THE BLACK CROWES TO PERFORM AT HORSESHOE CASINO & HOTEL
An event you don’t want to miss! – Saturday, October 17!
Shreveport-Bossier, La. - Horseshoe Casino & Hotel is proud to The Black Crowes live in concert Saturday, Oct. 17 in the Riverdome! Guests will experience the band’s tunes which blend rock-n-roll, blues, gospel and even country. Tickets are on sale for $40, general admission. Purchase tickets at www.riverdome.com, 888-512-SHOW (7469) or the Horseshoe Gift Horse® Gift Shop.
THE BLACK CROWES are Chris (vocals), Rich (guitars), Steve Gorman (drums) and Sven Pipien (bass)--and WARPAINT introduces new members Adam MacDougall (keyboards) and guitarist Luther Dickinson, known for his work in the North Mississippi All-Stars and The Word, where he performs with Robert Randolph and John Medeski (of Medeski, Martin & Wood).
"Hallelujah, come join the jubilee."
That's the invitation that opens WARPAINT, the first new studio recording in seven years from the blessed The Black Crowes, true believers in rock's power and potential to set us free. Their powerful new album--the first on the band's own Silver Arrow Records, distributed through Megaforce/Sony Red BMG--builds compellingly on the band’s trademark adventurous brew of rock, blues, country, soul and gospel, and finds the band in top fighting form.
"WARPAINT is a declaration of our soulful independence," says Chris Robinson, the creative force behind this band with his brother Rich for the past 18 years. "The thing about the last three years has been, 'How do we continue to be independent? How do we begin to exercise control and freedom over our own trip?' That's what the title is all about."
Today, anyone checking in on "The Most Rock ‘N Roll Rock ‘N Roll Band In The World," as the U.K.’s Melody Maker once called them, will find The Black Crowes more dedicated than ever to their craft which has resulted in a body of work with sales of 20 million albums worldwide. WARPAINT is the band’s seventh studio recording and features 11 songs--all of which were written by CHRIS and RICH ROBINSON, except "God’s Got It" by the Reverend Charlie Jackson. The disc, which features such standout songs as first single "Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution," "Oh Josephine," "Locust Street" and "Walk Believer Walk," hums with an apostolic zeal appropriate to a record that often delves into the things we place our faith in.
Right from their start in 1990—with their six million-selling SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER, a pivotal work that kick started an authentic style of rock and roll in America—The Black Crowes have been at odds with prevailing commercial trends. Their heady mix of '70s inflected rock, Funkadelic soul and heartfelt roots music jostled against the hair metal and high-gloss pop getting airplay at the start of that decade. While the sheer attitude and charm of "Hard To Handle" and "Twice As Hard" managed to make waves, the intervening years have seen the band steadily evolve an increasingly refined, singular sound that takes the best parts of hard rock, gospel, country, psychedelia and anything else it fancies into their hungry maw to create something several light years beyond the young men who recorded "She Talks To Angels."
Now, with WARPAINT, The Black Crowes are ready to tour the world, bringing their Freak N’ Roll to the devoted fans that have embraced them. As always, The Black Crowes continue to do things their own way.
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