Black Crowes Accuse Gretchen Wilson of Song Stealing

Posted on: July 30th, 2008 by: Missy3 comments

The Black Crowes are calling out country singer Gretchen Wilson for her song Work Hard, Play Harder saying that she copied their 1991 hit Jealous Again.

The Crowes have filed a copyright infringement suit against Wilson. Chris Robinson and Rich Robinson are not commenting at this time nor is Gretchen.

Longtime manager for the Black Crowes isn’t keeping as quiet and had this to say:

“We find the musical verses of Wilson’s song to be such an obvious example of copyright infringement that I expect all parties to reach a relatively quick resolution to avoid legalization.”

We have a portion of Gretchen’s song and the Black Crowes song. Tell us what you think. Did she steal from the rock group? I gotta tell you I think there definitely seems to be some strong similarities. But who knows – maybe they just have similar writing styles – that can happen right?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-vSof4rNzs[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwVdZdkhJYg[/youtube]

Photo: WENN

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3 Responses to “Black Crowes Accuse Gretchen Wilson of Song Stealing”

Tanya, on July 31st, 2008 at 6:58 am Said:

YES! Definite rip off!
Mac, on July 31st, 2008 at 12:27 pm Said:

Ripoff.
Rick, on August 16th, 2008 at 1:41 am Said:

No, this is not plagiarism. The first four bars of both songs are almost identical, but neither is original. This particular melodic line has been used by over a dozen recording artists since 1950. If this legal matter ever gets anywhere near a court, it will die quickly. I’m not a fan of either artist, but I’m impressed by some of what I’ve read about the two. Wilson seems to have a devil-may-care attitude about everything. The Crowes seem to believe that they have rock and roll integrity because they don’t use hairspray. I don’t take either artist very seriously, which I think would offend the Crowes more than Wilson.