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Thee Hypnotics
Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes helped
produce and "extract" the latest
album by Thee Hypnotics under the American Recordings label:
Thee Hypnotics
Very Crystal Speed Machine
American Recordings
USA
Produced by Christopher Robinson
Engineered by Jim Mitchell
1. Keep Rollin' On
2. Heavy Liquid
3. Phil's Drum Acropolis
4. Goodbye
5. If the Good Lord Loves Ya
6. Ray's Baudelaire
7. Caroline Inside Out
8. Tie It Up
9. Down In The Hole
10. Peasant Song
11. Fragile
12. Look What You've Done
13. Broken Morning Has
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Former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford was in a band
previously, Burning Tree,
based out of Los Angeles, CA. The band opened up for the Crowes as early
as late 1990.
Burning Tree
Burning Tree
Epic Records 1990
produced by Tim Palmer
Lineup:
Doni Gray: drums, percussion, vocals
Marc Ford: guitars, piano, vocals
Mark Dutton: base, piano, vocals
(all artists are listed as contributing writers
for each song).
1. Burning Tree
2. Wigs, Blues and High Heeled Shoes
3. Fly On
4. Mistreated Lover
5. Masquerade
6. Playing In The Wind
7. Last Laugh
8. Crush
9. Same Old Story
10. Baker's Song
11. Baby Blue
12. Turtle
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There is a current CD Bootleg available
called
FoamFoot which was a band
alias used at The Troubadour for a performance in November of 1994 with
Chris Robinson and Marc Ford of the Black Crowes, along with other
artists:
Chris Robinson- Black Crowes
Marc Ford- Black Crowes
Andy Sturmer- Jellyfish
Jimmy Ashhurst- the JuJu Hounds
Eric Bobo- played w/ Cypress Hill, Beastie Boys
Gary Louris- The Jayhawks
1. Walk In My Shadow (by Free)
2. Bottle of Red Wine (Eric Clapton/Derek and the Dominos)
3. Tin Soldier (by Steve Mariott);performed by Small Faces
and Humble Pie
4. Take The Highway* (Marshall Tucker Band)
5. Deal (Jerry Garcia Band (first solo album))
6. Love Me Till The Sun Shines (The Kinks)
7. Long Time Gone** (Crosby, Stills, Nash)
8. Jerimiah Surrender (by The Band)
9. One Way Out (Sonny Boy Williamson; adapted by
Elmore James; further adapted/performed by
Allman Brothers)
10. Presence Of The Lord (Blind Faith)
** Appearance by David Crosby on "Long Time Gone"
* Appearance by Gary Louris on "Take The Highway"
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Some members from FoamFoot, with the additions of
Steve Gorman, Charlie Quintana, and possibly members from The Wallflowers, performed at the Troubadour January 17th, 1993.
The setlist is as follows:
- Things Get Better When I'm With You (Delanie and
Bonnie)
- Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Neil Young)
- Four Days Gone (Stephen Stills)
- Mr. Big (Free)
- Stranger In A Strange Land (Leon Russell)
- Bell Bottom Blues (Derek & The Dominoes)
- take a wiff on me (by Huddie Leadbetter)
- Sweet Virginia (Rolling Stones)
- Tobacco Road (traditional)
- Almost Cut My Hair (Crosby Stills & Nash)
- Waiting For The Sun (Jayhawks)
There is a CD of this show but it is incomplete
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Chris Robinson and Eddie Hawyrsch of the
Black Crowes have performed on the 1993 album of the Kinsey Report, Crossing Bridges. The
band was founded by Donald Kinsey, who used to perform with Bob Marley
and the Wailers, which included Bob Marley, Bunny Wailer and Peter Tosh. Kinsey worked with Tosh on "Johnny B. Goode" on Tosh's album. Peter Tosh
was later gunned down in Kingston.
