“Rich Robinson was doing a Facebook Q&A and I commented with a video of me playing one of his songs… long story short, it led to me playing with the Black Crowes”: How Argentina native Nico Bereciartua became the US rock institution's new guitar wingman

Nico Bereciartua performs with The Black Crowes at the 2023 Innings Festival at Tempe Beach Park in Tempe, Arizona on February 25, 2023.

As it has since the departure of original guitarist Jeff Cease, the Black Crowes' guitar carousel has continued to spin, with the latest and greatest to hold the spot down being Nico Bereciartua. 

Bereciartua took up the mantle in early 2023 after the departure of Isaiah Mitchell – who left to focus on his band, Earthless – in late 2022. On the surface, a player like Bereciartua – who hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina – may seem like an off-the-beaten-path pairing with the Crowes, in all their Atlanta-born, modern Southern rock glory.