He continued: "For whatever reason feelings are hurt that he needs to make up things - he wouldn't know if they were true or untrue because he wouldn't have been privy to that kind of stuff. And then there's the band and management. And in that case, there was me and Rich and Jimmy. "One thing that I think is funny about Steve Gorman is that he's invented a persona that he was involved in any of the decisions, or that Jimmy Page would've talked to Steve about ," Chris said. Page had offered to write songs with the Robinson brothers for the next Black Crowes album, Gorman claims, but Rich declined the offer, saying the duo didn't "need more songs." Page was so insulted that he went home.Īsked about that period in a recent conversation with Rolling Stone Music Now, Rich repeated that the only reason the Black Crowes and Page didn't continue working together was because "Jimmy hurt his back."Ĭhris defended his younger brother and turned the screws on Gorman, who was excluded from the revamped version of the band that's set to go on tour to celebrate Shake Your Money Maker. But drummer Steve Gorman wrote in his 2019 memoir, Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of The Black Crowes, that Page departed over a creative dispute with the brothers Chris and Rich Robinson. The Crowes recorded a live album with Page and embarked on a 50-date tour with him, only to have the rock icon drop out under long-disputed circumstances after just 11 shows.Īt the time, it was said that Page was battling severe back issues.
One of the biggest turning points of The Black Crowes' career since their hit debut album was the band's 2000 collaboration with Jimmy Page.