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Rich Robinson: Flux

On June 24, 2016, “Eagle Rock Entertainment” label released “Flux”, the fourth Rich Robinson studio album. It was recorded 2015 – 2016, at “Applehead Recording” in Woodstock, New York, and was produced by Rich Robinson.

Personnel:

  • Rich Robinson – vocals, guitars, bass, percussion
  • Daniella Cotton – vocals
  • John Hogg – vocals
  • Charlie Starr – guitar
  • Danny Mitchell – keyboards
  • Matt Slocum – keyboards
  • Marco Benevento – keyboards
  • Zak Gabbard – bass
  • Joe Magistro – drums, percussion
  • Chris Powell – drums
  • Chris Bittner – engineer, mixing
  • Nelson Hubbard – additional engineering
  • Mike Birnbaum – mixing
  • Chris Athens – mastering
  • John McDermott – direction

Track listing:

All tracks by Rich Robinson.

  1. The Upstairs Land
  2. Shipwreck
  3. The Music That Will Lift Me
  4. Everything’s Alright
  5. Eclipse the Night
  6. Life
  7. Ides of Nowhere
  8. Time to Leave
  9. Astral
  10. For to Give
  11. Which Way Your Wind Blows
  12. Surrender
  13. Sleepwalker

The Black Crowes: Happiness Bastards

On March 15, 2024, “Silver Arrows” label released “Happiness Bastards”, the ninth Black Crowes (The) studio album. It was recorded in 2023, and was produced by Jay Joyce.

Personnel:

  • Chris Robinson – lead vocals, harp, artwork, design
  • Rich Robinson – vocals, guitar
  • Nico Bereciartúa – guitar
  • Erik Deutsch – keyboards
  • Sven Pipien – vocals, bass
  • Brian Griffin – drums
  • Jay Joyce – guitar, keyboards, mixing
  • Jason Hall – engineer, mixing
  • Alex Grimm – engineer assistant
  • Jimmy Mansfield – engineer assistant
  • Josh Groppel – engineer assistant
  • Pete Lyman – mastering
  • Daniel Bacigalupi – mastering assistant
  • Camille Robinson – artwork, design

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson.

  1. Bedside Manners
  2. Rats and Clowns
  3. Cross Your Fingers
  4. Wanting and Waiting
  5. Wilted Rose
  6. Dirty Cold Sun
  7. Bleed It Dry
  8. Flesh Wound
  9. Follow the Moon
  10. Kindred Friend

Zac Brown Band: Jekyll + Hyde

On April 28, 2015, “Big Machine Records” label released “Jekyll + Hyde”, the fourth Zac Brown Band studio album. It was recorded in 2015, and was produced by Zac Brown, CeeLo Green, Jim Hoke, In the Arena Production, Jay Joyce and Darrell Scott.

Personnel:

  • Zac Brown – lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, programming
  • Coy Bowles – electric guitar, slide guitar, resonator guitar, Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
  • John Driskell Hopkins – baritone guitar, acoustic and electric guitar, banjo, ukulele, backing vocals
  • Clay Cook – piano, keyboards, electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, National guitar, ukulele, Mellotron, Hammond organ, clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer electric piano, glockenspiel, backing vocals
  • Matt Mangano – acoustic bass guitar, bass guitar, upright bass, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Chris Fryar – drums
  • Daniel de los Reyes – percussion
  • Jimmy De Martini – violin, fiddle, strings, cello, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
  • Darrell Scott – acoustic guitar and electric guitar, banjo, pedal steel guitar, acoustic stringed instrument, piano, backing vocals
  • Donald Dunlavey – electric guitar
  • Béla Fleck – banjo
  • Mickey Raphael – harmonica 
  • Byron House – upright bass
  • Jay Joyce – percussion, programming
  • Jim Hoke – tenor saxophone, flute 
  • Randy Leago – baritone saxophone
  • Ben Simonetti – trumpet, programming
  • Steve Herrmann – trumpet
  • John Hinchey – trumpet
  • Vinnie Ciesleski – trumpet 
  • Barry Green – trombone 
  • Michael McGoldrick – Uileann pipes, Irish flute, pennywhistle
  • Chris Cornell – duet vocals
  • Sara Bareilles – duet vocals
  • Jewel – backing vocals
  • Darrell Scott, Maureen Murphy, Sarah Dugas, John Cowan, Odessa Settles, Rick Jones, Jason Eskridge – choir
  • Niko Moon – programming, backing vocals
  • Nicholas Fournier – engineer
  • Kyle Lehning – engineer
  • Sean Phelan – engineer
  • Anthony Ruotolo – engineer
  • Martin Cooke – engineer
  • Paul Cossette – engineer
  • Kyle Stevens – engineer
  • Tom Syrowski – enginer
  • Brandon Bell – engineer, mixing
  • Jason Hall – engineer, mixing
  • Ben Simonetti – engineer, mixing
  • Jay Joyce – mixing
  • Rich Costey – mixing
  • Andrew Scheps – mixing
  • Mario Borgatta – mixing assistant
  • Chris Bellman – mastering 

Track listing:

