Photo: Marc Millman

On Thursday evening, the Black Crowes’ Southern Hospitality Tour arrived at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn. During the pre-weekend concert in Music City, the Southern-bred rock troupe delivered a high-powered single set performance, which was distinguished by the arrival of former member and local, Audley Freed. The group’s former touring guitarist sat in during the final song of the main frame, “Remedy,” a song that originated off the 1992 released LP, The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion. 

Freed’s tenure with the Black Crowes began in June 1998. His time with the group was burnt onto albums, Live at the Greek – a series of tracks recorded and collected after their Oct. 18-19, 1999 concerts at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles – as well as the band’s sixth studio collection, their V2 debut, Lions [circa 2001]. On the latter, Freed contributed to “Ozone Mama,” “Greasy Grass River,” in addition to the outro of “Young Man, Old Man.” 

Last night’s sit-in came 15 moves into the set, and trailed a list of originals and a couple of choice covers, including a rendition of Reverend Charlie Jackson’s “God’s Got It,” Otis Redding’s “Hard to Handle,” and a take on The Velvet Underground’s “Oh! Sweet Nuthin’.” They stacked originals one after another: “Soul Singing,” “She Talks to Angels,” “Thorn in My Pride,” “Wanting and Waiting,” “No Speak No Slave,” and “Twice as Hard” before knocking into “Remedy” and queuing Freed’s entry and subsequent guitar cries. 

Watch a video from the reunion below. 

The Black Crowes 

Bridgestone Arena – Nashville, Tenn. 

May 21, 2026 

Set: Jealous Again, Sting Me, It’s Like That, Movin’ On Down the Line, Girl From a Pawnshop, God’s Got It, Wiser Time, Hard to Handle, Oh! Sweet Nuthin’, Soul Singing, She Talks to Angels, Thorn in My Pride, Wanting and Waiting, No Speak No Slave, Twice as Hard, Remedy+

Enc.: Space Captain 

Notes: 

+ With Audley Freed