Ex-Black Crowes Members Announce New Music Project, The Magpie Salute

Courtesy of The Magpie SaluteBirds of a feather apparently keep flocking together, as founding Black Crowes guitarist Rich Robinson has announced that he’s teaming up with several members of his old band in a new group called The Magpie Salute.

The new collective features ex-Crowes guitarist Marc Ford, keyboardist Eddie Harsch and bassist Sven Pipien, as well as a couple of members of Robinson’s solo band — drummer Joe Magistro and keyboardist Matt Slocum — and backing singers Adrien Reju and Katrine Ottosen.

The Magpie Salute’s first concert is scheduled to take place January 19 at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City. The band plans to play various Black Crowes songs, some of Robinson’s and Ford’s solo material and, according to Rich, plus “whatever else may materialize.” Tickets for the show go on sale to the general public on Friday, October 21, while pre-sale tickets will be available this Wednesday, October 19, via LiveNation.com.

Robinson says the idea for the new band came about after he invited Ford and Harsch to perform with his solo group, with whom Pipien has been playing, at a show this past August in Woodstock, New York.

“It turned out to be such a cool, cathartic and inspirational experience for us all,” Rich explains. “We all have such a strong musical connection from that band. Most importantly we all have a life’s worth of family experience together.”

Robinson says he’s particularly looking forward to playing again with Ford, who left The Black Crowes back in 1997.

“I personally feel that Marc and I have a very deep musical connection,” Rich notes. “The way he and I played together on those records really showcases that musical bond.”

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