The Black Crowes gave fans in Alpharetta, Georgia, a surprise dose of AC/DC on Saturday night, May 23, 2026, when they played a cover of “Riff Raff” during their headlining show at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre. Fan-filmed video of the moment quickly circulated online, capturing one of the night’s standout surprises.
The cover arrived in the middle of a busy touring stretch for the band, which had just launched a North American tour with Whiskey Myers and Southall on May 17 in Austin, Texas. The Alpharetta show was part of that run, and the AC/DC detour gave the set an extra burst of swagger.
The Black Crowes’ current 2026 touring lineup includes brothers Chris Robinson on vocals and Rich Robinson on guitar, along with drummer Cully Symington, keyboardist Erik Deutsch, and guitarist Nico Bereciartua. Longtime bassist Sven Pipien is sitting out the tour, with Mark “Muddy” Dutton of Burning Tree stepping in on bass for the road dates.
The band’s latest studio album, A Pound Of Feathers, arrived on March 13, 2026, through Silver Arrow Records. Recorded over 10 days in Nashville with Grammy-winning producer Jay Joyce, the 11-song album was cut in the studio only by Chris Robinson, Rich Robinson, and drummer Cully Symington.
The article also frames the Black Crowes’ larger legacy, noting how the band has long built its identity around a gritty, soulful, no-rules brand of rock and roll. Their catalog includes favorites like “She Talks To Angels,” “Hard To Handle,” “Wiser Time,” “Twice As Hard,” and “Black Moon Creeping,” plus landmark releases such as Shake Your Money Maker, The Southern Harmony And Musical Companion, and Amorica.
That history matters because the Alpharetta cover was not just a random encore trick. It fit the Crowes’ reputation for mixing blues, grit, and big-rock attitude into their live shows. By reaching for AC/DC’s “Riff Raff,” they tapped straight into the kind of hard-edged classic rock DNA that has always sat comfortably inside the Black Crowes’ sound.
The group’s most recent chapter has also been a strong one. The source notes that the band followed its massive “Shake Your Money Maker” anniversary tour with 2024’s Happiness Bastards, which earned a 2025 Grammy nomination for Best Rock Album and helped keep them in the awards conversation with 2025 and 2026 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominations.
For fans in Georgia, though, the headline moment was simple: The Black Crowes were already delivering a full-on rock show, then turned it up another notch by dropping a surprise AC/DC cover into the middle of the night. It was the kind of move that reminds audiences why their live sets still feel dangerous, loose, and alive.
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