Shake Your Money Maker (30th Anniversary - Remastered) The Black Crowes

• Studio:
• 1 Twice As Hard 04:09
• 2 Jealous Again 04:35
• 3 Sister Luck 05:14
• 4 Could I've Been So Blind 03:44
• 5 Seeing Things 05:18
• 6 Hard To Handle 03:08
• 7 Thick N' Thin 02:43
• 8 She Talks To Angels 05:30
• 9 Struttin' Blues 04:10
• 10 Stare It Cold 05:15
• 11 Mercy, Sweet Moan 01:08
• 12 Charming Mess 03:29
• 13 30 Days In The Hole 03:43
• 14 Don't Wake Me 03:32
• 15 Jealous Guy 04:58
• 16 Waitin' Guilty 03:04
• Remix:
• 17 Hard To Handle (With Horns Remix) 03:08
• Acoustic Version:
• 18 Jealous Again (Acoustic Version) 04:44
• 19 She Talks To Angels (Acoustic Version) 06:20
• Mr. Crowe's Garden Demo:
• 20 She Talks To Angels (Mr. Crowe's Garden Demo) 05:06
• 21 Front Porch Sermon (Mr. Crowe's Garden Demo) 03:56
• Live - Atlanta, December 1990:
• 22 Introduction (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 00:26
• 23 Thick N' Thin (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 02:42
• 24 You're Wrong (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 06:00
• 25 Twice As Hard (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 04:34
• 26 Could've Been So Blind (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 04:00
• 27 Seeing Things (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 06:18
• 28 She Talks To Angels (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 06:18
• 29 Sister Luck (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 05:52
• 30 Hard To Handle (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 03:35
• 31 Shake 'Em On Down (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 04:30
• 32 Get Back (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 04:28
• 33 Struttin' Blues (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 04:57
• 34 Words You Throw Away (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 13:01
• 35 Stare It Cold (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 06:16
• 36 Jealous Again  (Live - Atlanta, December 1990) 05:52
• Total Runtime 02:45:43

Info for Shake Your Money Maker (30th Anniversary - Remastered)

The Black Crowes-Fans können sich freuen: Shake Your Money Maker, das Multi-Platin-Debüt der bahnbrechenden Rock’n'Roll-Band The Black Crowes, wird am 26. Februar 2021 über UMe/American Recordings in einem Multi-Format-Set wiederveröffentlicht. Die Bandgründer, die Brüder Chris und Rich Robinson, haben zusammen mit dem ursprünglichen Produzenten George Drakoulias die Wiederveröffentlichung betreut.

Als The Black Crowes im Februar 1990 ihr Debüt Shake Your Money Maker veröffentlichen, stehen die Zeichen in der Musikwelt nicht gerade auf Bluesrock. Dennoch gelingt der Südstaaten-Truppe um die Robinson-Brüder ein großer Erfolg. Von der anschließenden Tour mit ZZ Top wird die Band allerdings gefeuert.

Angefangen hat alles auf der High School in Georgia: Bereits im Jugendalter gründen die Brüder Chris und Rich Robinson die Black Crowes, die 1984 allerdings noch Mr. Crowe’s Garden heißen. Zu jener Zeit entsteht auch schon das Gitarrenriff für die Ballade She Talks To Angels, einen späteren Klassiker der Gruppe. Den Text dazu schreibt Chris laut eigener Aussage über ein heroinabhängiges Mädchen aus Atlanta, das er „irgendwie kannte“.

1987 veröffentlicht die Band ihr erstes Demo, ein Jahr später folgen die Umbenennung in The Black Crowes sowie der erste große Plattenvertrag. Das verwundert zu jener Zeit durchaus, denn gegen Ende der Achtziger dominieren vor allem Glam Metal, Sleaze Rock und bald Grunge das musikalische Geschehen. Erdiger Bluesrock? Eine Seltenheit. Doch das hindert die Robinson-Brüder, Gitarrist Jeff Cease, Bassist Johnny Colt und Schlagzeuger Steve Gorman nicht daran, mit Shake Your Money Maker einen zeitlosen Klassiker einzuspielen.

Die Albumproduktion geht im Sommer 1989 in Atlanta und Los Angeles über die Bühne. Neben älteren Stücken wie Could’ve Been So Blind und She Talks To Angels, beschließt die Gruppe, den Song Hard To Handle von Otis Redding zu covern. Der erscheint später in zwei verschiedenen Versionen: in der Albumversion und in einer aufwändigen Single-Version mit Bläsern. Letztere erreicht Platz 26 der Billboard-Charts und markiert den Durchbruch der Black Crowes.

Als das Album am 13. Februar 1990 erscheint, löst das ein wohlwollendes Echo aus. So erklären die Redaktion und die Leserschaft des Rolling Stone die Black Crowes später zur „besten neuen amerikanischen Band“ des Jahres. Außerdem tourt die Gruppe mit ZZ Top durch die Staaten, wenn auch nur bis März 1991. Da werden die Crowes nämlich gefeuert, weil Chris Robinson auf der Bühne gegen Miller Beer austeilt, den Sponsor der Konzertreise. Ist aber nicht schlimm: Ab Mai durchquert die Band auf eigene Faust die USA, später eröffnen sie im Rahmen der Monsters Of Rock-Tour für Metallica, AC/DC, Mötley Crüe und Queensrÿche.

