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I know I might be adventure deprived these days, but st. Louis was the most beautiful place in the world this weekend. You shoulda seen it …
The crowes were three hours and we were second row, front and center, flirting with Chris all night. It was as advertised: an exposed acoustic set – fairly obscure [...]

croweology …
should be the blueprint for how rock bands must must must do retrospective/greatest hits/best ofs from now on.
an acoustic reworking of 20-odd crowes tunes from the catalogue (and a few choice covers … gram parson’s ’she’ … mercy.)
you know the tunes, but you don’t, cause they’re new. but old. [...]

the stooges are finally in the rock and roll hall of fame.
not that they give a shit, prolly.
anyway, here’s the black crowes and gem and noel from oasis doing ‘down on the street’ at radio city music hall in june of 2001.
i was at this show.
brotherly love tour. new york city. [...]

hooch got me on this shit this morning …
one of my favorite b-sides overdubbed with clips of two of my favorite interviews with rich and chris.
the overall mash up is probably a bit much, but i’m hung over, and chris looks cool doing his thing, you know.

cool british interview with chris about the new black crowes record. topanga canyon even gets a shout out.

what intrigues me about this record is that it comes in two forms: the cd form has two different discs, the first is ‘before the frost.’ rock. the second is ‘until the freeze.’ [...]

the black crowes at beau rivage, mississippi. june 4.

Movin’ On Down The Line
Wiser Time
Evergreen
Hotel Illness
High Head Blues
Welcome To The Goodtimes
Girl From The North Country (Bob Dylan)
Downtown Money Waster
Thorn In My Pride
Oh Jospehine
By Your Side
Sometimes Salvation
Jealous Again
Hard To Handle
Wounded Bird
- encore -
Oh Sweet Nuthin’ (Velvet Underground … sung by Rich)
Thick N’ Thin
***
second best set i’ve [...]