Christopher Mark “Chris” Robinson is a Marietta, Georgia-born American rock ‘n’ roll singer, perhaps best known for being the lead singer of the band “The Black Crowes”. Born on 20 December 1966, Chris is also famous for playing guitar and harmonica in his band. A very well-known personality in American rock and roll music industry, Christopher has been active in his profession since 1984.
One of the successful personalities in the field of music, one may wonder how rich is Christopher as of mid-2016? As estimated by sources, Christopher counts his net worth at an amount of $18 million, which he has managed to amass from being a part of the successful rock ‘n’ roll band “The Black Crowes”, as well as excelling in his solo career as a singer and musician.
Chris Robinson Net Worth $18 million
Raised in Georgia, Chris was interested in music starting in his teenage years. Chris was inspired by the rock bands The Faces and The Rolling Stones so much that he, along with his brother Rich Robinson founded the band “Mr. Crowe’s Garden” in 1980. In the initial years of its formation, the band did not perform very well. Meanwhile, Chris attended Wofford College in Carolina and after graduating, he went on to change the name of his band to “The Black Crowes” in 1989, and soon the band was signed to music production label “Def American” owned by Rick Rubin. The band released their debut album entitled “Shake Your Money Maker” in 1990, and in 1992 their second album “The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion”, which consisted of four chart-topping hits including “Remedy”, “Sting Me”, “Thorn In My Pride” and “Hotel Illness”. Thus, the success of the band and their albums in the market started adding well to Chris Robinson’s net worth.
In 1997, the band took a break after the death of Jerry Garcia, one of the band members of “The Black Crowes”. During this time, Chris started pursuing his solo career as a singer, releasing his critically acclaimed debut album “New Earth Mud” in 2002, with help from Eddie Harsch and Paul Stacey, his friends from “The Black Crowes”. As the album became successful in the market, Chris toured along with Eddie and Paul and the trio along with Dean DeLeo later named their band “New Earth Mud”. As a solo artist, Chris went on to release songs including “The Red Road” which appeared in the 2002 Goldie Hawn movie “The Banger Sisters”. Of course all of these successful ventures of Chris have been significant to Chris’s net worth over the years. In 2005, “The Black Crowes” reunited and has been performing even until this day.
Regarding his personal life, the 49 year-old singer leads his life as a married man. He was previously married to actress Lala Sloatman(1996-98), niece of Frank Zappa. Later, he was married to Kate Hudson(2000-07) with whom he has a son. In 2009, Chris married Allison Bridges and the couple now has a daughter born in 2009. For now, Chris enjoys his life as one of the most successful singers in the industry, while his net worth of $18 million caters to his daily life.
Chris Robinson Brotherhood (Since 2011), The Black Crowes (1984 – 2015), Phil Lesh and Friends (Since 2005)
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Music Video, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture, Black Movie Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing
Movies
ATL, Paper Chasers, Black Rage
TV Shows
Twelve O'Clock High, Another World, Inquiring Minds
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Right now, I've never been more impressed by the new bands that we meet. I may be 10, 20 years older, but we're all on the same page about culture, music and life.
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There have been multitudes of times in my career where I could have taken an easier road or a more commercial path, and I've been just like, 'That's not gonna make me happy.'
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When I think about the real pioneers of the psychedelic movement in a musical sense, not just the culture, everything had a handmade sort of vibe to it. We're inventing our culture as we move along into this.
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The counterculture has nothing to do with Dolce & Gabbana having a 'Hippy Summer' or something. Street kids, and kids who want to live in any sort of counter-cultural experience other than what's being presented by the mainstream media or political climate, or 'normal' cultural climate, are never going to look like that.
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The way we're going about things and what we want to do, we feel it has to be a really pure essence of music. That's where you get the most out of it.
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How many new rock stars have come around that have anything to say at all? Guys where you even want to know what they're thinking? Are they thinking? Where did it go astray?
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I'm the weirdo. There have been multitudes of times in my career where I could have taken an easier road or a more commercial path, and I've been just like, that's not gonna make me happy.
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There's the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal, you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but none of that adds up to things like nuance and subtlety and dynamic.
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I'd like to think that, at the end of the day, you can look at the things that I made as a young person and the things I'll continue to make as I get older and they'll be consistently interesting and soulful things, and if you like them they'll be a part of your dimension, as well.
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If you had told me at 45 years old that I would have to go on tour to get rest, I would've said, 'That's not how it works.' But nothing can be more gratifying. I'm a very hands-on dad.
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Now as a musician, if you have it within you, you can create your own reality. Believe me, it's a novelty.
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Since the early Nineties it's been very fashionable to say, 'It's all about the music.'
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Singing isn't always about being on key; it's about emotionality.
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What I had to learn was, that I'm only responsible for my perception of things. The world's not out to get you. That's not the way it works.