Heute genießt Shake Your Money Maker mit mindestens fünf Millionen verkauften Exemplaren mehrfachen Platinstatus und hat auch 30 Jahre später nicht an Charme verloren. Für die Black Crowes geht die Reise anschließend so richtig los: Mit ihrem zweiten Album The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion (1992) steigen die Südstaatler ohne Umschweife auf Platz eins der US-Albumcharts ein.

Chris Robinson, vocals
Rich Robinson, guitar
Jeff Cease, guitar
Johnny Colt, bass
Steve Gorman, drums
Additional musicians:
Laura Creamer, background vocals
Chuck Leavell, piano, organ
Brendan O'Brien, various instruments

Digitally remastered

The Black Crowes
At the time of their 1990 debut, the kind of rock & roll the Black Crowes specialized in was sorely out of style. Only Guns N' Roses came close to approximating a vintage Stones-style raunch, but they were too angry and jagged to pull it off completely. The Black Crowes, on the other hand, replicated that Stonesy swagger and Faces boogie perfectly. Vocalist Chris Robinson appropriated the sound and style of vintage Rod Stewart, while brother Rich Robinson fused Keith Richards' lean guitar attack with Ron Wood's messy rhythmic sense. At their best, the Black Crowes echoed classic rock without slavishly imitating their influences, and the band's nostalgic sound helped foster a long, popular career.

Shake Your Money MakerThe Robinson brothers originally formed the Black Crowes in Georgia in 1984. By the time the group released its first album with 1990's Shake Your Money Maker, the lineup comprised vocalist Chris Robinson, guitarist Rich Robinson, bassist Johnny Colt, guitarist Jeff Cease, and drummer Steve Gorman. "Jealous Again," the first single from Shake Your Money Maker, was a moderate hit, but it was the band's cover of Otis Redding's "Hard to Handle" that made the Black Crowes a multi-platinum success. "Hard to Handle" climbed its way into the Top 40, propelling the album into the Top Ten along the way. The acoustic ballad "She Talks to Angels" became the band's second Top 40 hit in the spring of 1991, and Shake Your Money Maker eventually sold over three million copies.

The Southern Harmony and Musical CompanionThe Black Crowes delivered their second album, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion, in the spring of 1992. It entered the charts at number one but lacked strong hits, as none of the singles cracked the Top 40 and only "Remedy" and "Thorn in My Pride" made the Top 100. Nevertheless, the band established itself as a popular concert attraction that summer, selling out theaters across America. During 1992, the band added keyboardist Eddie Harsch as a permanent member. The Black Crowes' third album, Amorica, arrived in late 1994 and debuted in the Top Ten. Even so, none of the singles from the album made a significant dent, and the album slipped from the charts after going gold.

Three Snakes and One CharmThree Snakes and One Charm, the group's fourth album, was released in July 1996. The album quickly slipped out of the Top 50 after making a strong entrance, yet it also received the best reviews of any Crowes album since The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion. Guitarist Marc Ford was fired from the Black Crowes in August 1997, and bassist Johnny Colt left the lineup in order to form the Brand New Immortals. With Rich Robinson handling all guitar parts, the band recorded and released By Your Side before collaborating with one of the world's most celebrated guitarists, Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page. This partnership was captured by the concert album Live at the Greek, an eclectic mix of newly recorded Zeppelin covers and additional classic blues cuts. Greatest Hits 1990-1999: A Tribute to a Work in Progress, a 16-track best-of compilation, was released several months later in 2000.

LionsDon Was was enlisted to produce the band's new album, 2001's Lions, whose lyrics were influenced by Chris Robinson's highly publicized relationship with actress Kate Hudson. A monthlong summer tour with Oasis -- dubbed "the Tour of Brotherly Love" due to the prevalence of siblings in both bands -- followed in June. All was apparently not well with the group, however, and the band announced its decision to go on hiatus in January 2002. Drummer Steve Gorman was fired, and Chris Robinson began planning a solo career. It was Rich Robinson who was first out of the gate with a solo project, though, releasing Paper in 2004. In 2005, however, the Black Crowes reunited for a show at San Francisco's Fillmore, a concert that was released in both CD and DVD formats as Freak 'N' Roll...Into the Fog in 2006. That year also saw the release of The Lost Crowes, which contained two previously unreleased albums, 1993's Tall (parts of which were heard on Amorica and in other places) and the 1997 never-before-heard Band. Following a series of lineup changes, the retooled band hit the road for a proper tour before setting to work on its first studio effort in seven years. Joined by newcomer Luther Dickinson, guitarist and co-founder of the North Mississippi Allstars, the Black Crowes combined the rootsy appeal of their early work with a newfound political awareness on 2008's Warpaint. A live performance of the album, available as both a DVD and a two-disc CD set titled Warpaint Live, appeared a year later in 2009. Before the Frost/Until the Freeze arrived that same year, marking the band's eighth studio effort and gathering warm reviews.

CroweologyThe Black Crowes continued their prolific streak with 2010's Croweology, a double-disc album that featured new acoustic recordings of the band's past work. The album's release was bittersweet, though, as it coincided with a farewell tour followed by another indefinite hiatus. Rich Robinson released his second solo album, Through a Crooked Sun, in 2011 and his brother Chris released two albums with his new band, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, in 2012. The Crowes lurched back to life in 2013, announcing a spring tour and releasing the live album Wiser for the Time on vinyl and MP3. This proved to be the last time for the Black Crowes: in January 2015, Rich Robinson announced the band was breaking up. (Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG)

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