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Formed as Mr. Crowe's Garden in 1984, by the Robinson brothers, Chris
on vocals and Rich on guitar, in their native Atlanta, Georgia USA; this
Southern-Rock Classic-Rock influnced group, in the late '80s was christened
The Black Crowes comprising the two brothers, guitarist Jeff Cease, bassist
Johnny Colt and drummer Steve Gorman.
The band in 1990 released their debut album, "Shake Your Money Maker",
which peaked at #4 on The Billboard 200 chart, it generated five singles
which stormed The Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart: "Twice As Hard"
hit #11, "Jealous Again" cracked the top 5, "Seeing Things"
had nudged higher to #2, finally, the cover of Otis Redding's "Hard
To Handle" and the acoustic ballad "She Talks To Angels"
rose to the top of the chart pushing the album to triple-platinum status;
they supported the album with an international tour which culminated in
a prestigious show for Aerosmith's "Pump"
tour.
The Black Crowes' second release, "The Southern Harmony And Musical
Companion", marked the first change in the band's line-up with Marc
Ford replacing Cease on guitar and the addition of Canadian organist Eddie
Harsch; the album, which was issued in May of 1992, shot to #1 on The
Billboard Top 200 Albums chart spawning an endless string of #1s Active
Rock singles: "Thorn In My Pride", "Sting Me", "Hotel
Illness" and "Remedy"; the latter has also entered the
top 50 in U.S. Hot 100 and the top 30 in Britain.
The more Blues-oriented 1994's "Amorica" reached the #11 on
The Billboard 200 Albums list, the singles "Wiser Time", "A
Conspiracy" and "High Head Blues" peaked respectively at
#7, #5 and #8 in U.S. Mainstream Rock chart, the latter two was also released
in the U.K. reaching the top 30 on the Pop chart.
Their next album, "Three Snakes And One Charm", released in
1996, contained two excellent tracks which climbed into The Active Rock
chart: "Blackberry" hit #6 and "Good Friday" peaked
at #3, the singles helped to propel the group's fourth effort to #15 on
Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart.
The following year, both Ford and Colt left the band; bass player Sven
Pipien joined during the recordig sessions for "By Your Side",
this album was issued in early 1999 and entered the top 30 in U.S. Top
200 while the single "Kickin' My Heart Around" hit #3 on The
Mainstream Rock chart.
During the summer of 2000 The Black Crowes uniquely collaborated with
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page
playing together in Los Angeles, the show was captured on "Live At
The Greek", a 20-track double-CD which included Zep covers and several
Blues-Rock standards.
In May of 2001 the band released "Lions", their sixth studio-LP
ranked in the top 20 of The Billboard Top 200 chart spawning the Mainstream
Rock top 10 hit "Lickin'" and "Soul Singing", which
peaked at #12 in the same chart.
The following year Gorman left the band, the lead singer Chris Robinson
embarked on his solo career and The Black Crowes went on indefinite hiatus
early in 2002.
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