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Price $14.98
Starring:
Chris Robinson (VIII),
Rich Robinson (III),
Marc Ford,
Steve Gorman (II),
Ed Hawrysch,
Directed By:
Mark Lucas,
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 2006-03-21
Studio: Eagle Rock Ent
Format:
Color,
Dolby,
DTS Surround Sound,
DVD-Video,
Live,
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Customer Reviews for
The Black Crowes - Freak N Roll into the Fog
Magic at The Fillmore!
For anyone that has never had an opportunity to attend at show at the famed Fillmore this is chance to see the magic that is created there on a regular basis. This is a must own DVD for a Crowes fan. For rock and roll aficianados it's fantastic footprint from a great southern rock and blues band.
Though the Black Crowes change thier set lists in the manner of the Dead or Phish this Dvd contains a lot of songs that casual fans want to hear. My personal favorites from the disc include the briliant "Cursed Diamond" (validating Chris Robinsons place as "The first Slacker of Blues")and the Cover of "The Night They Drove Ol' Dixie Down" with African- American gospell singers singing the chourus(erie juxtaposition). The Crowes lineup is significant in the fact that it features 4 piece horn section, back up singers and the original band line up (the lead guitar and keyboard player have unfortunatly recently left the band).
The DVD extras include footage of Chris' now ex-wife Kate Hudson doing make up for the band and a sound check performance the Grateful Deads' "He's Gone" which was played in honor of Jerry Garcia's B-day 3 nights later. Last but not least ... the sound and visual quality of the DVD is Fantastic!If you love rock and blues you'll love this DVDThe Black Crowes - Freak N Roll into the Fog
5 Stars!
great show!! it's in widescreen format and has Dolby 2.0/5.1 surround and DTS 5.1 surround. great production and great quality. the only thing that i have against this dvd is when they cut to the backstage scenes during the performance. it only happens in 3 or 4 songs for a few seconds so don't let that stop you from getting this. one of the best concert dvds i have seen.The Black Crowes - Freak N Roll into the Fog
Welcome to the goodtimes... 2005, live at the Filmore
Couldn't resist, the 5th track on this live collection from the Fillmore in 2005 is "Welcome to the goodtimes" and that's exactly what the Black Crowes have delivered here. The band a in top form and deliver a 2 Hour + show with energy, passion and emotion.
The sound is crystal clear and mixed beautifully whist the video is excellent, whoever produced the video seemd to me to know exactly what to do, the right amount of time on the band / solo spots / the audience etc, brilliantly done.
Chris Robinson sings as well as I have ever heard, what a voice. The Live "At the Greek" back in 2000 with Jimmy Page was simply fantastic, well this new set is right up there.
For me the Black Crowes remind me of a mix of The Allman Brothers / Little Feat / Lynyrd Skynyrd with the swagger of early 70's Rolling Stones.
Together with Rich Robinson (gtr), Marc Ford (gtr), Steve Gorman (drums), Ed Hawrysch (Keys), Sven Pipien (Bass), Mona Lisa Young & Charity White (Backing Vocals) and the Left Coast Horns (David Ellis - Tenor Sax, Gavin Distasi - Trumpet, Joshi Marshall - Alto Sax and Marty Wehner - Trombone) the band are firing on all cylinders from the opening track "(Only) halfway to everywhere". "Sting Me", No Speak no slave", "Soul SInging", "Welcome to the goodtimes", "Jealous Again", Space Captain" and a jaw dropping 13 minute version of "My morning song" closes the opening set which just never let up and already had me thinking, wow, this is right up there with any live album I have ever heard... fantastic.
The second set starts of acoustically with "Sunday Night Buttermilk Waltz" (Rich and Marc on acoustic guitars only, no vocals), and an acoustic version of "Cursed Diamond" (same twin guitars with Chris on vocals). Slowly the intensity of the second set increases as Rich stays on acoutic and Marc goes to electric lead joined by drums, keys and drums for a emotionally charged version of "She talks to Angels". At this stage I'm thinking... wow, what a well thought out and paced setlist, and it just kept getting better. "Wiser Time", a full out extended jam on "Non Fiction", a briiliantly soulful and almost gospel like "Seeing Things". "Hard to handle" was next with a very cool extended improvised middle section. Jaw dropping moment number two for me was the next track "Let me share the ride" - crowd goes crazy, this just rocks, the set was a 10/10 before this, now it's gone thru the roof! "Mellow Down easy" , the classic "Remedy" and a great working of "The night they drove old Dixie down" finish things off in style.
I really enjoyed this CD (and DVD), if this sounds remotely like your sort of thing, go for it, it's a top notch effort and has joined my personal list of "Great Live albums" that I've enjoyed over the last 30 years.
- "How the West was won" from Led Zeppelin (1972)
- "Made in Japan" from Deep Purple (1972)
- "Yessongs" from Yes (1973)
- "Welcome back my friends" from ELP (1973)
- "Too late to stop now" from Van Morrison (1974)
- "On your feet or on your knees" from Blue Oyster Cult (1975)
- "Live in London" from Bruce Springsteen (1975)
- "One more from the Road" from Lynyrd Skynrd (1976)
- "Frampton comes alive" from Peter Frampton (1976)
- "Live Bullet" from Bob Seger (1976)
- "Seconds Out" from Genesis (1977)
- "A Live Record" from Camel (1978)
- "Bursting Out Live" from Jethro Tull (1978)
- "Two for the Show" from Kansas (1978)
- "Playing the fool" Gentle Giant (1978)
- "Waiting fro Columbus" from Little Feat (1978)
- "Strangers in the Night" from UFO (1979)
- "Live Rust" from Neil Young (1979).
- "Paris" from Supertramp (1980).
- "Exit...Stage left" from Rush (1981)
- "Under a blood red sky" from U2 (1983)
- "Stop making sense" from Talking Heads (1984)
- "Live in the city of Light" from Simple Minds (1986)
- "Live adventures of the Waterboys" from the Waterboys (1986)
- "Operation Livecrime" from Queensryche (1991)
- "Without a safety Net" from Big Country (1992)
- "Secret World Live" from Peter Gabriel (1994)
- "Together in Concert" from Tim Finn, Dave Dobbyn, Bic Runga (2000)
- "Lve at the Greek" from Black Crowes and Jimmy Page (2000)
- "Live Scenes from New York" from Dream Theater (2000)
- "Hullabaloo" from Muse (2002)
- "Out West" from Gomez (2005)
- "Freak 'n' Roll - into the fog" from Black Crowes (2006)
- "Okonokos" from My Morning Jacket (2006).
The Black Crowes - Freak N Roll into the Fog
Buy It
This DVD is certainly worth my 5 stars. Great production quality. Great music.The Black Crowes - Freak N Roll into the Fog
Pretty good for a band that's been rockin for this long....
The sound quality is a bit screwy at times, mostly in the vocals. I think he may be losing his voice a bit. The band does sound great though and it's pretty entertaining. I was hoping for a bit more of a controlled atmosphere, a little more intimate. But this will do.
I've like the Crowes since they came out almost 20 years ago. Pretty good southern rock type band.The Black Crowes - Freak N Roll into the Fog
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