Nashville Music Scene

Well, the Crowes definately put on another great show at the Ryman! No opening act–so it was straight to the deal, and the Robinson brothers and band started off strong, and stayed tight for the whole show. Chris was in fine vocal form, and the rest of the band sounded great as well. Rich sang a lot more, swapping lead with Chris a good bit (a by-product of the Brothers of a Feather tour, no doubt). They lead off strong with “Remedy”, followed up by “Sting Me” and “Gone”. One of the highlights of the show was the soul-drenched rendition of “Seeing Things”. I’m always amazed at the power and depth of Chris’s voice–that great big voice coming from his skinny bod! This show featured a mellow, acoustic set in the middle, and I really dug it, as I think the Ryman is a great venue to showcase harmonies–the acoustics just naturally lend themselves to it. The band played “Sweet Mental Revenge” for the first time, and the acoustic set featured “She”, “Lost My Driving Wheel”, and “Girl from the North Country” before ramping back into classics “Thorn in My Pride”, “Jealous Again” and “Soul Singing”.

The band has finished recording 16 new tracks at Allaire Studios in Shoka, NY, and are set to start mixing them in September for a spring ‘08 release. The new studio album was produced by Paul Stacey and the Crowes, and features the addition of Adam MacDougall on keyboards, and Luther Dickinson from the North Mississippi Allstars also joined in on several tracks.

All in all, a tall time was had by everyone!!

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