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. The band also includes former Black Crowes members

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and Sven Pipien and

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singer/songwriter John Hogg, as well as Rich Robinson band members

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and Joe Magistro.

History

Rich Robinson announced the formation of the Magpie Salute in October 2016. In addition to Robinson, the group features UK singer John Hogg, former Black Crowes guitarist Marc Ford and bassist Sven Pipien, as well as keyboardists Matt Slocum, drummer Joe Magistro, and vocalists Adrien Reju and Katrine Ottosen from Robinson's solo band. John Hogg; songwriter and singer of Moke and songwriting partner on Robinsons’ Hookah Brown, was invited to support Rich on his 2015 tour in Europe and the UK. Hogg and Robinson picked up from where they left off with Magpie Salutes first single ‘Omission’, Hogg bringing a well crafted and soulful voice and his own London flavour to the lyrics. This announcement came on the heels of a series of shows Robinson performed earlier in 2016 in

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where he was joined by Ford, Pipien and former Black Crowes keyboard player

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. Harsch was slated to tour as a member of the band until his sudden death in November 2016, and his appearance on their self-titled debut marks his last recording. They performed their first concerts in January 2017 at the

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. They were originally only scheduled to perform three concerts, but added a fourth show due to demand. They performed songs from the Black Crowes as well as Robinson and Ford's solo careers. The band then played a series of gigs in Europe in June and July 2017 before kicking off a 60 date US tour that included stops in San Francisco, Las Vegas and Morrison, Colorado (Red Rocks Amphitheater) and two nights at the Irving Plaza in New York. All attendees of the November 15 or 16 Irving Plaza shows received a limited edition live album featuring performances from throughout 2017. The Magpie Salute released their debut studio album ''High Water I'' on August 10, 2018. The album debuted at #3 on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart, and #33 on the Top Album Sales chart. The band kicked off their 2018 tour, on July 1, at The Village at Copper Mountain in Colorado. The band's second studio album ''High Water II'' was released October 11, 2019,. Rating it four out of five stars for ''American Songwriter'', critic Luke Levenson commented, "''High Water II'' has a consistent quality, never veering too far off the boys' true sonic course, which starts and ends with the blues."

Personnel

Current members

– guitar, vocals (2016–present) *

– guitar, vocals (2016–present) *John Hogg – vocals, guitar, percussion (2016–present) * Sven Pipien – bass, backing vocals (2016–present) *

– keyboards (2016–present) *Joe Magistro – drums (2016–present)

Past members

– keyboards (2016; died 2016) *Nico Bereciartua – guitar (2016–2017) *Charity White – backing vocals (2017) *Adrien Reju – backing vocals, mandolin (2017) *Katrine Ottosen – backing vocals, harmonica (2017)

Discography

Studio albums *''

High Water I ''High Water I'' is the debut studio album by American rock band The Magpie Salute, released August 10, 2018 on Eagle Records. Produced by leader and guitarist Rich Robinson, it served as the follow up to their self-titled live album released one ...

'' (2018) *''

High Water II ''High Water II'' is the second studio album by American band The Magpie Salute. It was released on October 18, 2019 under Provogue Records in the UK and Eagle Records elsewhere. Chart performance ''High Water II'' debuted at number 1 on the UK O ...

'' (2019) Live albums * ''The Magpie Salute'' (2017)

References

External links

The Magpie Salute official websiteThe Magpie Salute on Rich Robinson's official website
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