  1. Beautiful Drug – Zac Brown, Niko Moon
  2. Loving You Easy – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Al Anderson
  3. Remedy – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Keb’ Mo
  4. Homegrown – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette
  5. Mango Tree – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Anna Harwood
  6. Heavy is the Head – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, John Driskell Hopkins, Jimmy De Martini, Darrell Scott
  7. Bittersweet – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette
  8. Castaway – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Coy Bowles, John Driskell Hopkins
  9. Tomorrow Never Comes – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette
  10. One Day – Zac Brown, Wyatt Durrette, Rich Robinson, Sarah Dugas, Christian Dugas, Matt Mangano
  11. Dress Blues – Jason Isbell
  12. Young and Wild – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Amos Lee, Coy Bowles
  13. Junkyard (contains elements of Is There Anybody Out There? by Pink Floyd) – Zac Brown, Roger Waters
  14. I’ll Be Your Man (Song for a Daughter) – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette, Coy Bowles, John Driskell Hopkins, Darrell Scott
  15. Wildfire – Zac Brown, Eric Church, Wyatt Durrette, Liz Rose, Clay Cook
  16. Tomorrow Never Comes (acoustic version) – Zac Brown, Niko Moon, Wyatt Durrette

The Black Crowes: Three Snakes And One Charm

On July 23, 1996, “American” label released “Three Snakes and One Charm”, the fourth Black Crowes (The) studio album. It was recorded in 1995, and was produced by Jack Joseph Puig, Chris Robinson, Rich Robinson, Marc Ford, Eddie Harsch, Johnny Colt and Steve Gorman.

Personnel:

  • Chris Robinson– vocals
  • Rich Robinson– guitar
  • Marc Ford– guitar
  • Eddie Harsch– keyboards
  • Johnny Colt– bass guitar
  • Steve Gorman– drums
  • The Dirty Dozen – horns, arrangements
  • Bruce Kaphan – pedal steel
  • Rik Taylor – banjo
  • Gary “Mudbone” Cooper, Garry Shider, Barbara Mitchell, Erica Stewart – backing vocals

Track listing:

  1. Under a Mountain
  2. Good Friday
  3. Nebakanezer
  4. One Mirror Too Many
  5. Blackberry
  6. Girl from a Pawnshop
  7. (Only) Halfway to Everywhere
  8. Bring On, Bring On
  9. How Much for Your Wings?
  10. Let Me Share the Ride
  11. Better When You’re Not Alone
  12. Evil Eye

The Black Crowes: By Your Side

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On January 12, 1999, “Columbia” label released “By Your Side”, the fifth studio   Black Crowes (The) album. It was recorded in 1998, at “Avatar Studios” in New York City, and was produced by  Kevin Shirley.

Personnel:

  • Chris Robinson– vocals, harmonica
  • Rich Robinson– guitar
  • Steve Gorman– drums
  • Eddie Harsch– keyboards
  • Sven Pipien– bass guitar
  • Dirty Dozen Brass Band– horns
  • Zoe Thrall – flute
  • Curtis King, Cindy Mizelle, Tawatha Agee, Brenda White King, Vanees Thomas – backing vocals
  • David Campbell– arrangements
  • Kevin Shirley– engineer, mixing
  • Rich Alvy – engineer
  • Pat Thrall– editing
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Leon Zervos – mastering
  • John Cheuse – art direction, design
  • Josef Astor – photography
  • Will Kennedy – digital imaging

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson.

  1. Go Faster
  2. Kickin’ My Heart Around
  3. By Your Side
  4. Horse Head
  5. Only a Fool
  6. Heavy
  7. Welcome to the Goodtimes
  8. Go Tell the Congregation
  9. Diamond Ring
  10. Then She Said My Name
  11. Virtue and Vice

The Black Crowes: The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion

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On May 12, 1992, “Def American” label released “The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion”, the second Black Crowes album. It was recorded in 1991, and was produced by George Drakoulias.

Personnel:

  • Chris Robinson– vocals
  • Rich Robinson– guitar
  • Marc Ford– guitar
  • Johnny Colt– bass guitar
  • Steve Gorman– drums
  • Eddie Harsch– keyboards
  • Barbara and Joy (the Choir)

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson, except where noted.

  1. Sting Me
  2. Remedy
  3. Thorn in My Pride
  4. Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye
  5. Sometimes Salvation
  6. Hotel Illness
  7. Black Moon Creeping
  8. No Speak No Slave
  9. My Morning Song
  10. Time Will Tell – Bob Marley

The Black Crowes: Shake Your Money Maker

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On January 24, 1990, “Def American Recordings” released “Shake Your Money Maker”, the debut Black Crowes (The) album.  It was named after an Elmore James’s classic blues song and was recorded in 1989, at the “Soundscape Studios” in Atlanta; “Chapel Studios”, “Paramount Studios” and “Grandmaster Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by George Drakoulias.

Personnel:

  • Chris Robinson– vocals
  • Rich Robinson– guitar
  • Jeff Cease– guitar
  • Johnny Colt– bass guitar
  • Steve Gorman– drums
  • Chuck Leavell– piano, organ
  • Brendan O’Brien– “a potpourri of instruments”
  • Laura Creamer– backing vocals
  • Alan Forbes – artwork, art direction, design
  • Michael Lavine – photography
  • Ruth Leitman – cover photogtraphy

Track listing:

All tracks by Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson, except where noted.

  1. Twice As Hard
  2. Jealous Again
  3. Sister Luck
  4. Could I’ve Been So Blind
  5. Seeing Things
  6. Hard to Handle – Allen Jones, Alvertis Isbell, Otis Redding
  7. Thick n’ Thin
  8. She Talks to Angels
  9. Struttin’ Blues
  10. Stare It Cold
  11. Live Too Fast Blues/Mercy, Sweet Moan