The Black Crowes: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

March 23, 2020 | Josh Rogosin -- The second Chris Robinson swaggered through the door, he was cracking jokes. “Life is full of disappointments,“ he lamented. “I thought the desk would be smaller!“ That didn’t deter him or his brother Rich from belting out the hits from The Black Crowes’ platinum album, Shake Your Money Maker. It’s somehow been 30 years since the singles “Jealous Again“ and “Hard To Handle“ (their Otis Redding cover) received constant radio play, and the brothers have reunited for the 30th anniversary of that debut album. In the early 1990s, I was taping songs off my bedroom stereo’s FM tuner to learn Rich Robinson’s iconic guitar lines. I was thrilled when the newly reunited Brothers Of A Feather decided to open their Tiny Desk concert with “She Talks To Angels.“ What I didn’t expect was how great it would sound three decades on, stripped down to just voice and acoustic guitar. As soon as I heard the first lick, I was transported to my childhood bedroom. If you close your eyes, you can imag