{"id":1179,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/black-crowes\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:00","slug":"black-crowes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/black-crowes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Black Crowes fly to Danbury"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 When The Black Crowes first swooped into the national music scene with a cover of Otis Redding\u2019s \u201cHard to Handle\u201d in 1990, they caused quite a commotion. The song winged its way into the Top 40, propelling the group\u2019s debut album, \u201cShake Your Money Maker,\u201d into the Top 10. Since then, there have been breakups, make-ups and band members moving on, but the one constant has been brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, who first formed the group in Atlanta, Ga., in 1984.<\/p>\n

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The latest incarnation of The Black Crowes, featuring the brothers Robinson, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 17, at the Ives Concert Park on the Westside campus of Western Connecticut State University, Lake Avenue Extension in Danbury. Gates to the venue will open at 5:30 p.m. Tickets, which range from $31 to $81, are on sale at www.wcsu.edu\/tickets<\/a> or by calling (203) 837-8499. <\/p>\n

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The well-received \u201cShake Your Money Maker\u201d also featured the popular ballad \u201cShe Talks to Angels,\u201d which became the band\u2019s second Top 40 hit in spring 1991. The album went platinum and eventually sold more than 5 million copies. <\/p>\n

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In 1992, the band released \u201cSouthern Harmony and Musical Companion,\u201d which produced the Top 100 singles \u201cRemedy\u201d and \u201cThorn in My Pride.\u201d Two years later, the controversial (due to its cover art) \u201cAmorica\u201d album followed, but failed to produce a hit single. The late \u201990s brought \u201cThree Snakes and One Charm\u201d in 1996, the box set \u201cSho\u2019 Nuff\u201d in 1998 and \u201cBy Your Side\u201d in 1999.<\/p>\n

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In 2000, former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page joined the group for the recording of \u201cJimmy Page & The Black Crowes: Live at the Greek.\u201d That same year, \u201cGreatest Hits 1990-1999: A Tribute to a Work in Progress\u201d was released and the band gained some additional notoriety when Chris Robinson married actress Kate Hudson.<\/p>\n

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The studio album \u201cLions\u201d was released in 2001, but on Halloween Day of that year, The Black Crowes announced a hiatus. In 2002, a live album taped at two previous sold-out shows in Boston\u2019s Orpheum Theatre was released. Then, silence.<\/p>\n

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In the ensuing four years, fans wondered and waited through solo projects by the Richardson brothers for a much-anticipated reunion. <\/p>\n

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A series of small, northeastern shows in 2005 by a group calling itself Mr. Crowes Garden soon proved to be what the faithful had waited for: The Black Crowes\u2019 hiatus had ended. As 2005 came to a close, the band, again calling itself The Black Crowes \u2014 albeit with a modified lineup \u2014 had performed in venues like San Francisco\u2019s Fillmore Auditorium and New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

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Several compilations of live video footage and \u201clost tracks\u201d were released in 2006, and according to their official Web site, The Black Crowes are now at work on an album containing 16 new songs to be released this year or early 2008.<\/p>\n

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The summer tour that brings them to Danbury began on June 15 at the Jubilee Jam in Jackson, Miss. It will cover 24 states and is expected to end just before Halloween at the Voodoo Musical Festival in New Orleans. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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The rest of the 2007 Ives Concert Park lineup currently includes: Open House at The Ives featuring the Ives Festival Orchestra on Sunday, Sept. 23. This family-friendly, daylong event will be free. <\/p>\n

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For more information, call the Office of University Relations at (203) 837-8486.<\/p>\n

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