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T he guitarist is the new frontman. Enter
Rich Robinson. This good old Georgia boy
has been churning out tunes as one-half
of the psychedelic recipe that is the Black
Crowes for the last two decades and can boast
a dedicated following that rivals that of the
Dead, Dave Matthews or any band you can
think of whbse fans will travel far and wide
to stand in line in the pouring rain just to
see and hear the live version of their favorite
songs. Well, it's time to get in line because
Rich Robinson is on tour promoting his second
solo effort, Through a Crooked Sun, stopping
in Athens just a month after his brother Chris
came through with his own solo project.
Rich may be the soft-spoken guitarist
(stage right, sometimes stage left), who doses
the Black Crowes' fans with funkadelic, blues-
infused riffs and transcendental melodies,
but his solo music speaks for itself. While his
brother does the chicken dance behind the
mic, Rich is laying it down, nice and easy;
although this time around will definitely
arouse some soul singin' from Rich himself.
He recounts what's come and gone in life
with a solitary call and response on Through
a Crooked Suns leading track, "Gone Away."
It's a good start for this young Rock and Roll
Hall of Earner, who professes life's digressions
without hesitation, but it only gets better
from there. It's evident that songs like “Lost
and Found" and "Standing on the Surface of
the Sun" have erupted from his core. After
years of touring and much publicized tumultu
ous personal relationships, this Robinson has
found his voice.
"Paper was my first solo record, and a lot
of those songs I had written for someone
[else] to sing. I really liked them, and it was
definitely more riff-oriented, bigger kind of
rock stuff, especially coming off of Lions. It
was really just a big experiment. I learned
a tremendous amount, and because of that
record I was able to make this record. I under
stood more about it lyrically, musically and
what suited my voice—not trying to be some
thing I wasn't."
"I Don't Hear the Sound of You" is like a
Neil Young rhapsody flashback, notwithstand
ing the liquid romanticism of Rich's much
improved voice and optimism. The first half of
the song leaves behind a lot of the riffs and
elaborate guitar sequences that most Crowes
fans have come to expect and embrace, only
to lead you into an ethereal, take-me-away
quality just right for floating above the floor
into your own thoughts.
"Having people coming to the shows now
that they've heard Crooked Sun—they know
the lyrics and are really getting into it, and
that stuff I really appreciate. [In] the whole
Northeast we had a lot of peo; ’e who trav
eled with us from show to show, and there's
nothing better than that. You see people that
you've seen for years, and it just makes you
feel good. You know it's a gift to kind of share
that experience with all of them. The show is 1
as much about those guys as it is about me or
the band."
Rich has logged some major miles on the
road over the last five or six years, playing
night after sold-out night to some pretty
intense and dedicated fans across the country
and across the pond. Rock and roll stereotypes
are at odds, however, with Rich Robinson.
There's talent but no ego.
If you're a Crowes fen, inevitably there's a
void. Crooked Sun fills the space in between so
beautifully you might feel like you're not miss
ing a thing.
Theresa L. Picciotti
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WHO: Rich Robinson, Dylan LeBlanc
WHERE: Georgia Theatre
WHEN: Saturday, Oct 29,9 p.m.
HOW MUCH: $12 (adv.). $15 (door)
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