Black Crowes’ guitarist Rich Robinson has announced that the band has broken up, apparently due to an ultimatum set down by Rich’s brother, frontman Chris Robinson.
“I love my brother and respect his talent,” Rich said in a statement, “but his present demand that I must give up my equal share of the band and that our drummer for 28 years and original partner, Steve Gorman, relinquish 100 percent of his share, reducing him to a salaried employee, is not something I could agree to.”
“I hold my time with the Black Crowes with the utmost respect and sincerest appreciation,” Robinson wrote. “It is a huge swath of my life’s body of work. I couldn’t be more proud of what we accomplished and deeply moved by the relationships people created and maintained with my music. That alone is the greatest honor of being a musician.”
“There are so many people who have helped and supported us along the way,” Robinson concluded in his statement. “I want to give a heartfelt thank you to all of our fans, our friends behind the scenes, and to everyone who was a part of the Black Crowes.”
Chris Robinson has yet to comment on the band’s apparent demise.
-Spencer