  three snakes and one charm is the fourth album by the american blues rock band the black crowes. it was released on july 23, 1996. == background == during the "amorica or bust" tour of 1995, many of the relationships within the black crowes had soured, the most public of which was the one between brothers chris and rich robinson. "we just fucking hated each other," rich noted in the september 1996 issue of acoustic guitar magazine. "it's just a normal phase bands go through. there was a lot of emotional baggage, and everyone got on each other's nerves. we almost broke up a few times, but finally we all let go and moved on."http://www.blackcrowes.net/archive/acoustic%20guitar%20rich%20interview%20september%201996.txt chris echoed his brother's sentiment in the march 1996 issue of guitar world magazine. "everyone goes through changes," he stated. 
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