Song of the Day 11/16: The Black Crowes, “She Talks to Angels”

It’s almost 30 years since the Black Crowes burst onto the scene with their “Shake Your Money Maker” LP. This ballad was the fourth single released from an album that eventually topped 5 million in sales, but it’s the one I hear the most on classic rock radio. Chris Robinson said it’s about a goth girl he used to see at gigs in Georgia in the band’s early days, and started with the one line about painting her eyes as black as night. He just made up the rest of her biography to go with brother Rich’s tune.

The Robinson brothers are going out on another reunion tour with yet another all-new Crowes lineup — even their longtime original drummer is gone — but they sound pretty good live in Howard Stern’s studio.