Chris Robinson road-tests solo material
ByAug 18, 2002 10:00 PM
The Black Crowes’ frontman Chris Robinson has embarked on a solo acoustic club tour to showcase material from his forthcoming album.
The Black Crowes’ frontman Chris Robinson has embarked on a solo acoustic club tour to showcase material from his forthcoming album.
Robinson’s solo album, “New Earth Mud,” is expected to hit stores later this year on Redline Entertainment, but the label hasn’t set a release date. Robinson also contributed a song titled “The Red Road” to the “The Banger Sisters” soundtrack, starring Goldie Hawn and Susan Sarandon. Robinson is married to Hawn’s daughter, Kate Hudson.
According to reports, Robinson decided to take a break from The Black Crowes when drummer Steve Gorman left the band. Robinson has said that the split is temporary.
Meanwhile, V2, the Black Crowes’ label, releases “Black Crowes Live,” a two-disc, 19-song set recorded in the fall of 2001, on Tuesday (8/20). Guitarist Rich Robinson, Chris’ brother, chose the songs for the album.
“The shows were going so well, I just thought it would be great to record a live album,” Rich Robinson said on V2’s website. “We were playing well together with great set lists spanning all of our albums. We had hours of music to sift through.”