"Hard To Handle" by The Black Crowes from the album Shake Your Money Maker released in 1990 - now in HD #TheBlackCrowes #HardToHandle #Remastered vevo.ly/O3L6Pj
We used to buy one album between the four of us, record it in tapes for each one and toss a coin to decide who'd keep the original (the winner wouldn't participate in the next album's coin toss). We were poor 😂
Seeing them LIVE in 5 hours. Sydney, Australia. 14/11/22. EDIT: Its the next day. My son and I got to the venue 2hrs early and staked our place at the front row. At the end of the show Rich flicked his pick into the crowd and my boy shot his hand up and caught it clean. As we left the venue we noticed the tiny laneway at the back of the venue and tried our luck walking down there to see what we could see. There were only about 5 other people there waiting for the band to come out. When Chris came out (about an hour later) he walked up to us and hung out for about 10min chatting with us. Glass of wine in hand and wearing a paisley shirt. He was so down to earth and chilled out it blew my mind. He recognized the Black Crowes Tshirt I was wearing from the '92 concert and shook my hand. Got a great photo of the 3 of us. Chris...If you're reading this you made my year, mate.
@@1982Dawg Rich rarely played solos. Marc Ford was THE man for those. Just finished Steve Gorman's bio Too Hard to Handle. He says it was Brenden O'Brien (their engineer on SYMM) who played that particular solo.
Back in 2008, me and 2 friends of mine founded a rock band. We named it Hard to Handle, because it was the first song we played together. Best memories of my life, this song still kicks asses
You need to show some R-E-S-P-E-C-T like Chris Robinson does. "Speaking with Howard Stern in 2019, singer Chris Robinson called Redding “the greatest R&B/soul singer that ever was. The cool thing about ‘Hard to Handle’ at the time was that it was a B-side. So it wasn’t like I was singing ‘These Arms of Mine’ or something.” "Robinson mentions how playing the song solidifies the two artists’ southern connection and remains reverent to the original, saying, “Every time I do it, every time I sing it, I always know Otis is the greatest. I always know I’ll never do it as great. But I don’t think we attempted to re-do it.” "Redding’s original recording became a jigsaw puzzle for other bands to put together regarding the song’s riff and arrangement, so The Black Crowes simply polished it up, retained its wild edge, and put it on tape. The result would catapult the band into superstardom, reaching number one on on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart and number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, a notable improvement on the performance of their first single from Shake Your Money Maker, ‘Jealous Again’. The cover would become permanently associated with The Black Crowes, and the band continued to perform it throughout their career."
Only these guys could do an Otis Redding classic justice. Fell in love with it the moment it came out as a kid and will always love it. Brings back a ton of awesome memories of summers in the South with my older sister who was in the Grunge scene looking like a combo of Kurt Kobain and Garth Algar. Oh, good, good times!
Happy Birthday Rich Robinson born on May 24, 1969. He is an American musician and founding member of the rock and roll band the Black Crowes. Along with older brother Chris Robinson, Rich formed the band in 1984 (originally called Mr. Crowes Garden) while the two were attending Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia. At age 15, Rich wrote the music for "She Talks to Angels", which became one of the band's biggest hits. - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Robinson
30 years on, have heard this song countless time and remember when it came out, and only NOW realize this is a cover, as well as i misheard several of the words. lol
Con ganas de veros en Barcelona desde diciembrte del 92 que no os veooooo. fué en Zeleste estreno de vuestro segundo LP The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion😉
When I was a kid my dad would listen to this so loud as he worked out. I never understood the lyrics, but loved it anyways. Many many years later when I got my first flip phone with internet, I was able to google the lyrics, I was so wrong with what I thought it was, but so amazed. Love this song.
I did see them when I worked for Bill Graham Presents at the Cal Expo Amphitheater. two of them were playing Frisbee and a 3rd one was riding a mountain bike around the field right by us, I did not know who they were till they did the sound check and played Hard To Handle, I picked up the CD right away after that great show!!! I would love to see them again!!!
These cats jammin'! Great cover of the Big O at his greatest. Remember first seeing this on MTV back in the day and thinking, "just goes to show you, music is universal, not just of one style, race, or genre, but it all fits neatly onto the keys of life". The same song can stir and be just as relative on the South side of Chicago, as in a hundred thousand seat arena rock concert! They did for Otis what he did for the Stones over fifty years ago with Satisfaction. Introduced it in their own way, and gained a greater sense of appreciation for the original, while spanning across typecast and narrow minded labels. Guns N Basses Forever! 🔫🎸
I'm a die-hard Otis Redding fan since over 50 years ago but never paid attention to this song until shy yet thunderous 13 year-old Courtney Hadwin in her 2018 AGT audition gave it a whole new meaning for me.
He’s throwing a in a little bit more of that minor scale into that pentatonic I believe. That lick starts on 14 fret of the B string. Then again knowing where the spots are is one thing, but choking it like he does and playing it like he can is another.
One of my favorite songs. It still rocks just as hard as when it first dropped 💯❤️ I loved this guys.. From early 90's until now, 2020..!! Long live to R&R
I saw these guys in Sydney Aus back in the 90's and they were absolutely awesome My neighbours are getting a Black Crowes music appreciation lesson tonight.....if they don't like it , it will be louder and go for longer tomorrow
I can't help but think that Primal Scream were listening to this song when they wrote the equally awesome "Jailbird" for their 1994 album "Give Up But Don't Give Out". This is a great slice of southern rock with a load of old school soul. I'm sure that Otis Redding would have been impressed if he was still alive to hear this cover. GBY, Chris and co. 🙂
One thing's for sure, Chris had a gorgeous head of hair!!! I think they were underrated and never knew why. They were as good as anyone else at the time!
Cheers to the Robinson Brother's and one of the Greatest Rock-N-Roll Bands of All Time! I love thisss Minha banda preferida de Southern rock. This song was randomly in my head and it took awhile to find it.
I seen these guys with the Grateful Dead in 1995 in Tampa FL. It was one of the last concerts for Jerry Garcia. Great concert! I really miss Jerry still.
I remember hearing HTH at a time when the newbies had just about ended funky rock. It changed my life and the positive energy flow gave me new life that the music vampires had almost drained out of the lifeblood happy music from the heart!
That song came on the radio yesterday while working in my shop. My little granddaughter was there and I started dancing to it. She of course started laughing at me. Good times.
Occasionally I get to sing this in cover bands- I can wait to get to that beginning of the third verse: "Baaaaby, here I am!" What a freaking great tune by a great band.. Redding must love this version.
Fantastic song; always a banger no matter how many times you hear it. Chris sings it with such conviction ooof, I believe him,,,sexy,,,♥️,,,love his cowboy hat
Well then! I put this on and my 2 year old granddaughter stopped what she was doing and got up to dance! Immediate fan! Saw you guys with Jimmy Page several years ago!! Talk about AWESOME!
