Here's the next episode of Chordplay with 'The Chords of The Black Crowes.'
Rich Robinson and The Black Crowes have been rockin' their brand of swampy blues-rock music since the last 1980s, and once I noticed Rich's unusual approach to guitar with a variety of open tunings, I became more interesting in tapping into his playing style and relearned several of their songs using his main "secret weapon" - Open-G tuning.

While Keith Richards and several other guitarists have explored Open-G and various other open tunings, Rich has always had a signature style and approach to working with these tunings, and it helps him create a plethora of unusual tonalities, chord textures, and progressions.

This lesson hits a number of great Crowes moments, including various selections and hits such as 'Remedy,' 'Cursed Diamond,' 'Soul Singing,' and much more, and will give those that are new to understanding/exploring open tunings a number of songs, riffs, and ideas to begin working with this common, yet commonly misunderstood tuning on the guitar.

As you work through this episode, you'll surely notice Rich's various influences and stylistic directions come into focus - including tons of classic rock, blues, soul, and R&B, not to mention their patented "slow-funk" blues-rock grooves and "raw-and-rootsy" chord progressions.

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