Blackberry Smoke

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Blackberry Smoke
Blackberry Smoke performing in 2018
Blackberry Smoke performing in 2018
Background information
OriginAtlanta, Georgia, United States
Genres
Years active2000–present
LabelsBamaJam, Southern Ground, Rounder, 3 Legged, Earache (Europe)
Websiteblackberrysmoke.com
MembersPaul Jackson
Charlie Starr
Brandon Still
Brit Turner
Richard Turner

Blackberry Smoke is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia, United States. The lineup consists of Charlie Starr (lead vocals, guitar), Richard Turner (bass, vocals), Brit Turner (drums), Paul Jackson (guitar, vocals), Brandon Still (keyboards), in 2020 they added touring personnel Benji Shanks (guitar), and Preston Holcomb (percussion). They have released seven studio albums, two live albums and five extended plays.

Music career[]

Blackberry Smoke was formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 2000, and released their debut album, Bad Luck Ain't No Crime, in 2003. They have performed throughout the United States both as headliner and as the supporting act for artists such as Zac Brown Band, Eric Church, ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd. Their second album released in 2009, Little Piece of Dixie. has been featured by Paste magazine and other publications.[1][2]

Blackberry Smoke performing in 2012

The band had their first chart success with their third album, The Whippoorwill, which was released in August 2012 and reached Top 40 on Billboard 200.[3] The album was released under the Southern Ground record label.[4] On August 26, 2012, they performed at a charity benefit called the Boot Ride with the cast of Sons of Anarchy, partnered with The Boot Campaign at the Happy Ending Bar and Grill in Hollywood, California.[5][6]

They moved to Rounder Records in 2014,[7] and released Holding All the Roses produced by Brendan O'Brien in early 2015.[8] The album reached No. 1 on Billboard's Country Albums chart. The band spent much of the summer of 2016 on tour with Gov't Mule.

Blackberry Smoke released their fifth studio album, Like an Arrow, featuring Gregg Allman, on October 14, 2016 via their own record label, 3 Legged Records.[9] The album landed at No. 1 on the US Billboard Country[10] and Americana/Folk[11] charts as well as the UK Rock[12] and Independent Albums[13] charts during release week. The band released its sixth studio album, Find A Light, on December 19, 2018.[14]

In 2019, the band released via Earache Records a live album and a film Homecoming: Live in Atlanta, recorded at their annual Brothers And Sisters Holiday Homecoming event at the Tabernacle in Atlanta in November 2018.[15]

Band members[]

  • Charlie Starr – lead vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar (2001–present)
  • Paul Jackson – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2001–present)
  • Brandon Still – keyboards (2009–present)
  • Richard Turner – bass guitar, backing vocals (2001–present)
  • Brit Turner – drums (2001–present)

Joining the band in the studio and on the road in 2021 are Atlanta percussionist Preston Holcomb and guitarist Benji Shanks, who has worked with The Black Crowes and others.

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US
[16] 		US Country
[17] 		US
Heat
[18] 		US
Indie
[19] 		US
Rock
[20] 		UK
[21] 		UK
Rock
[22][23]
Bad Luck Ain't No Crime[24]
  • Release date: January 7, 2003
  • Label: BamaJam
 — — — — — — —
Little Piece of Dixie
  • Release date: September 29, 2009
  • Label: BamaJam
 — — — — — — —
The Whippoorwill
  • Release date: August 14, 2012
  • Label: Southern Ground
 40 8 30 10 12 30 —
Holding All the Roses
  • Release date: February 10, 2015
  • Label: Rounder
 29 1 — — 7 17 1
Like an Arrow
  • Release date: October 14, 2016
  • Label: 3 Legged
 12 1 — 2 3 8 1
Find a Light
  • Release date: April 6, 2018
  • Label: 3 Legged
 31 3 — 2 6 12 1
You Hear Georgia
  • Release date: May 28, 2021
  • Label: 3 Legged / Thirty Tigers
 55 5 — 6 7 17 —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
US Country
[17] 		US
[16] 		US
Indie
[19] 		GER
[29] 		UK
[21]
Leave a Scar, Live: North Carolina
  • Release date: July 8, 2014
  • Label: 3 Legged Records
 17 128 22 49 35
Homecoming/Live in Atlanta[32]
  • Release date: November 15, 2019
  • Label: Earache Records
 — — 4 — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Extended plays[]

Title Details
New Honky Tonk Bootlegs
  • Release date: July 15, 2008
  • Label: self-released
Little Piece of Dixie EP
  • Release date: October 14, 2008
  • Label: Big Karma Records
Wood, Wire & Roses[34]
  • Release date: September 18, 2015
  • Label: 3 Legged Records
The Southern Ground Sessions
  • Release date: October 26, 2018
  • Label: 3 Legged Records
Live from Capricorn Sound Studios
  • Release date: June 19, 2020
  • Label: 3 Legged Records

Singles[]

Year Title Peak positions Album
US Country Airplay
[35]
2009 "Good One Comin' On" — Little Piece of Dixie
2013 "Pretty Little Lie" 46 The Whippoorwill
"Ain't Much Left of Me" —
2014 "Wood, Wire, Roses" — Non-album single
2015 "Living in the Song" — Holding All the Roses
"Too High" —
2016 "Waiting for the Thunder" — Like an Arrow
"Pearls" — Like An Arrow (Deluxe Edition)
"Believe You Me" — Non-album singles
"Sunrise in Texas" —
"Let It Burn" —
2018 "Flesh and Bone" — Find a Light
"Best Seat in the House" —
"Let Me Down Easy" —
"I'll Keep Ramblin'" —
2020 "Midnight Rider" — Non-album singles
"Take the Highway" —
"Keep on Smiling" —
"Southern Child" —
2021 "You Hear Georgia — You Hear Georgia
"Hey Delilah" —
"Ain't the Same" —
"All Rise Again" —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos[]

Year Video Director
2003 "Sanctified Woman"
2009 "Good One Comin' On"[36] Roger Pistole
2013 "Pretty Little Lie"[37] Cole Cassell
2014 "Shakin' Hands with the Holy Ghost"[38] Lewis Cater
"Six Ways to Sunday"[39] Blake Judd
2015 "Too High"[40]
"Rock And Roll Again"
2016 "Sunrise in Texas"[41] Jamie Burton Chamberlin
2017 "Like An Arrow"
2021 "You Hear Georgia Andy Sapp
"Hey Delilah"
"All Rise Again"

References[]

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