The Black Crowes release new album today

In-stores nationwide today, THE BLACK CROWES release Before The Frost... Until The Freeze on Silver Arrow/Megaforce. The band is also scheduled to be the musical guest on the Late Show with David Letterman on September 1, 2009 to celebrate the release and perform selected tracks from the collection.

Before The Frost… features eleven new and previously unreleased Black Crowes songs recorded live over a series of five nights, in front of a fans-only audience, at Levon Helm Studios in Woodstock, NY. The second album, titled …Until The Freeze, is a free, download only, CD – accessible through a unique download code included in Before The Frost… – and included specifically as a “thank you” to fans for two decades of continued support. The free bonus CD …Until The Freeze is a nine-song collection featuring eight new original Black Crowes songs plus a cover version of the Stephen Stills classic So Many Times.

Before the Frost... and its corresponding free album …Until The Freeze are studio albums of all new material performed and recorded in front of an intimate audience of the band’s fans. Credit for the creative concept of the recording and release of Before the Frost... Until The Freeze belongs to bandleader and founding member, Chris Robinson.Critical acclaim and popular success has seen THE BLACK CROWES sell over 20 million albums worldwide.

As they approach the 20th Anniversary of the release of Shake Your Money Maker -- widely held as one of rock’s most influential records – THE BLACK CROWES are time and again hailed as one of Rock and Roll’s best. The bands’ 2008 studio album, Warpaint debuted at # 5 in Billboard’s Top 200 Album chart, # 2 on the Indie Chart and # 1 on the Internet Chart.

THE BLACK CROWES are:
Chris Robinson (vocals),
Rich Robinson (guitar, vocals),
Steve Gorman (drums),
Sven Pipien (bass),
Adam MacDougall (keyboards)
and Luther Dickinson (guitar).

Before The Frost… (CD Track Listing)
Good Morning Captain
Been A Long Time (Waiting On Love)
Appaloosa
A Train Still Makes A Lonely Sound
I Ain’t Hiding
Kept My Soul
What Is Home
Houston Don’t Dream About Me
Make Glad
And The Band Played On
Last Place That Love Lives

…Until The Freeze (Free Download Album Track Listing)
Aimless Peacock
Shady Grove
Garden Gate
Greenhorn
Shine Along
Roll Old Jeremiah
Lady Of Avenue A
So Many Times
Fork In The River
Before the Frost

…Until The Freeze was produced by Paul Stacey and will be released through The Black Crowes label, Silver Arrow Records and Megaforce Records.

For more information, go to www.blackcrowes.com.