Chris and Rich Robinson were schoolchildren in 1972, growing up in the suburbs of Atlanta and still years away from their global success as the Black Crowes. Yet, that period would leave a profound impact on their musicianship, songwriting and overall attitude toward their work.
Like many artists of their generation, the Robinsons fell in love with the legends of the '60s and '70s: As kids, their dad would frequently play records by Bob Dylan, Sly Stone, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, the Who and Joe Cocker, among others. As the years went on, and they began growing into their own identities, Chris and Rich kept following the trail, listening to albums by the likes of Prince, the Clash, Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys and more, somehow arriving back where they had started – in Georgia, with R.E.M.
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