Blackberry Smoke
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General information | |
origin | Atlanta , Georgia , USA |
Genre (s) | Southern rock , hard rock , country rock |
founding | 2000 |
Website | www.blackberrysmoke.com |
Current occupation | |
Charlie Starr | |
guitar |
Paul Jackson |
Brandon Still | |
Richard Turner | |
Brit Turner |
Blackberry Smoke is an American Southern rock - band from Atlanta , Georgia .
history
Blackberry Smoke was founded as a quartet in Atlanta in 2000, which expanded into a quintet in 2009 with the entry of a permanent keyboardist.
The first two albums, released in 2003 and 2009, are considered only partially successful.
In Europe, the band has been signed to the English label Earache Records , which is particularly known for extreme metal variants, since their third album The Whippoorwill .
The band recorded their fourth album, Holding All the Roses , within two weeks. In the US it reached number one on the Billboard country charts.
The band plays an average of 250 concerts a year.
style
Blackberry Smoke plays Southern Rock in the field of tension between “cowboy kitsch” and “rocky” and is a “radio-friendly, country-heavy variant of Black Stone Cherry , but which is still not completely softened.” In addition, the band gets along “ without redneck malice”.
On the fifth album, in addition to country and rock , “elements from gospel , blues , pop ” can be heard in the sound. On "Like an Arrow", published in 2016, the style developed in the direction of a quieter sound with elements of Americana , funk and soul .
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
2003 | Bad luck ain't no crime | - | - | - | - | - |
BamaJam Records
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2009 | Little Piece of Dixie | - | - | - | - | - |
BamaJam Records
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2012 | The Whippoorwill |
DE97 (1 week) DE |
AT-AT | CH-CH |
UK30 (2 weeks) UK |
US40 (2 weeks) US |
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2014 | Leave a Scar, Live: North Carolina |
DE49 (1 week) DE |
AT-AT | CH-CH |
UK35 (1 week) UK |
US128 (1 week) US |
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2015 | Holding All the Roses |
DE32 (1 week) DE |
AT52 (1 week) AT |
CH24 (1 week) CH |
UK17 (2 weeks) UK |
US29 (2 weeks) US |
Earache Records
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2016 | Like an Arrow |
DE31 (1 week) DE |
AT-AT |
CH44 (1 week) CH |
UK8 (1 week) UK |
US12 (2 weeks) US |
Earache Records
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2018 | Find a light |
DE21 (2 weeks) DE |
AT25 (1 week) AT |
CH25 (2 weeks) CH |
UK12 (1 week) UK |
US31 (1 week) US |
Earache Records
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Web links
- Official website
- Blackberry Smoke at Allmusic (English)
- Blackberry Smoke at Discogs (English)
- Blackberry Smoke at Musik-Sammler.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rob Hughes: Rock in Crisis (Part 12): Blackberry Smoke. In: classicrock.net. November 9, 2014, accessed November 18, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Portrait of a musician - The American band Blackberry Smoke. In: phonostar.de. February 8, 2015, accessed November 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Pascal: Interview with Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke). In: neckbreaker.de. March 6, 2015, accessed November 18, 2016 .
- ^ Joseph Hudak: Blackberry Smoke on Their Strange Country Success. In: rollingstone.com. April 16, 2015, accessed November 18, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Dirk: Album Review: Blackberry Smoke - "Like An Arrow". In: rsd-radio.com. October 17, 2016, accessed November 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Timon Menge [sludgeworm]: CD Review: Blackberry Smoke - Holding All The Roses. (No longer available online.) In: metalnews.de. February 6, 2015, archived from the original on November 19, 2016 ; Retrieved November 18, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Andreas Schiffmann: Blackberry Smoke: The Whippoorwill (review / criticism). In: musikreviews.de. February 13, 2014, accessed November 18, 2016 .
- ↑ Chris Franzkowiak: Blackberry Smoke - Like an Arrow. In: CountryMusicNews.de. October 13, 2016, accessed November 18, 2017 .
- ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US [1]