Jack Singer Concert Hall (Ecpa)

205 8th Avenue SE

Calgary

July 18, 2008, Friday 7:30 PM
Doors at 6:30 PM / Show at 7:30 PM

Buy Tickets online: CA $49.50 - CA $69.50

THE BLACK CROWES

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The Black Crowes are an American, blues-oriented hard rock jam band that has sold over 20 million albums. They were hailed by Melody Maker as "The Most Rock 'n' Roll Rock 'n' Roll Band in the World". In 1990, the readers of Rolling Stone named it the 'Best New American Band'. The band has toured with acts such as Aerosmith, Jimmy Page, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Who, AC/DC, The Grateful Dead, and Neil Young. The Crowes - as fans refer to them - are listed at #92 on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock".

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.

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 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."

The band took a break starting in late 2001. which turned out to be a four-year-hiatus. Then, on January 11, 2005, THE BLACK CROWES announced their highly anticipated and long-awaited return to the live concert stage with five special shows at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom (March 22-30, 2005). All five concerts—billed by brothers CHRIS and RICH ROBINSON as ‘’ALL JOIN HANDS”--sold out instantly, marking the fastest New York sell-out that THE BLACK CROWES have experienced to date. To meet the absolutely overwhelming fan demand, two more shows were added at Hammerstein. And those sold out. Total tickets sold in New York City: 22,000. Clearly, THE BLACK CROWES were back.

Since then, the touring dynamos have explored their extensive catalog on main stages from Bonnaroo to the Voodoo Music Experience to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, celebrating nearly two decades of "Cosmic Rock-n-Roll" in front of sold-out audiences everywhere. THE BLACK CROWES are one of the few acts to emerge in the early '90s still thriving today. And fewer still can claim to have shared the stage with Jimmy Page, AC/DC, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Aerosmith, The Rolling Stones, Neil Young and The Who. Like these legends, THE BLACK CROWES create music that endures because it speaks to more than momentary concerns.

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. More about The Black Crowes...