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First thing is they are releasing a live disc on 4/27 featuring the entire Warpaint album with a few extra tracks...
Disc One
1 Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution 2 Walk Believer Walk 3 Oh, Josephine 4 Evergreen 5 We Who See The Deep 6 Locust Street 7 Movin’ On Down The Line 8 Wounded Bird 9 God’s Got It 10 There’s Gold In Them Hills 11 Whoa Mule
Disc Two
1 Poor Elijah – Tribute To Johnson 2 Darling Of The Underground Press 3 Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye 4 Don’t Know Why 5 Torn And Frayed 6 Hey Grandma
A dvd will follow later in the year.
The second thing is the band has spent the last few weeks recording their new studio lp of original material in front of a live audience...
The Black Crowes will record new, original material for an upcoming album during four sold-out concerts at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, New York, in February and March. This run of performances at the recording studio built decades ago by the 2008 Grammy winner and former drummer for the Band are being billed as “Cabin Fever Winter 2009.” The shows on February 21, 22, 28 and March 1 sold out in less than two days.
I did a quick check of the 'Crowesbase' and here's a list of the songs performed... some of these are covers.
Aimless Peacock
Greenhorn
The Shady Grove
Shine Along
What Is Home
Fork In The River
Roll Old Jeremiah
Houston Don't Dream About Me
Kept My Soul
Make Glad
And The Band Played On
So Many Times
The Dolphins
Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos
Garden Gate
The Last Place That Love Lived
Appaloosa
Little Lizzie Mae
A Train Still Makes A Lonely Sound
Good Morning Captain
Been A Long Time (Waiting On Love)
Lady Of Avenue A
I Ain't Hidin'
Oh Sweet Nuthin'
Find A Pearl
Darkside
Based on some of the reviews over there (all positive of course) the music was described as
"Warpaint on steriods"
"...INCREDIBLE. A new direction for sure, but an amazing direction at that. Most songs contained elements of soul, country, bluegrass, 60's/70's rock, pyschedellic, and even disco...yes, the played a song that was 100% disco."
"It was a confident performance by a band that has tremendous balls. The range of styles was astounding, from bluegrass to rock to psychadelia, with echoes of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Velvet Underground, the Rolling Stones, The Band and Gram Parsons. But nothing was derivative of any of their idols or anything they’ve done themselves. The musicianship was breathtaking. The set’s scale and ambition reminded me of Exile On Main Street. They must know they are onto something, for they’re willing to go out on the tightrope without a net, playing songs being written and arranged seemingly days before inviting fans to watch them record them in Levon Helm’s living room. It’s a stroke of genius to do it live because there was tremendous energy in the barn which can only be captured when a supremely confident and comfortable band invites its most beloved fans to be witness to it."
Bottom line is if you are still waiting for SHAMC II, it's not coming... even Chris knows there's a large contingency of fans still waiting for it...
Chris even stopped a security guard from throwing out some guy in the first row whose cell phone went off , saying something like, "It's cool, he's not recording the session, he's just calling his friends to tell them how much it sucks!" Then he goes, "you better be telling them it's better than fucking Southern Harmony, man!"
Disc One
1 Goodbye Daughters Of The Revolution 2 Walk Believer Walk 3 Oh, Josephine 4 Evergreen 5 We Who See The Deep 6 Locust Street 7 Movin’ On Down The Line 8 Wounded Bird 9 God’s Got It 10 There’s Gold In Them Hills 11 Whoa Mule
Disc Two
1 Poor Elijah – Tribute To Johnson 2 Darling Of The Underground Press 3 Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye 4 Don’t Know Why 5 Torn And Frayed 6 Hey Grandma
A dvd will follow later in the year.
The second thing is the band has spent the last few weeks recording their new studio lp of original material in front of a live audience...
The Black Crowes will record new, original material for an upcoming album during four sold-out concerts at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, New York, in February and March. This run of performances at the recording studio built decades ago by the 2008 Grammy winner and former drummer for the Band are being billed as “Cabin Fever Winter 2009.” The shows on February 21, 22, 28 and March 1 sold out in less than two days.
I did a quick check of the 'Crowesbase' and here's a list of the songs performed... some of these are covers.
Aimless Peacock
Greenhorn
The Shady Grove
Shine Along
What Is Home
Fork In The River
Roll Old Jeremiah
Houston Don't Dream About Me
Kept My Soul
Make Glad
And The Band Played On
So Many Times
The Dolphins
Ain't No More Cane On The Brazos
Garden Gate
The Last Place That Love Lived
Appaloosa
Little Lizzie Mae
A Train Still Makes A Lonely Sound
Good Morning Captain
Been A Long Time (Waiting On Love)
Lady Of Avenue A
I Ain't Hidin'
Oh Sweet Nuthin'
Find A Pearl
Darkside
Based on some of the reviews over there (all positive of course) the music was described as
"Warpaint on steriods"
"...INCREDIBLE. A new direction for sure, but an amazing direction at that. Most songs contained elements of soul, country, bluegrass, 60's/70's rock, pyschedellic, and even disco...yes, the played a song that was 100% disco."
"It was a confident performance by a band that has tremendous balls. The range of styles was astounding, from bluegrass to rock to psychadelia, with echoes of The Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Velvet Underground, the Rolling Stones, The Band and Gram Parsons. But nothing was derivative of any of their idols or anything they’ve done themselves. The musicianship was breathtaking. The set’s scale and ambition reminded me of Exile On Main Street. They must know they are onto something, for they’re willing to go out on the tightrope without a net, playing songs being written and arranged seemingly days before inviting fans to watch them record them in Levon Helm’s living room. It’s a stroke of genius to do it live because there was tremendous energy in the barn which can only be captured when a supremely confident and comfortable band invites its most beloved fans to be witness to it."
Bottom line is if you are still waiting for SHAMC II, it's not coming... even Chris knows there's a large contingency of fans still waiting for it...
Chris even stopped a security guard from throwing out some guy in the first row whose cell phone went off , saying something like, "It's cool, he's not recording the session, he's just calling his friends to tell them how much it sucks!" Then he goes, "you better be telling them it's better than fucking Southern Harmony, man!"
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