to this day I’m happy to say I still enjoy it 😄
I was 17 in 1989, ready to finish school and becoming a woman. I go back to this song very often. It's a part of many different playlists. At the time when this was really popular on the radio and played in all the local bars repeatedly, it was the early 90s. I had already became a young mother. This song hit me hard in the heart. It had a couple of different meanings to m ER that actually intertwined together. I found myself in the early stages of a very bad relationship. At the same time I had left my mother and little sisters, after my mother finally left her abusive relationship. My mother moved far away her first time in 30yrs being on her own with 2 little girls. I choose to stay where I was at 18 with my new family 300 miles away in the middle of nowhere. This song represented me actually talking to angels that I reached out for to give me strength and guide me through. Also at this time I found out my mother was dealing with addiction and talking to her own angels. As well as my little sisters needing their own angles and my son needing angels as well. So many of the lyrics applied to my life in so many different ways at different times. It has continued to have different meanings throughout my life and has helped me through many dark and difficult times.
"She Talks to Angels" is a dang-good song! Chris Robinson has a heck of a voice. The song has great lyrics too. I wonder if Robinson had come 20 or 30 years earlier if he would be considered one of the greatest Rock vocalists of all-time.
Shake your money maker was a breath of fresh air. Between the exodus of the 80’s new wave synth driven pop, and the arrival of pissed off, screaming grunge, it was like someone finally remembered to change the oxygen bottle. It could just be that being born and living in the south, made their music a little more important. Being proud of the home team or relating to their style possibly. I’ll never forget my two year old daughter sitting in the backseat when hard to handle would come on the radio. She would throw her head back and just yell it, “Cause mama I’m sure hard to handle now”. My wife was like, well it looks like you’ve turned her into rock fan.
Great interview. Chris Robinson really feels the depth of emotion that a song can convey, and he certainly instilled that emotion in me when I first heard that song, and many times since. Even though I've probably heard that album a few too many times, its been a while; maybe time to immerse again.
I just wanted to say what a great channel you have here. Such positive energy and the joy of remembering songs I hadn't realized I had forgotten. Thanks for bringing joy into our lives!
Rupert Holmes was ten years earlier. If only he was here he would have saved rock with the Pina colada song and that ground breaking album Partners In Crime!
I am 74, and my roots are like Chris Robinson's but not from the South. But, as an infant, I was introduced to "race" 78's and jazz. As I grew, I became immersed in the original blues and Southern Gospel. Both are still an essential part of my life. As I grew up in Chicago, and as a teenager, I would drift down to the Southside and go into "Black" "after-hours clubs"' and saw and heard the best. I was the only Caucasian face there but I was welcomed because I was there to "worship>" Now and again a beer would appear on my table at the back and then there were miracle nights when I was invited to "come up front." I could feel more, see or even smell the sweat from the performers and everyone doing the boogie to the music. I felt the music and the instruments, voices and amps. I am not a gifted musician, but I have a younger brother who made his living as a "bluesman" and a nephew who graduated from Berklee with high honors--in jazz guitar. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST MOVING INTERVIEWS YOU HAVE EVER PRESENTED. IT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE !!----- I DID NOT STRUGGLE SOCIALLY, BUT i WAS GROUNDED IN REAL MUSIC. MY FIRST R & R I CAN RECALL IS ALEX HALEY AND CHUCK BERRY. IRONICALLY, I AM "not" AN ELVIS PRESLEY FAN IN ANY OF HIS MANIFESTATIONS.
I had similar experiences hearing live Folk Music in my childhood home. I was also exposed to a variety of Music and Instruments and as Chris mentioned it all builds your interest if you want it to. I listen to music every day and am in a virtual state of euphoria from it every time. Thanks to All Musicians and Writers everywhere that write from the heart (or deep within their mind).
I'd like to see Chris Robinson interview David Lee Roth. Those two can go back n forth and come up with their crazy analogies and ramble on for hours about nonsense.
Great interview. There are plenty of small local venues, you just have to find them. Real musicians. Real music. There are many talented musicians out there. Support all of them!
The Crows were riding high on this album when I first started going to concerts, and I couldn’t have had a better initiation year. My first three major outings were to CNE Stadium in Toronto Ontario. In the same summer, I first saw: Slaughter, Faster Pussycat, KISS (without makeup), and Whitesnake. Then: Warrant, Black Crows, Aerosmith, and Metallica. Later - in ‘94 - I returned for the show of shows; Pink Floyd.