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With time and experience comes a different perception of what's going on around you.
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I never thought I'd be on the cover of the 'Atlanta Journal' unless I killed someone.
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I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers, who I don't like to meet.
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I'm interested in authentic experience and the essence of that creative place, and where those myths begin and where they become real on any level.
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I'm not a big fan of Robert Plant's lyrics or his singing.
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I'm not interested in a persona.
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In 2000, I fell in love. I had never felt anything like that before in my life. It kind of took me over.
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Life is different than it was in the Nineties. I'm a dad, and there are other things I have to get done in an afternoon than just being an artist.
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Musicians playing together, it's a conversation, and ideally I want our conversation to be really intriguing and interesting and beautiful.
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My music is how I feel, and that's changed from being twenty years old to being forty-three years old.
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No matter what, I'm always interested in making music.
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Being a pop artist or making music like a jingle or something - I don't do that.
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I like unkempt; I don't mind if I have holes in my jacket or whatever. I think people should look more the way they feel.
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It's funny, after a while, you get tired of having to fight someone because they don't like the way you look.
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I didn't want to be told what to do. I don't want to water down my music to fit into their formats. I know what rock and roll is to me, but everything's turning into one big commercial.
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Part of getting older is realizing that you can integrate all these different areas of your life, rather than the adolescent mindset, which for me lasted a long time, which says, 'It's all or nothing.'
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Daughter, Cheyenne Genevieve Robinson, was born on December 26, 2009, weighing 6 lbs. 3 oz. Mother is Allison Bridges.
Video documentary writer: " Only Halfway to Everywhere", "Sting Me", "No Speak No Slave", "Soul Singing", "Welcome to the Goodtimes", "Jealous Again", "My Morning Song", "Sunday Night Buttermilk Waltz", "Cursed Diamond", "She Talks to Angels", "Wiser Time", "Nonfiction", "Seeing Things", "Let Me Share the Ride", "Remedy"
American Idol
2005
TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ladder 49
2004
writer: "Twice as Hard"
Raising Helen
2004
performer: "Ride" / writer: "Ride"
Karaoke Revolution
2003
Video Game "She Talks To Angels"
Robbery Homicide Division
2002
TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Banger Sisters
2002
performer: "Let the Red Road Take You" / writer: "Let the Red Road Take You"
Mad Dog and Glory
1993
writer: "Twice as Hard" 1990
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tedeschi Trucks Band: Live from the Fox Oakland
2017
Art Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Black Crowes: Who Killed That Bird Out on Your Window Sill... The Movie
1992
Video
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Getting Doug with High
2015
TV Series
Himself
Live from the Artists Den
2010
TV Series
Himself
The Black Crowes Cabin Fever
2009
Video documentary
Lead Vocals / Harp / Guitar / ...
No disparen al pianista
2009
TV Series
Himself
Late Show with David Letterman
2004-2007
TV Series
Himself - Musical Guest / Himself
The Black Crowes: Freak 'N' Roll... Into the Fog
2006
Video documentary
Himself (Vocals, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar) (as The Black Crowes)
The Work of Director Stéphane Sednaoui
2005
Video documentary
Himself (segment "Sometimes Salvation") (as The Black Crowes)
All We Are Saying
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Medicine Chest
2004
Video short
Himself
2004 Jammys: The Theatre at Madison Square Garden
2004
TV Mini-Series
Himself
Top of the Pops
2001
TV Series
Himself
Howard Stern
2001
TV Series
Himself
The Daily Show
1999-2001
TV Series
Himself
Behind the Music
1999
TV Series documentary
Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1999
TV Series
Himself
Joe Cocker: Have a Little Faith
1996
Video documentary
Himself
4 Goes to Glastonbury
1995
TV Series
Himself
The Kids in the Hall
1995
TV Series
Himself
Straight Dope: An MTV News Special Report
1994
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Black Crows
MTV Video Music Awards 1993
1993
TV Special
Himself
The Black Crowes: Who Killed That Bird Out on Your Window Sill... The Movie
1992
Video
Himself (Vocals)
For Those About to Rock: Monsters in Moscow
1992
Documentary
Himself (as The Black Crowes)
MTV Video Music Awards 1992
1992
TV Special
Himself - Black Crowes Vocalist
Hard 'N Heavy Volume 8
1990
Video documentary
Himself - Black Crowes
Unplugged
1990
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
House of Style: Music, Models and MTV
2012
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1)
2009
Video
Himself (segment "High Head Blues")
Known for movies
Raising Helen (2004) as Soundtrack
He's Just Not That Into You (2009) as Soundtrack
The Banger Sisters (2002) as Soundtrack
The Black Crowes: Freak 'N' Roll... Into the Fog (2006) as Himself (Vocals, Harmonica, Acoustic Guitar)