From 1989 to 1990 Rock on Mainstream radio was dying… Boy Bands and sugary pop was taking over… History says that Nirvana came in and saved it… But the truth is that Chris Robinson, who I am interviewing next, and his band The Black Crowes revitalized rock a full 2 years before Nirvana or Pearl Jam. They did it with a B-Side Cover song from the 60s… Hard to Handle was originally sung by Otis Redding. The Crowes hardened it up and the song and their album Shake Your Money Maker reignited rock and roll…AND BLEW AWAY THE WANNABEES setting the stage for grunge ... THE STORY IS NEXT on Professor of Rock.

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It's time for another edition of our series Revelation where featured artists reveal rare stories about their biggest songs, along with fascinating insight about their careers… Ya know, many times, a certain band will come onto the scene and the timing couldn’t be more perfect. Radio has gotten stale and predictable and everything starts to sound the same and then maybe in your personal life you yourself are going through some changes and that certain band or artist comes at the exact right time and it changes everything. That’s how it was the first time I heard the Black Crowes. it was during a time of great awkwardness in my life. I was a 13-year-old outcast about to start high school and still trying to figure out who I was and where I fit in.

But also, when the Black Crowes released Shake Your Money Maker mainstream music was in a strange place.

Radio in general. The charts were dominated by New Kids On the Block and Vanilla Ice Milli Vanili hadn’t been outed yet and was still doing big business even winning a Grammy even thought they were professional lip synchers overproduced dance music ruled the day and with the 80s ending the 90s was having an identity crisis, as it was still stuck in the 80s but not the good 80s, the bad 80s, it was a strange time for sure, Enter the brothers Robinson.

Chris and Rich, the Black Crowes Shake Your MoneyMaker was exactly what the doctor ordered. A baptism of rock and roll courtesy of the South.

Chris Robinson's voice cut through the doldrums and Rich Robinson’s guitar brought back the feeling of rock and soul and this album renergized music a full year and a half before Nirvana was thought of. It’s the truth that music history seems to skip over.

The album and especially the first single are bonified soul galvanizing and energy enriching. A rock album filled to the brim with rocket fuel. that revived rock and continued to preach its promise in a real and transformational way. Something we could frankly use right now.

The Black Crowes Present: $hake Your Money Maker was released on February 13, 1990, on Def American Recordings. The album was actually named after the classic blues song written by Elmore James and even though the band has covered the song many times it’s not on the album.

Brothers Chris and Rich Robinson had formed Mr. Crowe's