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Chris Robinson

Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond

Pushkin Industries

Society & Culture, Music

4.54.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

16 years have passed since The Black Crowes released an album of new material. The world has changed a lot since then—and so have the Robinson brothers. Chris and Rich Robinson are, of course, the backbone of the band. They started playing together back in Georgia in 1984 as Mr. Crowe’s Garden before moving to NYC, signing to Def American, and changing their name to The Black Crowes.

The band’s debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, set them up as the torchbearers of Southern rock for the '90s and beyond. As you’ll hear in today's conversation, the brothers Robinson have had a competitive relationship for a long time. Their ups and downs have meant hiatuses for the band over the years. But now they’re back united and seemingly in it for the long haul with their new album, Happiness Bastards.

On today’s episode Justin Richmond talks to Chris Robinson about his growing up in Georgia with Rich, their dad’s rockabilly career, and how his road habits have changed from indulging in champagne and other substances to reading Herman Melville.

You can hear a playlist of some of our favorite songs from Chris Robinson & The Black Crowes HERE.

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Pushkin

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Those James Brown syncopated

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ghost notes on the snare.

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This is just like boom cat.

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I love Bruno Mars. I think I could play that. I think I could play that. There's nothing

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complicated but that's kind of that's the genre.

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Hi I'm director and sometimes DJ Dialo Riddle.

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And I'm producer and songwriter luxury.

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And this is One Song, a podcast where we celebrate and deconstruct some of your favorite songs

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from the last 60 years and tell you why they deserve one more

0:33.2

listing. Follow and listen to one song on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get

0:38.0

your podcasts. Sixteen years have passed since the Black Crow's last put out an album of all new material.

0:46.8

The world changed a lot since then, and it appears so have the Robinson brothers.

0:52.0

Chris and Rich Robinson are of course the backbone of the group.

0:55.5

They started together back in Georgia in 84 as Mr. Crow's Garden before moving to

0:59.9

NYC, signing with Deaf American and changing their name to the Black Crows.

1:05.0

The band's debut album Shake Your Moneymaker, set them up as torchbearers of

1:09.7

Southern Rock for the 90s and beyond. As you'll hear in our conversation, the brothers Robinson have had a competitive relationship for a long time.

1:18.0

The ups and downs have meant hiatus for the band over the years,

1:22.5

but now they're back united and seemingly in it

1:25.0

for the long haul with their new album,

1:27.0

Happiness Bastards.

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