SOMETHING TO CROWE ABOUTCOUNT ON CHRIS ROBINSON AND COMPANY TO CARRY THE ROCK 'N' ROLL BANNER FOR AMORICA

No doubt the Crowes will continue to ignore current trends in music and fashion and be perceived as an arrogant, bitchy rock band. The band's latest video hasn't helped matters, what with Chris Robinson sporting black nail polish and a cannabis plant drawn on his chin as if he were a Laugh-In go-go dancer. Yet the Crowes have already distinguished themselves by being the first band to perform a benefit concert for victims of the Oklahoma City bombing. If America is a pretty frightening place to live in these days, at least amorica seems to have its heart in the right place.

Black Crowes are scheduled to perform on Tuesday, May 23, at Mesa Amphitheatre, with Dirty Dozen. Showtime is 7 p.m.