LOL. I was just talking to my wife about those very shows last night. Fond memories for sure. You used to be able to see concerts -- with 4 big bands -- for I think it was ~$40 Canadian. I miss those days.
*My guess:* "High Enough" by Damn Yankees. What we actually got was an amazing rock ballad from 1991. I remember thinking they sounded like 70's classic rock, which was pretty cool to hear in the 90's. I was hoping for a revival of the 70's Boston/Foreigner/Skynyrd stuff. I remember buying the cassingle for "She Talks To Angels" and blaring it in my car. Such an epic & underappreciated song!
I have to weigh in on this being a southerner. Working class is a southern way of life. That means struggle, failure sometimes, and pain. This song is simply about pain. Living with pain. Working class southerners work hard, maintain their dignity as best as possible even though they may break as a result of their pain.
You make us time travel in an instant! The Black Crowes was hitting our radar hard just as we were graduating from high school (somehow thirty years have gone by since the Class of '91) - I remember a summer party a few weeks after we had graduated and gone through the hoopla, out at Salmon Creek (one of those strange outdoor gathering spots for late night summer fires on a small, rocky shore where you'd plan to meet friends, but never knew who would be there when you got there, or who would arrive afterwards), and The Black Crowes were our soundtrack. It was like just as we were all unweaving from home, from being with the same group since kindergarten, we finally had our own real rock band. It wasn't too late. One last great bash, memorable enough to be sparked by your interview. Thanks Chris, and thanks always, Professor, our time traveling tour guide extraordinaire.
i smoked 2 joints with the guys from the black crows, at first ave in minneapolis, sometime between 1998 and 2004.. dont remember and my ticket stubbs are packed away
Favorite 90s hit?
The one that started the whole movement: Kurt Smells Like Teen Spirit
Maaaaaaan Professor, choosing one is impossible!
You Get What You Give
Easy. The Macarena!
Just kidding!
Eve flow by Pearl Jam
Adam, what a great interview! Who else would give Chris room to just ramble on - without constantly interrupting him! So awesome! Thank you for giving artists room to express themselves, while interjecting poignant tidbits of your own personal life. This is truly a terrific channel :)
Couldn’t have expressed this better myself. Thanks Adam, I’m saving this to play for my kids in a few years!
That Bob guy, thank you for saying what I was trying to say!
Definitely! I have an excellent attention span and no time to listen to the artist agree withe the host recite his crib notes
Haha ramble on is right, I'd say he has done his fair share of acid. But I love the black crows
Absolutely!!!
That’s the happiest/un-annoyed I’ve ever seen Chris in an interview. Fabulous
He gave a great interview on Rogan recently.
Chris Robinson used to come into the record store I worked at in Atlanta in 90-92. He’d come in by himself and look like he had a really rough night, but we just gave him space and he’d buy a stack of lps.
thus providing his next rough night. well done.
Did you ever talk to him?
@@jmad627 I rang up his purchase once, but that barely counts as a conversation. We were told celebs needed to be treated low-key like regular people. A rule already in place because Elton John lived nearby and used to frequent our store, too.
Now I know we must be talking about the Tower Records in Buckhead. I worked almost across the street at Buckhead Plaza and used to go in there regularly, and saw Elton in there a few times. And yes he lived down the street on Peachtree.
@@AutoEquipmentInc Nope. Sound Warehouse on Peachtree
The Black Crowes' first three records are genius and legendary. She talks to angels is a great song, but for me, Ballad in Urgency is pure genius.
Correction: the albums 2-4 are genius and legendary.
agreed. Southern harmony and the amorica albums are amazing. Descender is one of my core songs. And Southern Harmony is a great album from start to finish. One of the last great rock albums.
Agreed!!!!
So are the rest of their albums
Absolutely.
#Lowdown
I grew up in Woodstock Ga, literally 10 minutes from the Crowes hometown of Marietta, Ga. I graduated high school in '84, and there was so much great music all around us. From REM, and Drivin N Cryin, to B-52's, Pylon, Swimming Pool Q's, Jackyl, and the Black Crowes. Man it was awesome!!!
That is really cool. I grew up in Michigan and TONS of music there... but I was not close to Detroit. I lived in Buford GA for one year in 2018. I am a drummer and I was bored so I decided to check CL postings and try to meet and jam. I found several postings looking for a drummer and I tried out for a few. I sucked and all the bands and musicians were spectacular. GA rocks for sure. Which is strange because I have travelled the country and ATL radio music SUCKS. Basically no R&R at all in ATL... strange. I live in Lexington KY about 1/10 the size of ATL and we have 3-4 awesome rock stations.
