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Podcast: What the Riff Next Gen
Episode: 1990 - April: The Black Crowes ”Shake Your Money Maker”
Description: The Black Crowes got their start as “Mr. Crowe's Garden” when Chris and Rich Robinson formed the band while attending Walton High School in Marietta, Georgia. The name comes from the children's book “Johnny Crow's Garden” by Leonard Leslie Brooke. They changed their name after moving to New York City where they met producer George Drakoulias who introduced them to music like The Faces and Humble Pie, and signed them at Def American.
Their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, gets its name from an old Elmore James blues song, though that song does not appear on the album...