The Brothers Robinson have always been contentious, unpredictable, and wildly creative. Since their 1990 debut, the Black Crowes have had numerous hits from their 13 releases, and in 2000, released a greatest-hits compilation titled “Greatest Hits 1990-99, A Tribute to a Work In Progress.” An appropriate title, as the band has had more personnel changes than GM, has acted as Jimmy Page’s backup band for an international tour, and has broken up more times than The Who.

They’ve recorded complete albums (“Tall” and “Band”) only to be scrapped, and then released years later as “The Lost Crowes.” They’ve toured with another band of contentious brothers, Oasis, dubbed the “Tour of Brotherly Love,” which ended with the band going on an extended hiatus.

After toying with solo careers, the Robinsons reunited once again, this time bringing in Luther Dickinson, co-founder and guitarist for the North Mississippi Allstars, to round out their new lineup. The resulting album, 2008’s “Warpaint,” was a strong album of politically-charged tunes, and was followed by another warmly-received album in 2009 called “Before the Frost/Until The Freeze.” The band toured extensively that year to rave reviews, which brings us to the present and their new 2-CD release titled “Croweology.”

The album revisits classic material with an acoustic twist, and takes the material to a new and interesting level. Hits like “Jealous Again,” “Remedy,” “Soul Singing” and “She Talks to Angels” take on a new freshness and vitality with new arrangements and instrumentation. The packaging is pretty cool too, with a foldout cover that has a pop-up buried inside. But the real gem in this album is a cover of Gram Parsons’ classic “She,” where the band nails the emotion and power of the song and Chris Robinson belts it out with such feeling and tenderness that Gram would be proud. Sadly, the band announced shortly after the album was released that they would be going on yet another indefinite hiatus. Can’t we all just get along?!?

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