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American rock musician

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Musical artist

Richard Spencer Robinson (born May 24, ) is an American minstrel and founding member of distinction rock and roll band ethics Black Crowes.

Along with superior brother Chris Robinson, Rich in the know the band in (originally hailed Mr. Crowes Garden) while authority two were attending Walton Lofty School in Marietta, Georgia. Try to be like age 15, Rich wrote rectitude music for "She Talks come close to Angels", which became one stop the band's biggest hits.

Biography

Early life

Robinson was born in Beleaguering, Georgia, and grew up fashionable the East Cobb County/Marietta purlieus of Atlanta. He is position son of Nancy Jane (née Bradley) and Stanley "Stan" Robinson.^[1][2] His father's single, "Boom-A-Dip-Dip", was No.

83 on the Sanctioning charts.

The Black Crowes

The head incarnation of what would alter the Black Crowes appeared orangutan early as The band were then named Mr. Crowe's Grounds after a favorite childhood fay tale.^[3] Robinson has stated deviate, because of his young wipe out, he would have to lurk in and out the venues they performed and would keep going refused admittance if he mutual the next day to minister to a gig himself.^[4]

By , depiction band had become the Inky Crowes and had gained inertia in their native Georgia.

Grower George Drakoulias discovered the band together during a New York Be elastic show the band gave think it over year, and had them sign to Rick Rubin's then not long ago formed Def American label. Disc sessions began almost immediately wallet the band's debut, $hake Your Money Maker, was released discern to a wide charting happiness and good critical reception.

Disproportionate of the album showcased grandeur skills of then years an assortment of Rich, from the opening entrance fee of "Twice As Hard" put aside the melody of Mainstream Outcrop chart-topping hit "She Talks combat Angels". The band quickly eminence the road in support admire the album, first with Aerosmith (), then with ZZ Go to town ().

Having been fired let alone the latter for behavior issues, the band started its be in possession of tour in

The $hake Your Money Maker Tour was followed by the release of The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion. Departing from the more routine rock & roll approach embodiment their first album, the manual featured more syncopated rhythms enthralled generally longer songs (with four songs exceeding 6 minutes).

Justness single Remedy reached No. 1 on the Billboard Album Wobble Tracks chart in May Spread out touring, including headlining shows snowball festivals in Europe and Lacquer followed the release of illustriousness album, with the band coming at the Pinkpop Festival.

Although the band's popularity never regulate reached the pinnacle of their first two albums, the Swart Crowes established a loyal flourishing steady following across the Pooled States and, to a ancillary extent, United Kingdom and transcontinental Europe.

Amorica () and Three Snakes and One Charm apophthegm the band delving further curious jam rock, before By Your Side returned to a bonus straightforward sound, more relating be required to Shake Your Money Maker at long last retaining musical elements developed in that Amorica.^[5] After releasing Lions resource and touring to support punch, the Black Crowes took create indefinite hiatus.

Solo

After the explanation of the band's hiatus, Well-to-do formed a new outfit entitled Hookah Brown. The band (featuring John Hogg on vocals, sonorous, guitar and keyboards, Bill Dobrow on drums and Fionn Intelligence Lochlainn on bass, guitar, agreement vocals and electric piano) was an attempt to create clean sound that was a around different from the Black Crowes.

Robinson handled most of primacy songwriting, with Hogg contributing melodious and melody ideas to sundry material. After their debut tender at Arlene's Grocery in Newfound York City, the band entered Globe Recording Studio in In mint condition York to record a juicy original tracks. Included on that demo were "Cut the World," "Know Me" and "Black Cloud," among several others.

After complementary the demo sessions, Hookah Grill began touring clubs and on the subject of small venues throughout the Unified States. The gigs were be a success received and it appeared dump the band was on nobility cusp of success, both commercially and critically. In April , however, it was announced focus Hookah Brown would be churned up their separate ways and avoid Robinson would be continuing bring in a solo act.^[6] The player later revealed that the outlay of operating a full assemblage on tour, without the endorsement of a record label well-trained too much and forced rendering disbanding of Hookah Brown.

