WE'll SAY HI ON THE STREET
THEN WE'LL MOVE ALONG
I KNOW THIS WILL BE AWKWARD
BUT NOT FOR LONG
'CAUSE SOON
YOU'LL HAVE A NEW BOY
TO SING YOU SONGS
Three Snakes and One Charm
is the fourth
studio album
by American Rock band
It was released on
July 23, 1996,
and is their
final release on
American Recordings.
Background
During the
"Amorica or Bust"
tour of 1995,
many of the relationships
within
the Black Crowes
had soured,
including that of
brothers
Chris and Rich Robinson.
"We just fucking hated each other,"
Rich noted in the
September 1996 issue
of
Acoustic Guitar magazine.
"It's just a normal phase
bands go through.
There was a lot of
emotional baggage,
and everyone got on
each other's nerves.
We almost broke up
a few times,
but finally we all let go
and moved on."
Chris echoed his
brother's sentiment
in the
March 1996 issue
of
Guitar World magazine.
"Everyone goes through changes,"
he stated.
"The trick is trying to
remember that
and keep it together,
and having respect
for everyone and not
judging people
because you're all
goin' through changes.
Perseverance is the thing.
You have to get
your ego in place."
With this new attitude in place,
the band began planning
what would be their
fourth studio album.
Their previous album
, 1994's Amorica,
was very much a
studio recording,
with a great deal
of overdubs
and other
musical flourishes.
This was a
distinct change
from the band's
sophomore effort,
1992's
The Southern Harmony
and Musical Companion,
which was recorded
in eight days
with little to
no overdubs.
A great deal
of this was
attributed to
producer
Jack Joseph Puig,
who manned the board
for Amorica.
"The eight day album
was coming off of
15 months of touring
and we were
still just flying,"
then-bassist
Johnny Colt
told RockNet in 1995.
"This time we
took some time off
beforehand and tried
to slow down...
We consciously tried
to take more time.
I'm not even saying
we really needed it,
but we wanted to try it.
We have worked ourselves
into a position to
afford to spend a little bit
more time and try
to make a different step."
Chris Robinson recalled
the Amorica process:
"It was hard to make
because we were depressed
and in an angry,
confused place.
Most of it was personal shit."
Rather than make another
studio record like
Amorica,
the band opted for a
different approach
in the latter month
s of 1995.
"Chris suggested that rather
than book a hotel
for six months,
it'd be cooler if we
rented a house
for everyone to stay in,"
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