Three Snakes And One Charm Cary NC

Three Snakes And One Charm

The Black Crowes

American Records, 1996

REVIEW BY: Christopher Thelen

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: 03/14/1997

The Black Crowes are a band that's best left doing what comesnaturally to them.

On their debut album, Shake Your Moneymaker, one hears a band that is trying tobreak into the mainstream. They did with hits like "Hard To Handle"and "Twice As Hard," leaving the band with great success - maybetoo much at one time.

Their next work, The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion, sounded like aband trying to deal with the sudden wave of success, and theyweren't handling it well. The album, in turn, suffered.

Their third effort, Amorica, showed off a band desperately trying to regain alost audience through more experimental works. This was their worsteffort yet, and led many people to write off the Crowes as a flukesuccess.