James I'm here in Georgia....Gwinnett county all my life. The sad thing is in early 2000s most rock channels became something else (newer stuff). There is one that still plays classic rock.....Katie Kylie (?) is the host.
@@bethshadid2087 yes I know there is one classic rock station but it is so bland it plays the same boring classic rock over and over. Come to Central Kentucky a very small city you'll have four or five rock stations so we'll blow your mind
@@jamesbarrick3403 I believe it. Problem is so many rappers now invading ATL so real music gets the back burner.....and yes they do play same things over and over 😓
@Luke Yes it was 🍑
"Sometimes Salvation" will always be in my top ten songs of all time..
The first line of that song is quite possibly the best opening line of any song ever!!
This interview was so good. I was not a Black Crows fan but I did listen when they were on the radio or a friends stereo. This interview was so REAL. Chris was talking from the heart. Some interviews are questions that people have canned answers to. This one was really thought provoking on his side. It was not rehearsed. Just awesome. Thank you for allowing the person you interview breath with their answers. They seem so relaxed talking to you. They do not put on any airs, they be real.
Papa Maniac you are so on the money!!!! I was the same not a fan of them but I also didn't mind listening to them on the radio.
I was not expecting to hear such awesome thoughts on music, life and everything else to come from this
interview!!!!!! One of the best interviews I've seen in a long, long time!!!!!
Yeah in several interviews you'll see this spark in the singer's/musician's eyes right when he asks that perfect question, and they open up to talking about the real stuff with him
Me also.
You are not a crowds fan. You don't like music
Just lost the Love of my life in a motorcycle accident when the song came out. A group of my Friends took me to the mountains to celebrate his life and help me with my sorrow. She talks to Angels was me for He was my addiction ! We sang our hearts out that night to All the songs they sang at that time. I'm 67 yrs young and still jam to All music. But I Thank them for getting me through the Hell. GBU All 🙏
She Talks to Angels hit me as so sad, yet emotionally honest. I felt like the girl in the song was an actual person. Authentic, is the word I'm looking for. The song seemed so authentic.
One of my best fathers day gifts was fom my nineteen year old daughter. She took me to see The Black Crowes at Asbury Park. Pure music no special effects. The only special effects were the music
Very cool. I'm fascinated by Asbury Park's club and music history. When I heard the Black Crowes Hard To Handle, I was blown away. The newer version with the horns raised up in the mix, I instantly thought of Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes! Not long afterwards, It's Been A Long Time by Southside Johnny came out. Being a sax player, seeing them or a horn driven band in a club there is on my bucket list. I bet seeing Black Crowes in that environment brought back some glory days! Take Care.
My introduction to The Black Crowes was 'Hard To Handle'. I was born and raised in Surinam, South America where songs like this were NEVER played on the radio! A buddy of mine send a cassette tape over from the Netherlands, because he knew I liked rock music and he put together a mixtape. Been a fan ever since.
'She talks to Angels' is right up there with my favorite songs by them along with 'Remedy' and 'Jealous Again'. The Black Crowes got me listening to Tesla, another one of my favorite bands. Great interview Prof!
This gets me every time: To her that don't mean nothin'
But to me, it means
Means everything
Just the best
I’m a veteran, and the song “she talks to angels” was always a favorite, and I used it at my fiancé’s funeral as well. But I do say this- the interview with mr Robinson is probably one of my most favorite interviews. He was very well spoken and as he told of his experiences, he was very enlightening. Awesome interview!
Sorry for your loss
@@WeLuv9x5 thank you for your well wish. As for my service, it is always my pleasure!
That song came to mind for me when my Mother passed away. When Hard To Handle came out, she loved it. She told me it was an Otis Redding song. I knew a number of Otis Redding songs, but not that one. My best friend and I saw them live as well as many other concerts, passed away suddenly in 2018, I get emotional when I hear those two songs, so I understand. Thank You for your military service and sorry for your loss, Take Care.
Thank you so much for the well wishes from everyone. This truly isn’t about me, it is about an amazing song and the artist who wrote it. But thank you, nonetheless! It’s people like you that is the reason why I continue to serve this great nation. And hats off to the professor of rock for his continued interviews!
