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Blues-rock group Black Crowes calls it quits after 24 years

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2013 file photo, Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes perform on day 3 of the Lockn' Festival at Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington Va. The blues-rock band the Black Crowes are fading to black. Founding member Rich Robinson announced Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, that the group is disbanding after 24 years. Rich Robinson, the band’s guitarist and songwriter, founded the group with his brother and lead singer, Chris Robinson. (Photo by John Davisson/Invision/AP, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2013 file photo, Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson of The Black Crowes perform on day 3 of the Lockn' Festival at Oak Ridge Farm in Arrington Va. The blues-rock band the Black Crowes are fading to black. Founding member Rich Robinson announced Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015, that the group is disbanding after 24 years. Rich Robinson, the band’s guitarist and songwriter, founded the group with his brother and lead singer, Chris Robinson. (Photo by John Davisson/Invision/AP, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

NEW YORK (AP) – The blues-rock band the Black Crowes are fading to black.

Founding member Rich Robinson announced Thursday the group is disbanding after 24 years.

In a statement, he alluded to internal issues between his brother and the band.

“I love my brother and respect his talent but his present demand that I must give up my equal share of the band and that our drummer for 28 years and original partner, Steve Gorman, relinquish 100 percent of his share, reducing him to a salaried employee, is not something I could agree to,” Robinson said in the statement.

Robinson, the band’s guitarist and songwriter, founded the group with his brother and lead singer, Chris Robinson. An email seeking comment from Chris Robinson wasn’t immediately returned. He also fronts the band Chris Robinson Brotherhood.