Blackberry Smoke is a legendary Atlanta band that has been taking the scene by storm with their southern blues rock for the past 20 years. Despite the venerable age of the band members, the musicians are in their prime.
The beginning of the history of Blackberry Smoke
The American-born rock band Blackberry Smoke was formed in the early 2000s. Atlanta is considered to be the small homeland of the team.
Initially, the team consisted of four people: Charlie Starr (vocalist, guitarist), Paul Jackson (guitarist), Richard Turner (bass accompaniment) and Brit Turner (drummer). Subsequently, keyboardist Brandon Still joined the band.
The team was very popular. The musicians began major performances a few months after the group gathered and preparatory training.
The listeners fell in love with the group for its unique melody - it was real rock with hints of classics, blues, country and folk.
The guys have transformed classical musical trends, changing dogmas. As a result, unique albums were released - four records before the appearance of Brandon Steele and one more after.
After the creation of the group, a young, but very ambitious group, burning with the desire for open performances, went on tour. The musicians quickly developed an extensive fan base on the South Coast of the United States of America.
Worldwide fame
The band's first compilation album was released in 2003 through Walk Records. The record was called Bad Luck Ain't No Crime.
Live versions of the songs were recorded during the band's performance in the world's largest biker club. The Full Throtlle Saloon hosted the guys as part of organizing the annual South Dakota Rally.
The sound and processing of the songs was handled by professional vocalist and guitarist from the Cock of The Walk studio, Jesse James Dupree. He owned the music label. The album included bonus tracks, which were recorded in Atlanta (in the small homeland of the group).
On the wave of success, the Blackberry Smoke group began concerts and performances. And also participated in all major rock festivals in the country. By 2008, the band released the mini-album New Honky Tonk Bootlegs. And then came the second EP Little Piece of Dixie.
Both works were recorded at Big Karma Records. After releasing one full-length album and two mini-LPs, Blackberry Smoke has solidified its popularity. In addition to ordinary listeners, such famous artists as Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, Zac Brown Band, George Jones and others joined the "fans" of the band.
5 years after the release of their debut album, Blackberry Smoke decided to repeat the success. In 2009, the second full-length album Little Piece of Dixie was released - the ideological successor to the eponymous mini-LP. Professionals were again responsible for the sound: this time the guys from Big Karma Record acted as techno-wizards.
Changing the Blackberry Smoke group vector
After the incredible success of the first two records, the musicians decided to change the paradigm of the development of the common project. The team signed an agreement with the major music label Southern Ground Records (owned by the notorious Zac Brown Band). After the changes (in the spring of 2011) the band compiled new musical content, not forgetting about regular concerts.
Blackberry Smoke released their third full-length album The Whippoorwill in 2012. The product of the joint work of the old team and new sound engineers received recognition from critics and listeners. Thanks to the disc, the group overcame another stage on the way to their glory - the guys were noticed by the Earache label.
The contract with the famous talent workshop was signed in 2013, after the label's bosses entered into agreements to purchase the rights to the third album. The band continued to perform under the new logo, even recording the live audio package Leave a Scar: Live North Karolina. The disc included studio reworkings of recordings from concerts held by the band in 2014.
These days
In 2014, Blackberry Smoke again changed its general producer, transferring the rights to release songs to the Rounder label. After taking a short break from touring and touring, the artists recorded their fourth album, Holding All The Roses. The record was released under the direction of Brendan O'Brien. And after the release in February 2014, it took the 4th position in the national Billboard chart.
Two years later, the band returned to the studio stage again with Like an Arrow. Rounder's second album was hugely popular, selling nearly 1 million copies in large numbers.
