Welcome back! This week, David and Ian are extremely happy to welcome the one and only Sven Pipien as their guest to discuss his time with The Black Crowes, his first band Mary My Hope and much more! You can't miss this one!

Episode 52: Sven Pipien

William Whalen drops in to tell David all about the Crowes show in the Steel City.

The Black Crowes: Under the Influence (Disc 01)

SOA Road Report 04 - July 28, 2021: S & T Bank Music Park, Pittsburgh PA

It's a big day here at State of Amorica! This week, we are pleased and proud to welcome none other than Johnny Colt to the program! Join us for a two hour conversation with Johnny as he opens up about his
emotional return to his Black Crowes tenure, his recollections of Eddie Harsch and the brilliant art projects that are his present-day love. It is a thoroughy engaging chat that you definitely do not want to miss!

For all of Johnny Colt's current ventures, visit his LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/Johnnycolt

Episode 63: Johnny Colt

Welcome back to the State of Amorica! This week, David & Ian welcome Lala Sloatman to the show to discuss her acting career, life as Frank Zappa's neice and her relationship with Chris Robinson and The Black Crowes. It's a delightfully genuine, honest conversation you won't want to miss!

Episode 69: Lala Sloatman

Welcome back to State of Amorica! We are very excited to welcome back our dear friend Lala Sloatman to the show! Lala sits down with us to discuss her Top Ten Crowes tracks, sharing her personal insight and feelings on them. It's a great chat you won't want to miss!

Episode 85: Lala-palooza! (Special Guest: Lala Sloatman)

We're back with our first installment of "SOA Shorts," mini-episodes designed to bring you breaking news fast! For the 1st Edition, we discuss the latest single from the band, "Waiting and Wanting." Check it out!

SOA Shorts - 1st Edition: Wanting And Waiting

This week, State of Amorica warmly welcomes back none other than Sven Pipien to have a chat about the band's new record "Happiness Bastards," the SYMM tour and much more! We were so glad to have Sven back on the show and we hope you enjoy the result!

Episode 104: Kindred Friend (Special Guest: Sven Pipien)

Welcome back to the State of Amorica Podcast! It's Amorica Month here at the podcast, the centerpiece of which is this episode, in which David, Ian and Producer Jason create their version of a deluxe edition box set of Amorica, as well as discuss the album as a whole. Happy 30th Amorica!

Episode 118: Amorica: 30th Anniversary (A Celebration of a Classic)

Welcome back to an all-new State of Amorica! This week, the guys welcome Guy Griffin to the show! It's a great conversation spanning guys career with The Londond Quireboys, The Down N' Outz and his new venture, Black Eyed Sons. Check it out!

Episode 123: Guy Griffin (London Quireboys, Black Eyed Sons)

Well folks...the day is finally here! For this episode, we welcome none other than Rich Robinson as our guest! We chat about the Rock Hall nomination, the Page/Crowes anniversary box set and more. Check it out!

Episode 124: Rich Robinson

This week on SOA, we welcome master of Hill Country blues guitar and beyond, Mr. Luther Dickinson! Luther sits down for a great chat about his storied career, including his time in The Black Crowes, working with Phil Lesh and the thread that runs through it all, North Mississippi All-Stars! It's a great conversation you definitely don't want to miss!


Episode 125: Luther Dickinson

Welcome back to SOA! This week, our first official guest from the Black Crowes universe, Mr. Matt Slocum, returns to the show to break down the classic track from Amorica, "Descending!" It's a great conversation you won't want to miss!

Episode 126: Anatomy Of A Song - Volume III: Descending (with Matt Slocum)

This week on SOA, Ian sits down with Producer Jason and Ambassador Shawn to discuss the infamous acoustic shows performed at The Garage in London, England in February of 1997. It's got the music nerd stamp of approval for sure!

Episode 127: The Garage Shows

This week on SOA, the guys are proud to welcome back to the program for a second appearance, current Crowes lead guitarist Nico Bereciartua! It's a great chat about Nico's journey to the Crowes and his experiences thus far. Check it out!
Be sure to follow Nico on Instagram! @nicobereciartua

Episode 131: Double Nico (The Return of Nico Bereciartua)

Welcome back to an all-new State of Amorica! This week, Producer Jason and Ambassador Shawn grab the keys and take the show for their own ride as they sit down with Tyler Armstrong and TJ Steinwart from recent Crowes support act, The Band Feel! It's a really great conversation you won't want to miss a minute of!


Episode 132: The Band Feel (Tyler Armstrong & TJ Steinwart)

Welcome to an all-new episode of SOA! After the first "Album To EP" installment with Amorica, David and Ian now attempt to do the same with Three Snakes and One Charm!

