Rich Robinson made his debut in the rock word in 1990, serving as the guitarist and co-songwriter for The Black Crowes. Formed in Georgia by Rich and his brother Chris, the band would inject a fresh sense of straightforward, infectious rock into a scene otherwise dominate by big hair, over-the-top music videos and somewhat vacuous songwriting. The Black Crowes shot into success right from the beginning and maintained it through 2001, when the band opted to take a hiatus due to tensions within the band.

After forming a new band (Hookah Brown) and touring with it briefly, Robinson opted to launch a solo career in late 2003. His first album, Paper, would appear shortly thereafter and gained much critical praise for its songwriting and sound. The record was filled with Rich’s trademark riffs and demonstrated that he could do just fine outside of the Black Crowes bubble. Rich toured extensively in support of the album throughout 2004, but opted to return to The Black Crowes for a reunion in mid-2005.

Robinson would continue his solo career when The Black Crowes took breaks from recording and the road through 2015, when they officially disbanded permanently. Robinson would reunite with his former Black Crowes bandmate Marc Ford and several other familiar faces for The Magpie Salute, a band celebrating their collective pasts and joint future, in early 2017 and remains his current project.

Included here are some of his early solo performances, ones that are essential to his evolution as a solo artist in many different ways. Some of the shows presented here are not of the utmost sound quality, but they reveal a great deal in regards to Rich as a songwriter and performer.

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