How The Black Crowes Relaunched in Nashville

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🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 53 minutes

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When the Black Crowes reunited in 2019, brothers Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson recorded their comeback album in Nashville and also kicked off their reunion tour here. They returned to Music City to record their brand-new album, A Pound of Feathers, and embedded themselves in town. In our most free-spirited episode yet, the brothers strut into the Nashville Now cabin to talk about mending fences, how their reunion inspired Oasis’s comeback, and why the Crowes are touring with Texas country-rockers Whiskey Myers this summer. They also rail against AI in music and share a message to all those who said they’d never make it. It’s a must-see interview from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees. Country is Here… Nashville is Now. Check out our Hear Now playlist on Spotify, updated weekly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Check one, two.
0:04.0	All right.
0:05.0	Hey, welcome to Rolling Stones Nashville Now.
0:09.0	I'm your host, Senior Music Editor, Joseph Hudak, at Rolling Stones, Nashville Now Cabin.
0:15.0	Country is here.
0:16.0	Nashville is now.
0:18.0	We have, Steve, we have our 18- year old selves 16 year old cells 17 I was teenage
0:25.9	selves let's just go with teenage selves I was 12 I think when I first saw them right man you're so
0:30.9	young we we are thrilled to welcome our guests this week um rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees for the second time.
0:41.0	Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson of the Black Crows.
0:46.6	Yeah, that's all I got for you.
0:48.4	You're going to watch it.
0:49.2	You're going to check it out.
0:49.9	We'll do a little intro in a second and tell you what we talk about.
0:53.1	But in 2023, the Black Crows performed at a festival that is very near and dear to our hearts.
1:00.1	It is the Bourbon and Beyond Festival, the largest, world's largest bourbon food and music festival held September 24th through 27th in Louisville, Kentucky at the Exposition, the Kentucky Exposition Center.
1:15.7	Steve and I went in 2022, saw Pearl Jam, saw a bunch of great bands that year.
1:20.7	This year's lineup is stacked.
1:23.1	If you are a country Americana fan, let me just rattle off some of these names.
1:27.3	Chris Stapleton, Casey Musgraves, the Red Clay Strays, Jason Isbel, Jesse Wells, Charlie Crockett, Max McNone, Cameron Whitcomb, Marcus King Band, Amos Lee. He's going to be up there. Amos is playing this year. Amos is playing. We're going to have to call him. We're going to got to go. We love it. Maddox Batson, Avery Anna. Oh my gosh,
1:49.6	one of our all-time faves who we really need to have in the cabin. Caitlin Buts will be at Bourbon and Beyond this year. Langhorne Slim, who was here with us.
1:57.5	That's our other guy.
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