The Black Crowes: Shake Your Money Maker Die Version auf CD in remastered Auflage. Diese besondere Auflage wurde veröffentlicht in Europa im Verlag Def American Recordings am 26. Januar 2023.

When The Black Crowes released their debut, Shake Your Money Maker, in February 1990, signs in the music world weren't exactly blues-rock. Still, the Southern band led by the Robinson brothers was a huge success. However, the band was kicked off the subsequent tour with ZZ Top. It all started in high school in Georgia: brothers Chris and Rich Robinson formed the Black Crowes as teenagers, though in 1984 they were still called Mr. Crowe's Garden. By then, the guitar riff for the ballad She Talks To Angels, later a classic for the band, was already in the making. According to Chris, he wrote the lyrics about a heroin-addicted Atlanta girl he "somehow knew". In 1987, the band released their first demo, renamed themselves The Black Crowes a year later, and signed their first major record deal. This was quite surprising at the time, as glam metal, sleaze rock and soon grunge dominated the music scene in the late 1980s. Earthy blues rock? A rarity. But that didn't stop the Robinson brothers, guitarist Jeff Ceas, bassist Johnny Colt and drummer Steve Gorman, from recording a timeless classic with Shake Your Money Maker. The album was produced in Atlanta and Los Angeles during the summer of 1989. In addition to older songs like Could've Been So Blind and She Talks To Angels, the band decided to create a cover version of Otis Redding's Hard To Handle. The latter was later released in two different versions: an album version and an elaborate single version with horns. The latter reached number 26 on the Billboard chart and marked the Black Crowes' breakthrough. When the album was released on February 13, 1990, it was well received. Editors and readers of Rolling Stone magazine later named the Black Crowes the "best new American band" of the year. The band also tours the U.S. with ZZ Top, but only until March 1991, when the Crowes are fired because Chris Robinson takes a swipe at Miller Beer, the tour's sponsor. But it doesn't matter: from May onwards, the band crosses the US on their own and later supports Metallica, AC/DC, Mötley Crüe and Queensrÿche on the Monsters Of Rock tour. Today, Shake Your Money Maker enjoys multi-platinum status with at least five million copies sold, and even after 30 years, it hasn't lost its charm. Then the Black Crowes' journey really took off: with their second album, The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion (1992), the Southerners reached number one on the US album chart without further ado.

Album Genres übergreifend Rock, Hard Rock, Blues-Rock und Rock & Roll.