| Name |
Black Crowes |
| Height |
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| Naionality |
American |
| Date of Birth |
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| Place of Birth |
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Famous for |
Singing |
Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in 1989. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the following year. The follow-up, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, reached the top of the Billboard 200 in 1992.
After a hiatus between 2002 and 2005, the band released Warpaint, which hit number 5 on the Billboard chart. After the release of a double album, the greatest hits-like and mostly acoustic Croweology in August 2010, the band started a 20th anniversary tour that was followed by an ongoing second hiatus. The band has announced that they will return in early 2013. The band released its first studio album, Shake Your Money Maker, in 1990. Supported by singles "Hard to Handle", "She Talks to Angels", "Jealous Again", "Twice As Hard", "Sister Luck", and "Seeing Things", their debut album received multi-platinum certification and eventually sold over three million copies. Their cover of Otis Redding's "Hard to Handle" and their acoustic ballad "She Talks to Angels" both achieved top 30 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1991. The band opened for ZZ Top on a tour sponsored by Miller Beer, from which they were fired in March 1991 after Chris Robinson's verbal tirade aimed at Miller. The band launched its own tour that May and later took part in a Monsters of Rock tour in the Soviet Union, where they opened for Mötley Crüe and Queensryche, among others.
On April 21, 2010, the band announced an August 3 release date for the double, all acoustic album Croweology, as well as tour dates for the "Say Goodnight to the Bad Guys" tour, which featured two 90-minute sets at the majority of shows: one acoustic and one electric. After the tour, the band went on another "indefinite" hiatus. On November 26, 2010 The Black Crowes released a special edition Record Store Day Black Friday 10" vinyl picture disc w/download card called, Say Goodnight to The Bad Guys/Remedy (acoustic live) for independent record stores. After ending the US tour at the The Fillmore in December the Crowes played 9 Goodnight to the Bad Guys shows in Europe in July 2011. These included festivals in Italy, Spain, Holland & Belgium.
As well as a few headlining shows where, comparable to the US tour, they played a 90 min acoustic + 90 min electric set. The final four shows included two in London (the second of which featured a Jimmy Page-led encore) followed by two that saw them return to Amsterdam's Paradiso.