Words cannot express how much I loved and adored The Black Crowes with their southern, bluesy boogie rock. Along with She Talks to Angels, I loved Remedy, Bad Luck Blue Eyes and Thorn in My Pride, as well. They are incomparable in my book. 💗
Wiser Time is another great song along with those you mentioned and Hotel Illness as well.
I think you might be very happy to listen to the rest of their catalogue. It's extensive and a great dive. Please don't forget Tall, the Kingsway sessions, the album called Band, and all of their B-sides and unreleased songs. Utube has a good amount of those
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@@justinerickson5061 All that you mentioned are undiscovered for me. I will definitely check all of it out. Thank you! 🦋
The summer of '91 is when this song hit me and 5 of my closest friends at the time like a ton of bricks. I had heard it before and liked the song but it had no meaning before then. That would change very quickly. I was in high school at the time and had a very dear friend discover her mother dead in the bathtub of a suicide. It hit her hard. She turned to drugs and nothing any of our core group of friends could do would get her to get help. It was her way of coping. The summer of '91 saw her pain end when she overdosed and left us. It was hard to watch this beautiful, loving, fun, and energetic girl do this to herself and be helpless to stop it. The day of her funeral, which we all went to, we were sitting in my friend's basement and the song came on. We all broke into tears as a group.
Thank you for sharing this! Sorry to know your friend could not overcome her pain. Music like this, though, that is so poignant and honest, can take on a whole new level sometimes. Peace, brother!
Wow thanks for sharing this gut wrenching story. The stories of each persons life is sacred. There is a deep reverence I have for those who have the courage to speak about their painful experiences for this is were deep healing can occur. It seems to me that the song She Talks To Angels is a testament of this! That ironic lyric "There's a smile when the pain comes. The pain gonna make everything alright" speaking the truth about our pain brings it out of the darkness and into the light. Our suffering makes our joy deeper and higher!
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Wow, I'm so sorry for your loss. I've lost family& friends both to addiction , its never gets any easier. God bless you, your friends and her family.
Their music is legendary. Iconic. Incomparable. But let's not fade away from just how COOL Chris Robinson is!!!
What an amazing front man
I love when interviewers let people talk like that. No interruptions, or clarifying questions... but then again, herding cats might be easier than getting Chris Robinson to focus on a single, solitary subject... like She Talks to Angels 😂😂😂
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Virtue-signaling douche.
If you had a hard time understanding Mr. Robinsons relay fir she talks to angels, then you are actually exactly the cliche he was talking about.
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Apparently reading and listening comprehension isn’t your strength. Relax sweetheart. I wasn’t making fun of your hero.
Black Crowes make me remember a sweeter part of life...we were young, dumb, and having fun. Who can not sing along?
Yes we were
I clearly remember picking up Shake Your Moneymaker a month after release. With this album my faith in blues oriented Rock and Roll was reborn. Seeing Things is a masterpiece in this genre. Truly a classic to behold.
I'm from Atlanta and am just a few months older than Chris. It touched me deeply, all the things he said about our generation growing up and maturing in the South. Such a fabulous interview. He spoke so much truth. I chuckled a bit at his comment about the goth girl in East Atlanta, as I was a goth and that was where I lived. Thank you for hosting him and giving him the chance to speak from such a depth of heart. Keep up the great work.
You're such a great interviewer, Prof. You don't step on the subjects thoughts, and you ask great questions.
I left a similar comment... he is getting really good at this
It's hard to be a good listener. It truly is.
I totally agree with you!!
That’s a huge 💯
It's because he is genuinely interested
Best Robinson interview I have ever seen. He is highly intelligent and a grand artist. You let it shine. Thank you.
One of the best rock albums of the last twenty years or so is the Crowes' "By Your Side." Rocking, soulful, etc. "Go Tell the Congregation" is still one of my favorite songs of all time. Chris was in the beginning of his relationship with Kate Hudson at the time and the album is brimming with fantastic love songs that rock. We used "Diamond Ring" at our wedding.
God Bless Chris and the Black Crowes! Talk about 'resonating'!!!! That dude did more 'speaking' to me then and, still now, than almost anyone could. So grateful I had an example like him who could've cared less wtf the current culture of things dictated and let me know that true beauty and soul was alive and well in the hearts of others besides myself. Can't say enough about him. The Palmer Auditorium in 1992-93...the 'High As The Moon' tour...changed my whole perspective on music and life
I love the Black Crowes. "Wiser Time" with a pedal steel intro and their cover of Lou Reed's "Oh Sweet Nuthin" are my favorites. If you haven't seen the video for "Oh Sweet Nuthin" Adam, check it out, you will love it. The video I saw was live in a studio. Thanks for another fantastic story.
