Americana Rock News: Black Crowes, Bad Reviews, Sam Moore and More
BLACK CROWES BOUNCE KEYBOARDIST
The Black Crowes have parted ways with longtime keyboardist Eddie Hawrysch due to unspecified "personal issues." Hawrysch has been an intergral component of the Crowes' sound for 15 years. He will be replaced on the band's fall tour by Rob Clores, whose prior credits include Jesse Malin and Blues Travelers' John Popper. In addition, the Crowes have pushed back the planned Aug. 29 release of the double-disc rarities set "The Lost Crowes" to Sept. 26 due to "a recently discovered manufacturing error," according to a spokesperson. Following a summer outing with Robert Randolph & the Family Band and Drive-By Truckers, the Crowes will return to the road Sept. 7 in Richmond, Va.
Maybe that is why the Indy Star reviewer David Lindquist was all pissed about the Black Crowes show in Indy on August 5th
"The Black Crowes turned in a joyless, uninspired effort Friday night at the Lawn at White River State Park.
On the bright side, the weather was pleasant, and a pair of supporting acts made the concert worth the price of admission. The Crowes ran into trouble early, when vocalist Chris Robinson strained to reach high notes. As the performance progressed." Read full story
PAT GREEN
You like Pat Green? Who is Pat Green? I call him the Texas Bryan Adams.
He's opening for Dave Matthews this late summer, and AP says he has to feel as though he'd gained a few more converts. Not a bad opening slot, really, before heading back to Texas to headline arenas and rodeos. Read Associated Press story
MELLENCAMP MP3's
We found a site to download classic Mellencamp MP3 bootlegs. Shhhh. Sharing music is bad. Just like buying and taping albums onto casssettes was bad. And just as DVD's would kill the movie industry, sharing this info will kill the record industry as we know it. Well, good. Die. We don't need another Shakira record anyway.
SPRINGSTEEN ON NEW SAM (of Sam & Dave fame) MOORE CD
Bruce has added his vocals to a duets sort of album by the old soul master Sam Moore . He helps out on the second track, “Better to Have and Not Need”. The album is coming out on August 29, but you can listen to the whole thing as streaming audio here. And let me say, some of it is not half bad. It may not hold a candle against his classic songs like “Soul Man”, and “Hold On, I’m Comin’”, but it’s better than a lot of stuff out there. Bruce does a good job too. The roar in his voice is back. He should use it some more on his next album.
Meanwhile, Bruce is denying rumors of a marital split. Whatta I think? Trust the art, not the artist.
BLADEN'S FULL SEPTEMBER
Twelve shows dot the September calendar, including three band gigs in a row, and four shows this weekend, over three days, including a Saturday Madison doubleheader.
And check out the burgeoning postings of YouTube rock videos on rustybladen.com. Bootleg stuff, Fogerty, Bowie, alt-country. Mucho mas. It' s cool and classic and hip and rewound-ish.
Rock on, my brothers and sisters.
Rob
The Black Crowes have parted ways with longtime keyboardist Eddie Hawrysch due to unspecified "personal issues." Hawrysch has been an intergral component of the Crowes' sound for 15 years. He will be replaced on the band's fall tour by Rob Clores, whose prior credits include Jesse Malin and Blues Travelers' John Popper. In addition, the Crowes have pushed back the planned Aug. 29 release of the double-disc rarities set "The Lost Crowes" to Sept. 26 due to "a recently discovered manufacturing error," according to a spokesperson. Following a summer outing with Robert Randolph & the Family Band and Drive-By Truckers, the Crowes will return to the road Sept. 7 in Richmond, Va.
Maybe that is why the Indy Star reviewer David Lindquist was all pissed about the Black Crowes show in Indy on August 5th
"The Black Crowes turned in a joyless, uninspired effort Friday night at the Lawn at White River State Park.
On the bright side, the weather was pleasant, and a pair of supporting acts made the concert worth the price of admission. The Crowes ran into trouble early, when vocalist Chris Robinson strained to reach high notes. As the performance progressed." Read full story
PAT GREEN
You like Pat Green? Who is Pat Green? I call him the Texas Bryan Adams.
He's opening for Dave Matthews this late summer, and AP says he has to feel as though he'd gained a few more converts. Not a bad opening slot, really, before heading back to Texas to headline arenas and rodeos. Read Associated Press story
MELLENCAMP MP3's
We found a site to download classic Mellencamp MP3 bootlegs. Shhhh. Sharing music is bad. Just like buying and taping albums onto casssettes was bad. And just as DVD's would kill the movie industry, sharing this info will kill the record industry as we know it. Well, good. Die. We don't need another Shakira record anyway.
SPRINGSTEEN ON NEW SAM (of Sam & Dave fame) MOORE CD
Bruce has added his vocals to a duets sort of album by the old soul master Sam Moore . He helps out on the second track, “Better to Have and Not Need”. The album is coming out on August 29, but you can listen to the whole thing as streaming audio here. And let me say, some of it is not half bad. It may not hold a candle against his classic songs like “Soul Man”, and “Hold On, I’m Comin’”, but it’s better than a lot of stuff out there. Bruce does a good job too. The roar in his voice is back. He should use it some more on his next album.
Meanwhile, Bruce is denying rumors of a marital split. Whatta I think? Trust the art, not the artist.
BLADEN'S FULL SEPTEMBER
Twelve shows dot the September calendar, including three band gigs in a row, and four shows this weekend, over three days, including a Saturday Madison doubleheader.
And check out the burgeoning postings of YouTube rock videos on rustybladen.com. Bootleg stuff, Fogerty, Bowie, alt-country. Mucho mas. It' s cool and classic and hip and rewound-ish.
Rock on, my brothers and sisters.
Rob
2 Comments:
I wouldn't compare Pat Green to Bryan Adams. I would call him a college students Robert Earl Keen. If anything he is the gateway drug to Texas favorites like Charlie Robison, Kevin Fowler, Radney Foster, Roger Creager and others. If you haven't discovered the Hill Country Singer Songwriters do yourself a favor and explore.
Well-written response...he can be a gateway to those excellent artists (I particularly enjoy Charlie Robison out of that group). His songwriting is not as insightful as those guys, and lyrically, is not in their class. That (plus the arena rock-ish chord changes he employes) made me shout out the Bryan Adams comparison, and I'll stand by it. Appreciate the response...
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