The Black Crowes ~ 12.9.98 ~ Canes Bar and Grill, San Diego, CA.


The Black Crowes are:
Chris Robison ~ Lead Vocals, Harmonica
Audley Freed ~ Lead Guitar
Rich Robinson ~ Rhythm Guitar, Backup Vocals
Sven Pipien ~ Bass Guitar, Backup Vocals
Eddie Hawrysch ~ Keyboards 
Steve Gorman ~ Percussion


Setlist: 

     Remedy 
     Sting Me
     Kickin My Heart Around
     Gone 
     Hotel Illness
     Heavy 
     Ballad > Wiser 
     My Morning Song
     Sometimes Salvation
     Shake Your Money Maker
     By Your Side
     Jealous Again
     No Speak No Slave
     - encore -
     She Talks to Angels
     Hard To Handle
     Twice as Hard

~ 1:45 total time.

	This was a really really great show! The Black Crowes rocked the whole place and 
it was probably the best show I’ve been to!  I got to be in the first row so I got a good 
view of the stage.  They took quite a while to set up the stage, and before they came up 
one of the crew members lit incense and put it near the stage.  The length of the show was 
just perfect, because any longer and it would have seemed like it was kind of dragging a 
bit.
The backup singers did a good job, and Chris was in fine form, his voice was really 
great and he seemed to be in a good mood.  His harmonica solo in Kickin’ was really 
amazing! too! Rich’s guitar was really great, and Audley’s was impressive. I like him a lot, 
since he adds new and interesting riffs to some of the songs.  He’s got down all the solos 
and he was just excellent! Sven was really into the show and he did a great job playing, he 
went all over the fretboard and you could hear his bass throughout the show.  Sven and 
Rich sang backup vocals along with the backup singers.  There weren’t any mistakes that I 
heard, except for maybe a couple and the show went really smoothly since they had the 
transitions between songs down!  Ed wasn’t as audible as I had hoped, but he did a great 
job and you could tell when he had those keyboard solos.  Steve’s drumming was great, 
and he kept up high energy throughout the show.
The only negative part of the show was when RICH actually stopped the band 
during Wiser Time when some idiot was throwing things at the band.  Chris threatened to 
cut the show short if they did it again.
	The sound was really good, except for the keyboardist, who should have been 
turned up a little.  Audley used a variety of guitars, fender, and gibson LP.  Rich had some 
really cool looking custom guitars, and he changed guitars after almost each song.  Rich 
and Audley both played some good slide guitar, Rich used a steel slide and Audley used 
glass.  Sven played with Mesa Boogie bass amp, and Rich used a Marshall amp, Audley 
played on a brand that I didn’t recognize.  The lighting was ok, but I’ve seen much better, 
but I guess you can’t expect much at a small club like this.   The crowd seemed really into 
the show, probably because it was a really great hard rocking show!
	The band wore rather normal looking clothes, nothing unusual for them.  Chris 
didn’t have a hat like I had seen in pictures of other shows.  He did wear a really nice 
necklace with a silver crowe head on the end.  He had a lot of energy and danced around 
the stage during the whole show.
	All the songs were good, but my favorites were Gone , Wiser Time and My 
Morning Song.  They had a lot of extended jams and transitions during the show, but the 
best was during my morning song, when they busted out the Whole Lotta Love riff!  It 
was amazing.. if you closed your eyes, it would seem like you’re in another world!  The new
songs were awesome!!  Kickin' was great, even better live than studio, and Heavy is really
good with a great riff, but my favorite song is By Your Side.  The lyrics and feeling of that
one really got to me, because I can relate to that song.  Judging from these, the new album 
is going to be really good even though its different.  I think that the Crowes are getting
better with time and a little change once in a while is good for them.
	Well, this proved that the Black Crowes are better than ever and the new members 
are really good!  It was probably the best show that I’ve been to.  I hope that everyone 
else gets a chance to see them on this tour, otherwise we’ll see them again on the World 
Tour!
			~ Ravi  

Crowes' Nest - http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi/crowesnest.html