Rich on lead vocals
Hey Adam, the Black Crows were cool. I am from Chattanooga TN, on the radio the DJ said that a bar in town was where a band had been practicing to go record their first album and tonight they were going to do the songs for the album. I called the station and he told me I would love the show because after this weekend it's going to be big money spent at arenas to hear these guys. I went and they told the name they were using (forgot it), now we're are the Black Crows. It was a fantastic show and only five dollars cover charge. I'm glad I went, they played all their first album , plus. Thanks for doing this interview with them and you are right they saved Rock in a time when we needed to be saved. Keep rocking brothers and sisters ✌️ and 🤘😎
Brother Gary
For me, The Black Crowes redeemed the music of the 90’s. I adore all of their music, but if I had to choose one song that was the only thing I could listen to for the rest of my life it would be She Talks to Angels. It still moves me as much as ever. It is perfect both instrumentally and vocally. It is gritty and also gracious. It’s dark, but you feel so much better for having listened to it. Thanks for just letting Chris talk. This was a great interview. You let it be his interview. I respect that.
The Black Crowes!!... the band I always play when I'm feeling sad and depressed no need for medication when you have their music to pick you up! Love the Robinson Brothers always!
The Crowes are supremely underrated. Would love to hear some more tales from the 90s, especially the revolution that followed. Remember it well
Agreed, they are underrated. We'll post more so stick around my friend
Read the book! It’s great. 📖
UA-cam has tons of interviews from the Crowes. You can find all kinds of tales there.
Sister Luck and Seein' Things were by far the best songs on Shake Your MoneyMaker IMO. I know everyone has one but the power in those songs still move me today.
I was 20 years old in college when this album came out, then saw them in concert in early ‘91. What an album! Definitely one of the best debut albums of all time
Seeing Things is definitely one of the best songs I have ever experienced, in my life . Kids today will never know . I'm so happy to be Gen X !!!
Chris is just an awesome character. If it wasn't for music, I feel like he'd still been a "beat poet". It's just in his nature.
One of the greatest singer/lyricists of all time. His songs paint amazing word pictures. They're so vivid you feel like you're in the song.
I hitchhiked to Amsterdam with my girlfriend in 93, and this guys followup cd was in the drivers stero playing. I'm married to that girlfriend for 26 years now. Time flies.
I had just graduated high school, put down my trumpet and saxophone from band, and bought an acoustic guitar. The Crowes came out right then. The first song I ever learned to play was "She talks to angels". I still have my Black Crowes guitar tab book from 1992. Sure, Clapton, the Beatles, Stevie Ray, and Mike Campbell were all teachers of mine, The crowes were the "Classic rock" band of my generation (X).
For sure the Black Crowes helped save rock WAY before Nirvana, but for me, before the Black Crowes, there was Jane’s Addiction. That was the first band that gave me hope that I wouldn’t have to be only listening to 60’s and 70’s music forever.
Ain’t that the truth
Vocals for JA sucks
The Replacements - REM - JA - RHCP - Faith No More - then the 91/92 groups
The Replacements - REM - JA - RHCP - Faith No More - then the 91/92 groups
Jane’s addiction Was quite different but good also. The are à meeting point of rock soul folk... from lyrics to music so good!
Friends of mine started a music festival-in an old live stock ring-in honor of our friend who passed away. An amazing man who mentored so many with music. Continuing the legacy…
131 Music Festival Reed City Michigan
Love the Crowes, and love hearing interviews with Chris. They're always informative and entertaining. He speaks his mind and gives lengthy answers. As a journalist myself, that's what you want from an interview subject. Thanks, Prof.!
I love this band. All my friends love this band. They're one of the best ever.
The Black Crows had their demons, but good grief...their music was (and is) amazing.
Amorica is one of my all time favorite albums. Love the Black Crowes!!!
If my kids ask "what is rock and Roll?" I will tell them I saw The Black Crowes open for Aerosmith. One of my fav concerts ever.
THANK GOD FOR THE BLACK CROWS!!! Exactly like you explained. When they came out with their music I can remember my first thought and it was oh yeah!!! That's what rock and roll sounds like!!!!
I love hearing artist's introduction to music and what influenced them early on. It's interesting how so many Rock 'n' Roll artists of old were influenced by a ton of Southern (USA) music (from the Blues to African-American Gospel to Country).
