Posted by joop (208.54.39.175) on January 23, 2015 at 19:51:29:
In Reply to: Chris responds.... posted by mtsaviour on January 23, 2015 at 15:13:29:
So songwriting? That was about as vague of an answer and p.c....
I took that to mean, since I'm left guessing, he would have done the 2015 tour but since they would be playing all of his written music, he would only do it if he received all the compensation...since apparently... Rich and Steve refused to write a song?
: (hennemusic) http://www.hennemusic.com/2015/01/black-crowes-singer-chris-robinson.html
: Singer Chris Robinson has offered his first comments on the breakup of The Black Crowes and explained that the split was a result of the band's lack of songwriting.
: "It came from songwriting," he tells the Broward/Palm Beach New Times.
: "The Black Crowes don't write songs anymore. They don't think of the present or the future. I like making albums and playing concerts. I was sitting on two EPs' worth of written songs."
: Growing impatient, the singer revived the Chris Robinson Brotherhood - originally launched during the Crowe's 2010 hiatus - and released its third album, "Phosphorescent Harvest", last year.
: "The Black Crowes were a rebellion," explains the singer. "This is a pragmatic reaction to how I feel. The only revolutionary thing we're doing is staying out of the music business. There's Olive Gardens and Red Lobsters in music. We just don't eat there. We're grassroots."
: Chris' comments follow a statement issued by brother/guitarist Rich on January 15 announcing the end of the Crowes. "It is with great disappointment and regret that after having the privilege of writing and performing the music of The Black Crowes over the last 24 years, I find myself in the position of saying that the band has broken up," said Rich. "I hold my time with the Black Crowes with the utmost respect and sincerest appreciation. It is a huge swath of my life's body of work."