The Kinsey Report
Crossing Bridges
Pointblank/Charisma 1993
The Kinsey Report is:
Donald Kinsey
Ralph Kinsey
Kenneth Kinsey
Guest Musicians:
Ron Prince: Guitar on track 4
Rick McFarland: Guitar on tracks 7,8, 10
Sid Wingfield: Organ and Piano on tracks 1,5,7, 10
Charles Hodges: Organ on tracks 11,12,13
Andrew Love: Saxophone on track 11
Chris Robinson: Vocals on tracks 2 and 14
Eddie Hawyrsch: Organ on track 14
Big Daddy Kinsey: Harmonica on track 8
All tracks produced by The Kinsey Report and Jim Gaines Except:
'I Take What I Want' produced by the Kinsey Report and Chris Robinson
'Midnight Drive' Produced by the Kinsey Report
All tracks recorded at Kiva Studio, Memphis, TN Except:
'I Take What I Want' recorded at Musiplex Studios, Atlanta, GA
With overdubs at Summa Studios, Los Angeles, CA
1. Too Early To Tell
2. I Take What I Want
3. She's Gone
4. Midnight Drive
5. Strange Things
6. Release Yourself
7. 5 Women
8. Chicken Heads
9. One Too Many
10. Key To Your Heart
11. Love Is Real
12. My Kind Of Woman
13. Dancin' With The Beast
14. I Take What I Want (version 2)
All tracks written by the Kinsey Report
Except 2 and 14: written by Hodges/Hayes/Porter
7: written by Prince
8: written by Carter/Rush
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The Black Crowes contributed a B-side to the CD "Hempilation",
which is a CD to promote the cause to make Marijuana legal. The Crowes are not a
newcomer to this
cause, as they played in the Atlanta Pot Festival as early as 1992. Some liner
notes concerning the Crowes:
The first band to join Hempilation was
The Black Crowes. One day I was watching their long-form video, "Who
Killed That Bird Out On Your Window Sill?" and right in the middle of it I
heard them singing in the backround, "Everybody must get stoned." It was about
20 seconds of Bob Dylan's 1966 Classic, "Rainy Day Women #12 and 35." A
call placed to the band's management revealed that not only was there a
completed version of the song, but it was the B-side of "Hotel Illness", the
fifth single from 1992's "Southern Harmony and Musical Companion." The band,
who were on the cover of the July '92 High Times, quickly agreed to
donate the track to Hempilation, and with that the project was
essentially born. We can never thank the Crowes enough for their support.
Without them, Hempilation may never have happened.
Hempilation
Capricorn Records 1995
42047-2
1. Rainy Day Women #12 and 35
The Black Crowes
2. I Want To Take You Higher
Blues Traveler
3. I Wanna Get High
Cypress Hill
4. I Like Marijuana
David Peel and the 360's
5. Don't Step On The Grass
Gov't Mule
6. Who's Got The Herb?
311
7. Convicted
Hater
8. Sweet Leaf
Sacred Reich
9. Smokin' Cheeba Cheeba
High Fidelity
10. Champagne & Reefer
Ian Moore
11. Legalize It
Sublime
12. In The Flow
Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers
13. And It Stoned Me
Widespread Panic
14. Homegrown
Gus
15. High Time We Went
Screamin' Cheetah Wheelies
16. Pot Head Pixies
Raging Slab
17. Too Rolling Stoned
Drivin' N' Cryin'
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A small group of artists including Chris Robinson
and Marc Ford of the Black Crowes recorded a session at Conway studios in
late 1993 or 1994 and it was named Sweet Pickle Salad by Chris.
