THE HIDDEN ROOM: The Black Crowes : Shake Your Moneymaker (Deluxe Edition)

The Black Crowes : Shake Your Moneymaker (Deluxe Edition)

TAKE MY HAND

DON'T BE AFRAID

I'M GONNA PROVE

EVERY WORD I SAY

Shake Your Money Maker

also stylized as

The Black Crowes Present:

$hake Your Money Maker

is the

debut studio album

by American

rock band

the Black Crowes

released on

February 13, 1990,

Def American Recordings.

It is the only album

by the band

to feature guitarist

Jeff Cease.

The album is named after

a classic blues song

written by

Elmore James.

The Black Crowes

have played the

song live

many times

over the years,

but it is not included

on this album.

Shake Your Money Maker

peaked at No. 4

on the

Billboard 200,

and two of its singles,

"Hard to Handle"

and

"She Talks to Angels",

reached No. 1

on the

Mainstream Rock

Tracks chart.

"Jealous Again",

"Twice As Hard"

and

"Seeing Things"

were also

charting singles

in the United States.

Shake Your Money Maker

is the

Black Crowes'

best selling album,

having sold more than

5 million copies.

On January 8, 2021,

the Black Crowes

announced that a

30th Anniversary Edition

of the album

would be released on

February 26, 2021.

The new version

contains the original tracks

remastered in addition to

three previously

unreleased songs,

outtakes,

two demos

from the

Mr. Crowe's Garden era,

and a

live performance set

recorded in 1990

at Center Stage in Atlanta.

Previously unreleased track

"Charming Mess"

was released on

the same day

as the announcement.

Background and Production

Brothers

Chris and Rich Robinson

had formed

Mr. Crowe's Garden

in 1984.

In 1988

George Drakoulias

saw the band

at a show

they did in

New York City

and had

them signed to

Def American

the same year;

they changed

their name to

the Black Crowes

shortly after.

The recording sessions began

in the summer of 1989

in Atlanta and Los Angeles,

with Drakoulias

producing the album.

Some tracks

include retained songs

from the Mr. Crowe's Garden era

such as

"Could I've Been So Blind"

and

"She Talks to Angels",

whose riff had been written

years ago by

then-17 year old

Rich Robinson

with lyrics

written by Chris,

which were inspired by

a heroin-addicted girl

"kinda knew"

in Atlanta.

The band also chose to

record a cover version

Otis Redding's

"Hard to Handle",

which would prove to be

their breakthrough single.

Four music videos for

"Twice As Hard",

"Jealous Again",

"Hard to Handle"

and

"She Talks to Angels"

were filmed to

promote the band

and the album,

and

subsequently aired

on MTV.

TRACKLIST

CD 1

(Original Edition 1990)

Twice As Hard

Jealous Again

Sister Luck

Could I've Been So Blind

Seeing Things

Hard To Handle

Thick N' Thin

She Talks To Angels

Struttin' Blues

Stare It Cold

Don't Wake Me

She Talks To Angels

[Acoustic]

Live Too Fast Blues/

Mercy, Sweet Moan

CD 2

(Remastered Bonus Tracks)

Charming Mess

30 Days In The Hole

Jealous Guy

Mercy,Sweet Moan

Waitin' Guilty

Hard To Handle

(With Horns Remix)

Jealous Again

[Acoustic Version]

She Talks To Angels

[Acoustic Version]

Hard To Handle

(Remix)

She Talks To Angels

[Mr. Crowe's Garden Demo]

Front Porch Sermon

[Mr. Crowe's Garden Demo]

Feelin Alright

(Live)

Jealous Again

(The Howard Stern Show) [*]

She Talks to Angels

(The Howard Stern Show) [*]

CD 3

( Live In Atlanta, December 1990)