Chris & Rich Robinson Working On New Black Crowes Music
The band is tenatively scheduled to enter the studio with producer George Drakoulias early next year.
By Scott Bernstein Jun 7, 2022 • 7:27 am PDT
Photo by Josh Cheuse
Chris Robinson revealed he is prepping new original The Black Crowes music with Rich Robinson in a new interview published by Ultimate Classic Rock. The brothers are tentatively scheduled to bring the latest iteration of the band into the studio with producer George Drakoulias in early 2023 according to the article.
The Black Crowes last studio album, Before The Frost…Until The Freeze, came out in 2009. Last month, the band issued 1972, an EP featuring new recordings of classic rock songs originally released in 1972. The Black Crowes broke up in 2014 and for a long period Chris and Rich didn’t speak.
The Robinson Brothers reunited in 2019 and put together a new Black Crowes lineup for tours celebrating the 30th anniversary of their debut studio album, 1990’s Shake Your Money Maker, that continues this summer. The latest leg starts on Thursday in Hollywood, Florida. Drakoulias, who produced Shake Your Money Maker, signed The Black Crowes to Def American in 1989.
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Chris and Rich currently live on opposite coasts but exchange songwriting ideas remotely. “Rich will play me something, and it’ll get the wheels turning,” Chris told Ultimate Classic Rock, “it could be the smallest little thing about something he plays that would dictate, you know, varying shades of melancholy – or anger, or sensuality, or whatever it is.”
The pair may have had their differences but they’re able to focus when it comes to making music. “No matter what Rich and I have been through, even at the times where we couldn’t fucking stand each other and we didn’t want to be on stage — the funny thing is, when it was time to make a record or when we’re working on songs, I don’t really remember Rich and I arguing too much or getting bent out of shape,” Chris added. “Of course, like anything else, we probably had our moments in the studio, but overall, you know, that’s the inception of this whole idea: Let’s be in a band.”
Head to Ultimate Classic Rock for more from Chris Robinson. Check out The Black Crowes’ full touring schedule below:
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