Brothers of a Feather [Live]

Chris Robinson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 10, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Live
• Label: Eagle Records
• ASIN: B000RGSO9Q
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,499 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Horsehead

2. Cursed Diamond

3. Over the Hill

4. Magic Rooster Blues

5. My Heart's Been Killing Me

6. Someday Past the Sunset

7. Roll Um Easy

8. Cold Boy Smile

9. Driving Wheel

10. Leave It Alone

11. Polly

12. Darling Of the Underground Press

13. Thorn In My Pride

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Available separately or as a package with the associated DVD (the video has 6 additional tracks), this is about as stripped down as performances get. Before regrouping as the Black Crowes in 2007, founding members/brothers Chris and Rich Robinson toured as a duo, with occasional support from two female backing singers, playing small venues. The highlights of a three-night stand at LA's Roxy are compiled here and they are a revelation. Crowes' fans will obviously be thrilled, but this is just as impressive for those who never warmed up to the band's gritty, sometimes shambling Southern blues rock. The set list concentrates on obscurities from the Crowes' catalog and a few stragglers from each brother's solo work. Covers of offbeat folkish material such as "Driving Wheel" (best known through Tom Rush's version), John Martyn's "Over the Hill" and Gene Clark's "Polly," along with Lowell George's "Roll Um Easy," show the Robinson siblings' confidence and willingness to dig far under the surface for gems that wouldn't typically be included in their group's more electrified shows. Chris sings with gritty soul, putting his natural rasp to terrific use as he tears into the material with a passion even Crowes fans likely haven't previously experienced. A closing "Thorn in My Pride" runs in excess of 12 minutes and, like the rest of the show, reverberates with a fervor and intensity that has heretofore remained hidden in the Black Crowes' existing recordings. --Hal Horowitz

Product Description

Get up close and personal with The Black Crowes' Chris and Rich Robinson and their stunningly intimate Brothers of a Feather performance, culled from a 3-night sold out stand at The Roxy in LA. Featuring a first time ever acoustic mix of Black Crowes favorites, rarities, solo material, new songs and covers, the CD captures the intimacy of the performances from the Robinsons never captured on tape before.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Heads-up! Buy the DVD/CD Combo Instead!, September 5, 2007

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Alex Carr (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brothers of a Feather (Audio CD)

Great concert by the Robinson Brothers, but I wanted to let Amazon customers know that there is a DVD/CD combo over in the DVD section (same title: "Brothers of a Feather") that is selling for cheap. Same CD as this listing, but you get the DVD too and with more tracks. Great deal!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great listening indeed!!!!!!!!, July 11, 2007

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Cosmic Remedy (Eastern United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brothers of a Feather (Audio CD)

I usually don`t take the time to review something for a site like this, as many others usually do a good job........but I have to write about this masterpiece........

Nowhere else today can you find music being made with this much devotion & realness, I could go on with track by track analysis, but there is no need here.......if your`re borderline on buying this cd....do not hesitate.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful music!, August 7, 2007

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Denis (NJ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Brothers of a Feather (Audio CD)

I just got this CD from a friend of mine, and having not been familiar with the Robinson brothers or Black Crowes, I didn't really know what to expect. From the first song forward, I was mesmerized - this music is incredibly real, incredibly candid, and incredibly soulful. I'm not sure whether to call it rock, blues, folk, or a mix thereof, but it's as intimate as music gets - just two guys with guitars and some backup singers, no effects, no gimmicks, no pretenses. Chris and Rich Robinson made excellent music here. In certain points of certain songs, they so reminded me of classic Led Zeppelin sound - the singing of Robert Plant and the guitar of Jimmy Page - and yet, they have a style here that's distinctly their own. This is a truly superb work, and I recommend any blues, rock, and folk fans to check this album out.