Shake Your Money Maker (Bonus Track Version)

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With singer Chris Robinson appearing to have eaten a box of Humble Pie records and a sound that channeled the Stones and the Faces circa Sticky Fingers and A Nod Is As Good As a Wink, the Black Crowes’ debut quickly found a home on rock radio. Shake Your Money Maker opened with the casually magisterial “Twice As Hard” and the loosely rolling “Jealous Again,” both of which established the group’s most effective voice. By the time the flying-too-close-to-the-ground ballad “She Talks to Angels” and a roaring cover of Otis Redding’s “Hard to Handle” hit, the Black Crowes were the certified rock stars their music suggested they’d been ready to be. This edition contains three bonus tracks, including an acoustic take of “Angels” and another louche, boisterous rocker, “Don’t Wake Me.”