I knew Shake Your Money Maker in the early 90's and it hit me so hard that I became a Black Crowes fan immediately. And for years I bought their next albums until had a chance to see the band alive in a memorable concert in Rio de Janeiro with Jimmy Page & Robert Plant. Black Crowes, specially the Robinson brothers, is one of the most talents band I've ever known and She Talks To Angels one of the most beautiful songs composed.
I can remember the first time I heard the Black Crowes ... 19 years old, on my way home to my pregnant wife, sitting at a stop sign in the rural area of NC that we live, and "Jealous Again" came blasting through the classic rock station I was listening to! I said out loud to myself, "Rock 'n' roll is saved!" Haha! It wasn't long after that I bought Shake Your Money Maker. "She Talks to Angels" fascinated me for many reasons ... the lyrics were as poetic as any Dylan or Stones song I'd heard, and music was beautifully executed! I had learned enough on guitar to know it was in open E, which was Duane Allman's favorite slide tuning, so that interested me as well. Still love the Crowes! Enjoyed the story about Chris' dad singing folk music. Much of that is played in our area, usually by old time music bands or bluegrass bands. Great story songs! This song itself, "She Talks to Angels," means even more to me today, as I've helped counsel kids and families that have been hit by addiction, either suffering themselves from it or through loved ones that are addicted.
BLACK CROWES ROCK N ROLL IN ITS PUREST FORM. Couldn't agree more
I saw the Crowes open for ZZTop in Detroit and it was such an amazing show. I instantly fell in love with that album back when a lot of my friends were listening to metal (as was I) but I loved opening myself up to a much wider palate of music
There is book intelligence and then there is life intelligence. His meandering words could give the impression that he was just a burned out Rockstar, but in his winding word salad, there were gems of truth, deft honesty, self deprivation that lingers as a man of genuine good intent. I liked the interview.
He's really well-spoken and comes across very clear even in a personable-rambly-kinda sense.
I could listen to him talk for hours.
Thank you for this!
He is brave enough to work his thoughts out in his head out loud. There isn't any pretense or rock star ego to look cool.
So true, folk music, Celtic music, along with classical, really do transcend time.
who knew? chris robinson is a really thoughtful guy.
enjoyed this!
I loved this band, still do. She Talks to Angels is just raw emotion, and it's always been a favorite. They're on my iPod and even my teenagers love them.
You’re so right Adam. At a time when music wasn’t quite sure where it was going, the Black Crows were the right band at the right time. Blues is blood.
Love The Black Crowes since the first time I hear "Hard to Handle" on the radio. Sounded like the american stones (at their best) to my ears.
Every time someone declares "rock is dead" , somewhere a kid is walking to a smoky bar late one night, and the band on stage is shakin' the walls, crankin' guitars to 11 through Marshall stacks, playing 3 chords and the truth, and the kid's musical soul is knocked upside the head, buys a guitar and amp, beginning a lifelong quest to rock on, and rock hard...
The timing of this great band coming on the scene couldn't had been more perfect. "She talks to Angels" is such a mystical and brilliant creation. So beautiful in lyric and melody!! What a fabulous interview! Thank you!
This record was such a welcome wind of change back in 1990. It blew me away and I wore out the cassette until it broke in my car's tape deck. None of my friends were into it. They were all into the status quo hair metal or thought the Crowes were trying to sound like the Rolling Stones. Philistines!
Man. 25 years later The Cranberries remain CRIMINALLY underrated.
Right?! RIP Delores 🙏
Meh
@@Datanditto why meh?
@@flaviojosefo7130 they were ok but under-rated? Naa
@@Datanditto you never listened any album by them
We did a gig at the dark horse tavern in Atlanta (we were based in florida circa 95-97) and I noticed during sound check Chris Robinson’s name scrawled on the wall of the bathroom. Then proceeded to have one of our best shows ever.
That first album was the music world realigning.
One of the greatest American rock and roll bands of all time. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Little Feat, 70's Aerosmith, OGVH, Allmans, Skynyrd, GNR, you name it, the Crowes earned a seat at that table and can stand with any of them. Just wish they would get back with Gorman and Ford, but it is what it is and they provided their fair share to the soundtrack of American life.
