Rewind: Chris Robinson
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
Pushkin Industries
4.5 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
The Black Crowes are one of the great rock bands of the last 30 years, and now they're finally getting their flowers: a 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nomination, alongside Lauryn Hill, Phil Collins, Wu-Tang Clan, and Oasis. To mark the occasion, we're re-running Justin Richmond's 2024 conversation with lead singer Chris Robinson, recorded around the release of their album Happiness Bastards.
In the interview, Justin and Chris get into what it was like growing up in Georgia with his brother Rich, their dad's rockabilly career, and how life on the road looks a little different these days — less champagne and substances, more Herman Melville.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed human. |
| 0:10.8 | Pushkin. |
| 0:15.0 | The Black Crows are one of the great rock bands of the last 30 years, |
| 0:18.9 | and they've just been nominated for the 26 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, |
| 0:22.8 | alongside nominees like Lauren Hill, |
| 0:24.9 | Phil Collins, Wooten Clan, and Oasis. |
| 0:27.9 | All acts I'd vote for if I were a voting member, by the way. |
| 0:31.2 | But instead of voting, |
| 0:32.6 | we'd figure we'd honor the Black Crow's nomination |
| 0:34.5 | by running back my interview with their singer |
| 0:36.7 | Chris Robinson from when they released their album, Happiness Bastards. Enjoy. |
| 0:42.1 | Sixteen years have passed since the Black Crow's last put out an album of all new material. |
| 0:47.3 | The world's changed a lot since then, and it appears so have the Robinson brothers. |
| 0:52.7 | Chris and Rich Robinson are, of course, the backbone of the group. |
| 0:56.2 | They started together back in Georgia in 84 as Mr. Crow's Garden, |
| 1:00.0 | before moving to NYC, signing with Deaf American and changing their name to the Black Crows. |
| 1:06.3 | The band's debut album, Shake Your Moneymaker, set them up as torchbearers of Southern Rock for the 90s and beyond. |
| 1:13.2 | As you'll hear in our conversation, the brothers Robinson have had a competitive relationship for a long time. |
| 1:19.9 | 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. |
| 1:29.7 | On today's episode, I talked to Chris Robinson about his growing up in Georgia with Rich, their dad's rockabilly career, |
| 1:36.0 | his listening routine that includes Sudanese and Sufi music, |
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