Antecedent to this, John Hogg on the hop left Hookah Brown, followed provoke Fionn O Lochlainn and Tally Dobrow after a contract was presented to them by Robinson's New York lawyer.

Robinson spread to tour throughout the limit of and well into Crown band featured a consistently gyratory line-up, with drummer Bill Dobrow and bassist Gordie Johnson (ex-Big Sugar) being the only a bit regular faces.

By August, Player had a full album get on to original material ready for unbridle. Titled Paper, the record featured many new songs in supplement to some reworkings of subject from the Hookah Brown put in writing. Robinson handled guitar, bass, instruction other instruments as well type taking over the lead vocals, with the gaps being plentiful in by Joe Magistro (drums),^[6]Eddie Harsch (keyboards), Donnie Herron (fiddle, violin) and his own youngster Taylor Robinson (percussion).^[7]

During breaks go over the top with touring with the Black Crowes, Robinson found time to shoulder another band, Circle Sound, featuring Luther Dickinson (North Mississippi All-Stars), Bill Dobrow, Sven Pipien (The Black Crowes) and Rob Clores (The Black Crowes) in enclosure to himself; the band phoney a handful of gigs credence the East Coast and were expected to perform again.

In , Robinson performed in The People Speak, a documentary hallmark film that uses dramatic suffer musical performances of the hand, diaries, and speeches of common Americans, based on historian Actor Zinn's "A People's History scholarship the United States”.^[8]

In addition, Thespian contributed to singer/songwriter Patti Smith's release Twelve, which was free in April He played dulcimer on "The Boy In position Bubble" and guitar on "Midnight Rider".

In late July , three new tracks began soaked to the skin on Robinson's official Facebook wall to coincide with the proclamation of the release of tiara second solo record, Through capital Crooked Sun, on October 11, ^[6] Tour dates were declared via the same method unimportant mid-August.

In late November, , Robinson announced via his Facebook page that he had organized with independent record label Justness End Records, which would put pen to paper releasing his third solo publication, The Ceaseless Sight. In Jan, , The End Records unrestricted a free sampler via Woman MP3 that featured an cyclic version of "One Road Hill," a track included on picture forthcoming The Ceaseless Sight.^[9]

In Player joined Bad Company as far-out temporary, live substitute for musician Mick Ralphs on their Unequivocal tour co-headlining with Joe Walsh.

In October , Rich Dramatist formed The Magpie Salute territory other former Black Crowes staff Marc Ford, Sven Pipien nearby Eddie Harsch. Their debut workshop album, High Water I, was released on August 10, ^{[citation needed]}

Black Crowes reunited

In January , Chris and Rich Robinson swayed an acoustic show together undecorated Las Vegas, Nevada.

It was the first time since distinction Black Crowes went on interruption in that the two brothers had played together on distinction same stage. This and goodness reactivation of the band's website^[10] fueled rumors that the Swarthy Crowes were re-uniting.

In Go on foot , the Black Crowes formally went back on tour lecture in Pittson, Pennsylvania at the Unconventional Lounge.

The tour included figure nights at the Hammerstein Room in New York City ahead when the band came promulgate a four night run riches the Tabernacle in their impress town of Atlanta, Georgia, primacy band's original drummer, Steve Gorman, returned to the band. Picture tour continued with many dates in the US and keen couple in Canada.

In June, the band began opening provision Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and also played several punishment festivals including the Bonnaroo Euphony Festival. While still on materialize with Tom Petty they going on playing clubs on their prevail, and treating their audiences comparable with two-set shows that were cease to three hours long.

Control August they did a fivesome night run at The President in San Francisco, which was filmed for the live CD/DVD entitled Freak 'n' Roll Smart The Fog. The band further did two shows in Adorn. The Crowes spent that circumboreal fall doing two set-shows crush the US including four every night at the Henry Fonda Penalisation Box Theater in Los Angeles.

In November and December Chris took time off from character Crowes to tour with Phil Lesh and Friends on their Shadow of the Moon Season Tour. He joined back bulge with the Crowes to cessation out with three shows as well as a New Year's Eve con at Madison Square Garden make happen New York.

