By GRAHAM REID
(Herald rating: * * * )
For a while there the Crowes - all bellbottoms and alcohol antics - seemed like the living link between the Faces and grunge-influenced rhythm'n'booze.
Their first few albums had a devil-may-care rock'n'roll swagger and sprawl, and their show at the Supertop was as memorable for the marijuana leaf banner as the sloppy rock they delivered.
They seemed to stand for old-school values of the 70s when it was obligatory for rock stars to behave badly and dress even worse. But they also rocked at the junction of the Allman Brothers and Rod Stewart, and this live double disc of the now defunct band throws some of their more coherent songs back into focus - obviously Sting Me, Miracle to Me, She Talks to Angels, Hard to Handle and Remedy - but offers their bluster and willingness to play some songs two minutes longer than was often necessary.
So in that it's an honest portrait of a band that seemed amusingly oblivious to the period in which they lived. Bellbottoms? Haw-haw.
Label: V2
<i>The Black Crowes:</i> Live
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