Supposedly five songs were recorded there but studio versions of other Crowes
songs may have been added on the recording. Artists who contributed to Sweet
Pickle Salad included:
- Chris Robinson, lead vocals, Black Crowes
- Marc Ford, guitar, Black Crowes
- Craig Ross, guitar, Lenny Kravitz band
- Jimmy Ashhurst, base guitar, JuJu Hound
- Andy Sturmer, drums, The Jellyfish
- Roger Manning, keyboards, The Jellyfish
And someone on flute :-)
The San Francisco Chronicle ran a small clip about the
temporary band February 20th, 1994; it appears below:
The San Francisco Chronicle, FEBRUARY 20, 1994
Andy Sturmer, singer-percussionist of Jellyfish,
reports that the band is writing songs for the next 'Fish album. He adds that
he's been spending a lot of time with the Black Crowes, adding vocals and
extra drums to that band's current recording sessions. Recently, Sturmer
completed work on an album by Sweet Pickle Salad -- his informal group with
singer-keyboardist Roger Manning of Jellyfish, singer Chris Robinson and
guitarist Mark Ford of the Crowes, and guitarist Craig Ross of Lenny Kravitz's
band. ''I'm sure it'll be released some day. It's like Crosby, Stills & Nash
meets Pink Floyd. Every song is like 14 minutes long with heavy jamming.''
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Eddie Hawrsch, Black Crowes keyboardist, has
performed some tracks on fellow Detroit musician Robert Bradley's album
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise released on RCA records in
1996. Tracks include Comin' Down, "Shake It Off", "Governor", "After Your
Love". The homepage for the band is located at
http://www.rbblackwatersurprise.com/.
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Steve Gorman played drums on the track "Dignity"
on Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits #3. Other artists who worked with Steve on
the song are Rick Taylor on banjo and Brendan O'Brien on
guitar/bass/keys.
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Chris Robinson sings on David Crosby's
live album, It's All Coming Back To Me Now - Chris lends his vocals on
Almost Cut My Hair.
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Pickin' On The Black Crowes
The music of the well-loved but critically
underappreciated Southern rock band the Black Crowes provides perfect material
for bluegrass covers. This album begins with a version of the Robinson brothers'
"Jealous Again," which comes off like an old-time, rip-roaring barnburner.
"Thorn in My Pride" seems like a movie-worthy reprise of the original and "Twice
as Hard" and "Wiser Time" are melancholy, thoughtful, and enchanting versions of
great songs. What really makes this album stand out from other tributes and
other records in the Pickin' On series is that it skillfully applies the best
sounds of bluegrass and country to the Black Crowes, changing the genre but all
the while maintaining the spirit of the original.
1. Jealous Again
by Jesse Harris
2. Hard to Handle
by Stan Foster
3. Thorn in My Pride
by Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger
4. Twice as Hard
by Stan Foster
5. Wiser Time
by Jesse Harris
6. Good Friday
by Stan Foster
7. She Talks to Angels
by Jesse Harris
8. Sister Luck
by Stan Foster
9. Remedy
by Jesse Harris
10. Seeing Things
by Dennis "Cannonball" Caplinger
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"I Am Sam"
The Black Crowes contributed a remake of
The Beatles' "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" for the disc, which is music from
and inspired by the motion picture "I Am Sam"
1. Two
of Us - Aimee Mann & Michael Penn
2. Blackbird - Sarah McLachlan
3. Across the Universe - Rufus Wainwright
4. I'm Looking Through You - The Wallflowers
5. You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - Eddie Vedder
6. Strawberry Fields - Ben Harper
7. Mother Nature's Son - Sheryl Crow
8. Golden Slumbers - Ben Folds
9. I'm Only Sleeping - The Vines
10. Don't Let Me Down - Stereophonics
11. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Black Crowes
12. Julia - Chocolate Genius
13. We Can Work It Out - Heather Nova
14. Help - Howie Day
15. Nowhere Man - Paul Westerberg
16. Revolution - Grandaddy
17. Let It Be - Nick Cave
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Marc Ford, Black Crowes lead guitarist, is
rumored to have worked on a project with JuJu Hounds bassist and longtime friend
Jimmy Ashhurst, Craig Ross (from Lenny Kravitz's band), and
Rick Richards (JuJu Hounds and former Georgia Satellite). They were
supposedly recording at the end of 1995 and the work was produced by Andy
Johns.
Ed Harsch has also played on the following
albums:
- Butler Twins - Not Gonna Worry 'Bout Tomorrow
('95?)
- Butler Twins - Pursue Your Dreams ('96)
- Thornetta Davis - Sunday Morning Music ('96)
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