The Black Crowes kicked off a two-night stand at the iconic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville last night and brought out a special guest with them. Saturday’s show was an all-electric rocker as opposed to tonight’s gig which is the Crowes’ only announced all-acoustic performance. Ironically, tonight’s show is billed as “with Special Guests,” but that didn’t stop the band from welcoming legendary guitarist Peter Frampton out to jam with them on a four-song string towards the end of their set.
[Image via Muzikfreak70]
Frampton first sat in with The Black Crowes on a cover of Medicated Goo by Traffic. While there was no talk box to be found, Frampton did duel with Rich Robinson on Thorn In My Pride and helped out on the Before The Frost…Until The Freeze track Appaloosa. The finale of the Peter Frampton/Black Crowes summit was the Crowes’ debut of Natural Born Bugie from Peter’s time with Humble Pie. Natural Born Bugie was Humble Pie’s debut single when it was released in 1969.
Set: Jealous Again, Thick N Thin, Hotel Illness, My Morning Song > Stare It Cold > My Morning Song, Ballad In Urgency, Wiser Time, She Talks To Angels, Medicated Goo*, Thorn In My Pride*, Appaloosa*, Natural Born Boogie*, Remedy, Hard To Handle / Hush
Encore: Descending > Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Happy
* – w/ Peter Frampton
Crowes fans were in for an additional treat in the encore. After running through the Descending > Jumpin’ Jack Flash segment they debuted last week in Chicago, The Black Crowes dusted off their version of Happy by The Rolling Stones.
We came across a few fan-shot clips of Peter Frampton sitting in with The Black Crowes…
Here’s Frampton teaming up with the Crowes to cover Medicated Goo…
The video is terrible on this vid of Medicated Goo and Thorn In My Pride, but the audio’s decent…
Watch Rich Robinson and Peter Frampton duel during Thorn in My Pride…
