The Black Crowes

Octahedron

I thought there might have been a thread but I can't find it now. 

Any fans here? I have all the albums. Well just the normal studio albums. They're pretty good. I don't get why "By Your Side" didn't go down so well. I think that's a pretty good album. I'd put it up there with "Southern Harmony..." and I also quite enjoy "Lions" and the double album set "The Lost Crowes" 

Discuss?  

not_the_dj

Great band, there was indeed a thread about them a while back, but it might have been on the old place.

Up to Three Snakes they didn't really put a foot wrong for me, then they've been a bit patchy, but well and truely back on form in recent years. The Before The Frost/Freeze set was excellent I thought, and they are still awesome live.

If you haven't check out the "Cabin Fever" and the "Freak n' Roll" DVDs

Moe_Zambeek

I love em with Marc ford, not so much without.

lustycourtier

I saw marc ford a few weeks back in manchester. His solo stuff is brilliant, and is a lovely guy. Im a massive fan of TBC. 

citizen68

Big fan here too - have all the albums bar the latest (soon to be remedied - ha get it?) Seen them live 7 times during the nineties - always excellent live

mudslide73

I'm a big fan. I agree about the a mid career slump (by their standards) and about them being better with Marc Ford but I like all their stuff really. I've seen them a few times (a couple recently too with @equalsql ). 

Is anyone going to see Rich in November? 

stickyfiddle

I like a few songs but don't quite get them as a band to be honest. Would like to see them live and see if it clicks.

RocknRollDave

I only got into them last year, when my brother went to see them and I thought to myself 'Why have I never listened to any Black Crowes stuff outside of Hard To Handle?!'

Am now definitely a fan, and agree that By Your Side and Lions are unfairly criticised albums. Only album I really don't like is the latest one (Before The Frost...?), as it leans more towards Country, which I'm not a fan of (though it does have one bizarre Disco tune on it...)
Freak N Roll and Warpaint Live are both great DVD's. Massively want to see them live now! Really like Chris Robinson's This Magnificent Distance solo album too

Deijavoo

I've played Amorica to death and never got sick of it. 

Kebabkid

I'm not too familiar with a lot of their stuff but I too liked Amorica and the stuff with Audley Freed (his solo solo stuff is good). I love "Remedy" and "Hard to handle" remains one of my favourite covers and solos. I like the sound they make

equalsql

mudslide73 said:

I'm a big fan. I agree about the a mid career slump (by their standards) and about them being better with Marc Ford but I like all their stuff really. I've seen them a few times (a couple recently too with @equalsql ). 

Is anyone going to see Rich in November? 

One of my all time favourite bands and thanks to @mudslide73 have gotten to see them a couple of times 

I loved The Faces and TBC are the perfect progression from them.  
I find it hard to choose between albums because even the so called weaker ones always have a few crackin' tracks.  I do have a soft spot for 'Before The Frost' though as I thought Luther Dickinson was the perfect balance to Rich.

'Been Along Time Waiting On Love' just kills me everytime I see or hear it:

markblack

Got a lot of time for them, I also like the Chris Robinson Brotherhood...

opening an album with an 11:54 track! fair play.

Philly_Q

I've got all the albums up to, I think, Lions.  My favourite is definitely Southern Harmony....

Unquestionably a good, talented band but they are too "Americana" for me, I wish they rocked just that little bit harder.  But it's just personal taste.

Octahedron

So is Before the Frost... an all original album or is it just a live show? See I have all my BC records but I don't have this one and I don't have a comprehensive knowledge of their songs. Like I can tell you what record an Aerosmith song is on in a heartbeat but not sure about BC (and they have significantly less albums!! lol)

not_the_dj

"Before the frost...until the freeze" are two albums of what was at the time new material recorded together in front of a live audience. "Before the frost" came out as a physical cd with a token to download "until the freeze" which is a more acoustic/countryish record.

not_the_dj

...also the Cabin a Fever dvd is from the same sessions as thr Frost/freeze set, but included this sublime cover with Rich singing...