The Crowes ARE Rock N' Roll. G n' R brought the rawness and swagger back that was so desperately needed by then. The Crowes took that many steps further. The Southern Harmony & Musical Companion was the culmination of that. Shake Your Money Maker is a great album but TSHMC is a masterpiece of rock n' roll. Every song on that album hits. That's quite an achievement for a sophomore effort. Watch the MTV Spring Break performance to see what I mean. This was a band that had something to prove and nobody rocked harder in those days. This was such a great interview. Well done sir!
Chris’s vocal performance is just amazing on “She Talks to Angels” along with the perfect arrangement - goes beyond any song I’ve considered in the “Power Ballad” category. Though the rock stations played it to death after “Hard to Handle” I almost, almost tired of the song, lol! But to this day I’m happy to say I still enjoy it 😄
I was 17 in 1989, ready to finish school and becoming a woman.
I go back to this song very often. It's a part of many different playlists.
At the time when this was really popular on the radio and played in all the local bars repeatedly, it was the early 90s. I had already became a young mother. This song hit me hard in the heart. It had a couple of different meanings to m ER that actually intertwined together.
I found myself in the early stages of a very bad relationship. At the same time I had left my mother and little sisters, after my mother finally left her abusive relationship. My mother moved far away her first time in 30yrs being on her own with 2 little girls. I choose to stay where I was at 18 with my new family 300 miles away in the middle of nowhere.
This song represented me actually talking to angels that I reached out for to give me strength and guide me through. Also at this time I found out my mother was dealing with addiction and talking to her own angels. As well as my little sisters needing their own angles and my son needing angels as well. So many of the lyrics applied to my life in so many different ways at different times. It has continued to have different meanings throughout my life and has helped me through many dark and difficult times.
"She Talks to Angels" is a dang-good song!
Chris Robinson has a heck of a voice. The song has great lyrics too. I wonder if Robinson had come 20 or 30 years earlier if he would be considered one of the greatest Rock vocalists of all-time.
Ah the best cover we did as a band in early nineties that rocked the bars and dives we played! Awesome!
The black crows are the most underrated artists of all time
Also the brotherhood is bad ass
Shake your money maker was a breath of fresh air. Between the exodus of the 80’s new wave synth driven pop, and the arrival of pissed off, screaming grunge, it was like someone finally remembered to change the oxygen bottle. It could just be that being born and living in the south, made their music a little more important. Being proud of the home team or relating to their style possibly.
I’ll never forget my two year old daughter sitting in the backseat when hard to handle would come on the radio. She would throw her head back and just yell it, “Cause mama I’m sure hard to handle now”. My wife was like, well it looks like you’ve turned her into rock fan.
😂👏🏼 love it.
One of the most powerful songs I've ever heard. Blake Shelton does an excellent unplugged cover of this song as well!
Really?
@@FatherAndTeacherTV Yes. It's awesome.
@@kyliepollert8341 Is it on UA-cam? I'll try to look it up.
@@FatherAndTeacherTV Yes. It's from 2008.
That album is flawless from start to finish! Those types of albums are very rare!
Great interview. Chris Robinson really feels the depth of emotion that a song can convey, and he certainly instilled that emotion in me when I first heard that song, and many times since. Even though I've probably heard that album a few too many times, its been a while; maybe time to immerse again.
The Black Crows were and are amazing. She Talks to Angel's has always reminded me of troubles I've in the past
I just wanted to say what a great channel you have here. Such positive energy and the joy of remembering songs I hadn't realized I had forgotten. Thanks for bringing joy into our lives!
Thanks for listening
@@ProfessorofRock Would love to see an episode where you are interviewed and how you got started etc. You've the best job in the world!
Black Crows to me is a truly Great Rock band . It is all about the music with them.
Rupert Holmes was ten years earlier. If only he was here he would have saved rock with the Pina colada song and that ground breaking album Partners In Crime!
Answering Machine. I had it on 8-track.
I am 74, and my roots are like Chris Robinson's but not from the South. But, as an infant, I was introduced to "race" 78's and jazz. As I grew, I became immersed in the original blues and Southern Gospel. Both are still an essential part of my life. As I grew up in Chicago, and as a teenager, I would drift down to the Southside and go into "Black" "after-hours clubs"' and saw and heard the best. I was the only Caucasian face there but I was welcomed because I was there to "worship>" Now and again a beer would appear on my table at the back and then there were miracle nights when I was invited to "come up front." I could feel more, see or even smell the sweat from the performers and everyone doing the boogie to the music. I felt the music and the instruments, voices and amps. I am not a gifted musician, but I have a younger brother who made his living as a "bluesman" and a nephew who graduated from Berklee with high honors--in jazz guitar. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST MOVING INTERVIEWS YOU HAVE EVER PRESENTED. IT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE !!----- I DID NOT STRUGGLE SOCIALLY, BUT i WAS GROUNDED IN REAL MUSIC. MY FIRST R & R I CAN RECALL IS ALEX HALEY AND CHUCK BERRY. IRONICALLY, I AM "not" AN ELVIS PRESLEY FAN IN ANY OF HIS MANIFESTATIONS.
