While there’s little love between brothers Rich and Chris Robinson, there’s no shortage of adulation for their former band The Black Crowes. So when Rich announced a new project last year, with former Black Crowes members guitarist/vocalist Marc Ford, keyboardist Eddie Harsch and bassist Sven Pipien, fans rejoiced. Only a few weeks after the band announced themselves as The Magpie Salute, Harsch passed away.
Playing off the “crow” theme, the BC members recruited Rich Robinson Band members Joe Magistro and Matt Slocum, and backing vocalists Adrien Reju and Katrine Ottosen to complete the lineup.
The band played four shows at The Gramercy Theatre in New York City in January 2017, but Robinson plans to take Magpie Salute for a proper U.S. tour. “We’re going to be changing set lists every night,” he tells Rolling Stone. “We’re learning about 100 songs to start with. There’ll be a lot of Crowes material, a lot of solo material, different covers, maybe new songs. It’s just something that’s going to keep growing and changing as we move along.” You can read the full interview about this exciting new band here.
Check out their first studio recording below. The 10-track, self-titled debut album is expected to drop on June 9th.
[via Rolling Stone]
[photo by Marc Millman]