Lainey Wilson has recorded a new song with the Black Crowes which is set to be released Bastards of Happiness, the rock band's first album in 15 years. Wilson harmonizes with singer Chris Robinson on “Wilted Rose,” a gospel number.
According to Rich Robinson, the group's guitarist, the seed for Wilson's guest appearance was planted backstage at last year's CMT Awards in Austin, where Wilson told the Robinson brothers she was a longtime fan of hers. The Crowes appeared on CMT to perform their 1990 hit ballad “She Talks to Angels” with fellow '90s rocker Darius Rucker.
“I'm so excited to be out on the new Black Crowes record,” says Wilson Rolling Stone. “I'm a huge fan of their music and their legacy has really stood the test of time. I can't wait for people to hear our song, “Wilted Rose”. It's a little country, a little rock and roll, and a lot of soul.”
Wilson's rock 'n' roll bona fides run deep. He regularly covers Rick Derringer's “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” and Queen's “Fat Bottomed Girls” in concert, and recorded a version of the 4 Non Blondes' 1992 radio hit “What's Up?” for her latest album Bell Bottom Country. The “What's Up?” released the same year as the Crowes The Southern Harmony and Musical Companionit's been a secret weapon of Wilson's set since his days at her bar.
“I've been covering this song for a long time, even when I was playing with a band called the Cadillac Kings, back in Louisiana, when I was 17, 18, 19,” he said. Rolling rock last year. “There were times when the show kind of dragged because we were playing for four hours, but at any moment we started playing 'What's going on?' everyone's hands and beers went up in the air. It was a period when everyone kind of relaxes.”
Despite the Crowes' appearance at a country awards show and a host of rock artists, from Nickelback to Kid Rock, who have made forays into Nashville, Rich said Rolling rock that he and his brother do not intend to pursue country music further. “We've always been an island unto ourselves,” he said. The Black Crowes' Bastards of Happiness will be released on March 15th.
[Additional reporting by Brian Hiatt]
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