Episode 133: The Three Snakes EP (Special Guest: Steve Gleason)

Episode 134: Anatomy Of A Song - Volume IV: Thorn In My Pride (with Jeff Massey)

Welcome back to an all-new episode of SOA! Today marks six years since the world lost the wonderful Neal Casal, a man whose musical talents paired with his gentle soul to make a truly unique human being. For this episode, we sit down with Gary Waldman, Neal's former manager and current archivist for the Neal Casal Music Foundation. We discuss the latest archival release, a collection of rare demo recordings entitled "No One Above You" as Gary shares many fond memories of his cherished time with Neal. It's a great conversation you won't want to miss...


Episode 135: Remembering Neal Casal (Special Guest: Gary Waldman)

On an all-new episode of State of Amorica, the entire crew sits down for an in-depth chat with current Crowes keyboardist Erik Deutsch! We discuss his time with the band, his career leading up to this point and his latest solo release, "This Was Then," available on all streaming platforms now. Check it out, you won't want to miss this great chat!

Episode 136: Erik Deutsch

We're back with a very special BONUS episode featuring a return visit from none other than Oliver Wood of The Wood Brothers! Oliver sits down with Ian to discuss the band's latest album, "Puff of Smoke," as well as the band's in-studio process, live performances and much more. Check it out!

Bonus Episode 10: The Return of Oliver Wood

SOA is back with an all new episode! This week, David, Ian and Producer Jason sit down and share some of their favorite live performances featuring a guest sit-in by Chris Robinson! This episode was recorded live before an audience of Patreon members and features for the first time the complete songs involved in the discussion. Check it out!

Episode 137: CR Live Sit-Ins

It's an exciting week on SOA as we sit down and discuss "The Marie Laveau Sessions" from the deluxe edition "Amorica" box set, arriving November 14th! You won't want to miss a single second of this one, Amoricans!

Episode 138: The Marie Laveau Sessions (Under Review)

This week on SOA, Ian and Producer Jason bring you The Ultimate Beacon 95 Set! Originally an installment of our Patreon-exclusive Patreon Radio Live series, the guys take all the setlists from the infamous 5-night NYC stand and craft their ultimate one set "best of!" Tune in to find out how they did!

(If you enjoy listening to this glimpse into the Patreon Radio Live series, considering joining the SOA Patreon at: www.patreon.com/stateofamorica)

Episode 139: The Ultimate Beacon 95 Set (A Patreon Radio Live Event)

This week on SOA, we dig into the results of our Patreon "Drop/Best" survey, in which we polled the Patrons to find out which song they would drop from each Crowes album and which song best represents each Crowes album! The full crew weighs in with their own picks in a music nerd fest of epic proportions. You don't want to miss this one!

Episode 140: The Drop/Best Survey

2425 days in the making...State of Amorica finally welcomes Chris Robinson to the program.

Episode 141: Chris Robinson

Let's play two! This week is the second installment in State of Amorica's in-depth discussion of Steve Gorman's recently-released book, "Hard To Handle!" David and Ian briefly discuss the current state of The Black Crowes and new releases from Trigger Hippy and North Mississippi Allstars before diving back in to the second half of Mr. Gorman's fantastic book. You won't want to miss this one!

Episode 17: The Book, Part II

Well, the day is finally here. This week, David & Ian welcome none other than Steve Gorman to the show! The guys spend just shy of an hour discussing all things Black Crowes, Trigger Hippy and much more! You definitely won't want to miss this one...

David & Ian would like to issue a special thanks to all the fans that helped make this very special event become a reality. You're the best!

Episode 19: Steve Gorman

This week on an all-new State of Amorica, David & Ian welcome two very special guests to join them in the next installment of the "Under Review" series...Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes' "Live at the Greek!" For the first disc, Black Crowes enthusiast Brett Hogan gives his take on the performances, while the second disc is gone over by renown taper and archivist Steve Hagar! It's a special "double episode" you won't want to miss!

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Episode 42: Under Review - Live At The Greek (Special Guests: Brett Hogan & Steve Hagar)

This week David & Ian are beyond thrilled to welcome Susan Tedeschi to the show! Following an immensely successful run as a solo artist, Susan teamed up with husband and fellow musician Derek Trucks to form the  Tedeschi Trucks Band in 2011. Susan sat with the guys to discuss some of the highlights of her career in music thus far, including her time opening for The Black Crowes with the Tedeschi Trucks Band in 2013. It was a real treat to speak with Susan and we're sure you'll agree! Don't miss it!

Episode 43: Susan Tedeschi

Welcome back to the State of Amorica Podcast! This is a very exciting week as we welcome none other than Marc Ford to the show! We discuss all periods of Ford's career, including his time in The Black Crowes, The Magpie Salute and his most recent release, "Live In Germany." It's a great discussion no fan of the band will want to miss!

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Episode 48: Marc Ford

Did somebody say new episode? We did! This time around, David & Ian do another installment in their Under Review series, this time discussing Marc Ford's debut solo album, "It's About Time." You won't want to miss it!

Episode 49: Under Review - Marc Ford's "It's About Time"

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