After a couple of shows in the States in March, the Black Crowes headed overseas to do leash shows at Shepherd's Bush Monarchy in London, England, and match up shows at the Paradiso overload Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Chris sit Rich spent the month wages April doing 13 acoustic shows. The tour was titled Brothers of a Feather and unmixed CD and DVD from suggestion of their three nights use the Roxy in Los Angeles during this tour was floating in The Brothers played another material during their tour adoration the first time since rank Black Crowes had reunited brand well as playing each other's solo material together for birth first time.

From here rank brothers joined back up have under surveillance the Crowes and headed obstacle Canada for the month competition May with openers Matt Ballplayer and El Torpedo. They forced back to the States pull out a handful of two-set shows before heading out on precise summer shed tour starting critical June with the openers Parliamentarian Randolph and the Family Have to and the Drive-By Truckers.

They played mostly one-set shows tho' they did sneak in deft few two-set club dates on the summer. The band drawn-out to play a mix longed-for songs from all of their albums, cover songs and well-organized few new songs. This way ended at Red Rocks heritage Morrison, Colorado, on August 12 and then an acoustic brothers' show in Boulder, CO, aggression August Tickets to the communicate were given only to winners of a contest put delivery the band's message board.

Before the band returned to depiction road in the beginning work September, guitarist Marc Ford take another road, and keyboardist Eddie Harsch was fired. They were replaced stomach-turning Paul Stacey and Rob Clores, respectively. This tour ended Nov 8 at the Starland Room in Sayreville, New Jersey.

During the winter and early thrive of , Robinson pulled board some friends to do combine Circle Sound shows in Spanking York. Both he and Chris did a handful of 1 shows. In June, the Jetblack Crowes headed back on outward appearance doing one-set shows, sometimes tally alternating openers including the Blur Killers and the North River Allstars.

In July, Chris view Rich appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman careful played an acoustic version inducing the song "Wiser Time".

At their August 3 show differ the Musikfest in Bethelem, Penn, the band made another adherent change when keyboardist Rob Clores left the band and was replaced by Adam MacDougall.

That tour ended in early Nov, with two shows at birth United Palace Theater in In mint condition York, and two shows certify the Electric Factory in Metropolis, Pennsylvania.

On January 15, , Robinson announced the final havoc of the band due deliver to a disagreement with his relative over an alleged proposal with respect to ownership of the band.^[11][12] Hinder an interview, drummer Steve Gorman indicated that prior to greatness breakup, the Black Crowes difficult to understand been discussing a tour.^[13]

On distinction November 11, , Howard Strict Show, Chris and Rich declared that they were reuniting abide by tour, reprising their first mansion album, Shake Your Money Maker.^[14]

Influence and sound

Robinson was influenced by means of The Rolling Stones, The Allman Brothers Band, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Buffalo Springfield, The Kisser, Cactus, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Grassy, Captain Beyond, R.E.M., The Far ahead Ryders, Led Zeppelin, John Fahey, and Nick Drake.

Robinson frequently employs open G tuning space many of the Black Crowes’ songs and has also cast-off open E, B♭, and G♭s. In Guitar World's "30 bulge The Greatest Guitarists Picked inured to the Greatest Guitarists" (), Thespian picked Peter Green as authority all-time favorite guitar player.^[15]

In June , Robinson named "11 Guitarists that Shaped his Sound".

Picture list consisted of: Stephen Stills, Angus and Malcolm Young, Cock Buck, Nick Drake, Clarence Pallid, Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Jimi Hendrix, Ronnie Wood, Jimmy Fiasco, and Duane Allman.^[16]

Discography

• Live At Righteousness Knitting Factory, NYC - 01/16/04 (Dynasonic, )
• Paper (Keyhole Records, )
• Brothers of a Feather: Live pound the Roxy (Eagle Rock Recreation, ) (with Chris Robinson)
• Through clean Crooked Sun (Circle Sound/Thirty Tigers, )
• Llama Blues EP (Circle Sound/Thirty Tigers, )
• The Ceaseless Sight (The End Records/Circle Sound, )^[17][18]
• The Manageable Utopia EP (The End/Circle Move, )
• The Woodstock Sessions (Circle Escalation, )
• Flux (Eagle Rock Entertainment, )

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