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A review by twerkingtobeethoven
Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of the Black Crowes--A Memoir by Steve Gorman
4.0
Fun book. Steve seems to be a decent bloke, and I actually enjoyed the style, it's basically like this "So this is what happened that one time we were recording XYZ."
According to Gorman, the Robinson brothers were a bit dysfunctional from the very beginning, and the problems increased with the increasing fame (go figure), which turned them into utter twats with massive egos that lead to the demise of a very lucrative deal with Jimmy Page and, eventually, to the end of the band itself(*). Also, the consumption of alcohol and all sorts of...er...chemicals didn't make things any easier, HA! Of course, as you'd expect, the turmoil surrounding the Black Crowes is what makes "Hard to Handle" really interesting.
Needs to be said I'm not a die-hard fan of the band. I liked the first two records, all right, but wasn't particularly crazy about "Amorica" and "Three Snakes and One Charm". And I have honestly no clue what the following albums sound like.
Four stars.
(*) - The Black Crowes will be touring again in 2020, the only surviving members of the band being the Robinson brothers.
According to Gorman, the Robinson brothers were a bit dysfunctional from the very beginning, and the problems increased with the increasing fame (go figure), which turned them into utter twats with massive egos that lead to the demise of a very lucrative deal with Jimmy Page and, eventually, to the end of the band itself(*). Also, the consumption of alcohol and all sorts of...er...chemicals didn't make things any easier, HA! Of course, as you'd expect, the turmoil surrounding the Black Crowes is what makes "Hard to Handle" really interesting.
Needs to be said I'm not a die-hard fan of the band. I liked the first two records, all right, but wasn't particularly crazy about "Amorica" and "Three Snakes and One Charm". And I have honestly no clue what the following albums sound like.
Four stars.
(*) - The Black Crowes will be touring again in 2020, the only surviving members of the band being the Robinson brothers.