As The Crow Flies – May 6th – Ogden Theatre

Photos by Tim Dwenger

When Chris Robinson and his new project, As The Crow Flies, landed at The Ogden in Denver last weekend, the scene was abuzz with speculation about how the music would compare to The Black Crowes.  Sure, the brothers are on the outs, but Chris’s voice was one of the main anchors of the Crowes sound and the cast of players around them was often in flux anyway.  For this project Chris enlisted the talents of three former Crowes in guitarist Audley Freed, bassist Andy Hess and keyboardist Adam MacDougal alongside the up-and-coming guitar-slinger Marcus King and former Levon Helm Band drummer Tony Leone.  The Crowes trademark two guitar attack was very present as the six piece ran through favorites like “Remedy,” “Wiser Time,” She Talks To Angels,” “Jealous Again,” and more.  It was a night for Crowes fans to relive the glory days, that’s for sure, but in my mind it just wasn’t the same without Rich’s stoic presence and unmistakable tone.

As The Crow Flies – May 6th, 2018 – The Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
Setlist: Remedy, Sting Me, Hotel Illness, (Only) Halfway to Everywhere, By Your Side, Seeing Things, High Head Blues, Good Friday, Almost Cut My Hair (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young cover), Wiser Time, She Talks to Angels, Thorn in My Pride, Jealous Again, Hard to Handle (Otis Redding cover), Hush (Joe South cover)

Encore: Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo (Johnny Winter cover)