$1000 Wedding is one of my favorite songs ever. Long live GP
I had similar experiences hearing live Folk Music in my childhood home. I was also exposed to a variety of Music and Instruments and as Chris mentioned it all builds your interest if you want it to. I listen to music every day and am in a virtual state of euphoria from it every time. Thanks to All Musicians and Writers everywhere that write from the heart (or deep within their mind).
Really great interview. Chris was grounded and insightful. Great stuff.
I love, love love 💘 The Black Crowes. Chris Robinson is such a smart ass which I really love about him. 👑🎶🎤🎸🔥❤ She Talks to Angels is my jam for real.
I'd like to see Chris Robinson interview David Lee Roth. Those two can go back n forth and come up with their crazy analogies and ramble on for hours about nonsense.
That would be funny, but somehow I doubt those two would get along for very long.
Shake Your Money Maker is one of the best albums ever made, I was 9 in 1990 and was one of the very first cassettes I ever bought.
Great interview. There are plenty of small local venues, you just have to find them. Real musicians. Real music. There are many talented musicians out there. Support all of them!
Their latest song wanting and waiting is a fantastic return
What a great interview ... once again, well done Professor.
That record blew me away! I couldn’t believe that something so good happened in music at the right time! I wore that tape out!
The Crows were riding high on this album when I first started going to concerts, and I couldn’t have had a better initiation year.
My first three major outings were to CNE Stadium in Toronto Ontario. In the same summer, I first saw:
Slaughter, Faster Pussycat, KISS (without makeup), and Whitesnake. Then:
Warrant, Black Crows, Aerosmith, and Metallica.
Later - in ‘94 - I returned for the show of shows; Pink Floyd.
LOL. I was just talking to my wife about those very shows last night. Fond memories for sure. You used to be able to see concerts -- with 4 big bands -- for I think it was ~$40 Canadian. I miss those days.
Southern Harmony and Musical Companion is one of the greatest albums of all time. pure sonic genius
*My guess:* "High Enough" by Damn Yankees.
What we actually got was an amazing rock ballad from 1991. I remember thinking they sounded like 70's classic rock, which was pretty cool to hear in the 90's. I was hoping for a revival of the 70's Boston/Foreigner/Skynyrd stuff. I remember buying the cassingle for "She Talks To Angels" and blaring it in my car. Such an epic & underappreciated song!
When I first heard the black crows I thought WOW maybe the good old days of great rock are not over!
Probably your best interview yet!!
It was 1991 and I remember a van loaded full of friends seeing The Black Crows for $12 in Valdosta,GA. Great show and lifetime of memories.
I have to weigh in on this being a southerner. Working class is a southern way of life. That means struggle, failure sometimes, and pain. This song is simply about pain. Living with pain. Working class southerners work hard, maintain their dignity as best as possible even though they may break as a result of their pain.
one of my favorite bands of all time
The Professor is such a good listener.
Back in the 90s I didn't like Chris Robinson. I honestly don't remember why. This was a great interview. What a genuine, grounded and curious person.
I was thinking: this is my generations Wild Horses and then he mentioned it. :)
You make us time travel in an instant! The Black Crowes was hitting our radar hard just as we were graduating from high school (somehow thirty years have gone by since the Class of '91) - I remember a summer party a few weeks after we had graduated and gone through the hoopla, out at Salmon Creek (one of those strange outdoor gathering spots for late night summer fires on a small, rocky shore where you'd plan to meet friends, but never knew who would be there when you got there, or who would arrive afterwards), and The Black Crowes were our soundtrack. It was like just as we were all unweaving from home, from being with the same group since kindergarten, we finally had our own real rock band. It wasn't too late. One last great bash, memorable enough to be sparked by your interview. Thanks Chris, and thanks always, Professor, our time traveling tour guide extraordinaire.
i smoked 2 joints with the guys from the black crows, at first ave in minneapolis, sometime between 1998 and 2004.. dont remember and my ticket stubbs are packed away