Ah, I see they're breaking up again... poor ticket/album sales strikes again.

BC: "Are you sure you don't want to come see our tour?"

People: "Eh, maybe some of us will come."

BC: "Well, FINE. You'll be sorry when we're gone."

People: "Eh."

BC: "We're effing serious. We're calling it the 'Say Goodnight' tour. You better come see our last tour."

People: "Ok, maybe."

BC: "Cuz we probably maybe might possibly never ever potentially be playing again."

People: "Ok."

BC: "Ok, we're going to leave the door open a crack here and call it a 'hiatus'. Maybe we'll come back if you show up in strong numbers."

People: "Whatever."

BC: "And I'll be telling everyone private stuff about the band throughout the month of August if you're interested. I dunno."

I really liked the Black Crowes when I was younger. Their bluesy, southern rock style was an interesting precursor to the grunge scene that came several years later.

It just isn't the same without Marc F'n Ford.



/misses Eddie also

And he'll be doing them in his best Otis Redding voice.

jiaxiaobo: BC: "Are you sure you don't want to come see our tour?"

People: "Eh, maybe some of us will come."

BC: "Well, FINE. You'll be sorry when we're gone."

People: "Eh."

BC: "We're effing serious. We're calling it the 'Say Goodnight' tour. You better come see our last tour."

People: "Ok, maybe."

BC: "Cuz we probably maybe might possibly never ever potentially be playing again."

People: "Ok."

BC: "Ok, we're going to leave the door open a crack here and call it a 'hiatus'. Maybe we'll come back if you show up in strong numbers."

People: "Whatever."

BC: "And I'll be telling everyone private stuff about the band throughout the month of August if you're interested. I dunno."

You captured my feelings almost exactly.

A friend of mine has been trying to convince me to go see them at Red Rocks for a couple of months - I might have already missed them, I'm not sure. I just can't bring myself to care enough to know.

I've seen a few BC shows. I have absolutely no expectation that this tour will even come close to touching the ones I have seen in the past.

/loves me some Black Crowes
//can't be bothered to travel more than 20 miles to see them
///play at Mishawaka and I'll be there in a heartbeat, otherwise just release a cool live album.

jiaxiaobo: Ah, I see they're breaking up again... poor ticket/album sales strikes again.

Break up tour = profit.
5 years later......
Reunion tour = profit.

RayD8: jiaxiaobo: Ah, I see they're breaking up again... poor ticket/album sales strikes again.

Break up tour = profit.
5 years later......
Reunion tour = profit.

actually sounds like a good gig if you can get it.

One of the top 5 douchebags in music.

Easily.

/and that's saying something.

Electric Dream Machine: It just isn't the same without Marc F'n Ford.



/misses Eddie also

Agreed. Too bad they couldn't have patched up the differences.

Met Eddie a couple of times (never after a show strangely enough) and he's exactly like you'd imagine. Very cool dude.

I might see them here in Detroit. Haven't made up my mind yet. The last decade of albums have been 'meh'

i LOVE the black crowes...and i would buy a ticket for h.o.b. in dallas in a new york second
IF
i thought they would mix in their old hits amongst all the deeper cuts that i hear dominate their shows.

don't get me wrong, i've seen one of their live performances on "the 101" on direct tv and they are a great band with a LOT of talent, but if i'm going to shell out my hard earned money i don't want the only song i actually know the words to to be "bad luck blue eyes goodbye".

in fact, if they could play the whole moneymaker album, and about 2 songs off each of their other albums, i'd pay double the ticket price. granted that would be about a 2 1/2 hour show, but that's a rock show! i just paid $20 to see ted nugent last week, he played 2 solid hours (surprisingly didn't ramble on too long about politics and guns), and i think there may have been 1 song i didn't at least 1/2ass know

"web chat"

What is this 1996? Are we on AOL? Web chat?

Be a grown man and write a book you damn hippie.

Will he talk with angels?

FlashHarry

I liked them better the first time, when they were called the faces.'

Huh... Never thought of that, but now that you mention it, they really are pretty damn similar, aren't they?

nopokerface

One of the top 5 douchebags in music.

Wondering why you think that. Please elucidate...

I like the Black Crowes music but I got real tired of Chris Robinson's off-stage mouth real early in their career.

Nowadays, I avoid most interviews with musicians I like. I'd rather hear their songs than their rock-star nonsense babble.

angrygrizzly: And he'll be doing them in his best Otis Redding voice.

If you're a singer and you want to take on someone's affectations, Otis Redding is where'd I'd go

Veteran of the Cola Wars: Will he talk with angels?

Not unless he's seeing things. Writing a book must be twice as hard as he thinks it is. Only a fool would think that a webchat is a remedy for their fans interest.

Very in-demand, I imagine.

They were a pretty good southern rock band before they became a boring jam band.

Electric Dream Machine: It just isn't the same without Marc F'n Ford.
/misses Eddie also

Agreed.

When they reformed in 2005 with Ford, I saw all 7 Hammerstein shows.

They're playing 5 Nokia theater shows this year and I'm only seeing the obvious 2 (Halloween & the last nyc show).

Love Luther in NMAS, but Ford is just a better fit (as was Eddie...Hamhands Adam just wears oven mitts)

BadAnalogyGuy: I really liked the Black Crowes when I was younger. Their bluesy, southern rock style was an interesting precursor to the grunge scene that came several years later.

Is the joke on me?

Shake Your Moneymaker: 1990
Nevermind: 1991
Ten: 1991
Badmotorfinger: 1991

/if the joke is on me, please carry on.

The Black Crowes is my favorite band that I have no interest in seeing live again. Southern Harmony is probably my favorite album of all time. I saw them in 1995 when Mark was all farked up, but that isn't the issue. I don't like hearing bands substantially change up songs, hate long jams and don't care for much of what they have done from "Lions" forward. I know playing songs the same way over and over is contrary to their style, and that's fine. But I wouldn't see them live for free.

CSB time:

I saw them with Jimmy Page at the "Live at the Greek" concert. Totally unexpected to go, just kinda happened. That show didn't suck.

/end CSB

I'll be seeing them in September here in Raleigh, and I'm incredibly stoked about it . . .

I thought of this when I read the headline.

/i'm a kid at heart...sue me!

nopokerface: One of the top 5 douchebags in music.

Easily.

/and that's saying something.

This is a man who actually used the words "Do you know who I am?" when prevented from buying beer illegally, so I'd say your assessment is correct.