Blackberry Smoke
Blackberry Smoke is an American rock band from Atlanta. The lineup consists of Charlie Starr (lead vocals, guitar), Richard Turner (bass, vocals), Brit Turner (drums), Paul Jackson (guitar, vocals), and 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.
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Blackberry Smoke performing in 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Labels | BamaJam, Southern Ground, Rounder, 3 Legged, Earache (Europe) |
| Members | Paul Jackson Charlie Starr Brandon Still Brit Turner Richard Turner |
| Website | blackberrysmoke |
History
Blackberry Smoke was formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2000. They are the first independently-released artist to hit No. 1 on the Billboard Country Album charts in modern history. Their debut album, Bad Luck Ain't No Crime, was released in 2003. Their second album released in 2009, Little Piece of Dixie. has been featured by Paste magazine and other publications.[1][2] In 2015 Blackberry Smoke became the first independent outfit to upend the order on the album charts in country music history when the release of Holding All The Roses went No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. This was the first time a non-mainstream supported artist or band was able to achieve this feat in the modern era. Blackberry Smoke's 2016 album Like An Arrow did the same.[3] They have performed throughout the United States, Europe, Australia, and South America. They have performed alongside numerous artists such as Tedeschi Trucks Band, Guns n' Roses, Zac Brown Band, ZZ Top, Eric Church and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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.[4] The album was released under the Southern Ground record label.[5] 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.[6][7]
They moved to Rounder Records in 2014,[8] and released Holding All the Roses produced by Brendan O'Brien in early 2015.[9] 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.[10] The album landed at No. 1 on the US Billboard Country[11] and Americana/Folk[12] charts as well as the UK Rock[13] and Independent Albums[14] charts during release week. The band released its sixth studio album, Find A Light, on December 19, 2018.[15]
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.[16] In 2021 the band released its seventh studio album, You Hear Georgia.[17]
On May 28, 2021, their album You Hear Georgia was released. It debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Americana/Folk Chart.[18] It sold over 33k copies the first week, 12,239 copies in pure album sales. This was good enough to put it also at No. 1 in album sales in both country and rock, and No. 3 in all of music. The album also racked up another nearly 1 million streams its debut week. The album was produced by Dave Cobb and also features appearances by Jamey Johnson and Warren Haynes.
Band members
- Charlie Starr – lead vocals, guitars (2001–present)
- Paul Jackson – guitars, backing vocals (2001–present)
- Brandon Still – keyboards (2009–present)
- Richard Turner – bass, backing vocals (2001–present)
- Brit Turner – drums (2001–present)
- Benji Shanks - guitars (2018-present)
- Preston Holcomb - percussion (2018-present)
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [19] | US Country [20] | US Americana [21] | US Heat [22] | US Indie [23] | US Rock [24] | UK [25] | UK Rock [26][27] | ||
| Bad Luck Ain't No Crime[28] |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Little Piece of Dixie |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| The Whippoorwill |
| 40 | 8 | 30 | 10 | 12 | 30 | — |
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| Holding All the Roses |
| 29 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 17 | 1 |
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| Like an Arrow |
| 12 | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
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| Find a Light |
| 31 | 3 | — | 2 | 6 | 12 | 1 |
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| You Hear Georgia |
| 55 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Live albums
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country [20] | US [19] | US Indie [23] | GER [33] | UK [25] | |||||
| Leave a Scar, Live: North Carolina |
| 17 | 128 | 22 | 49 | 35 | |||
| Homecoming/Live in Atlanta[36] |
| — | — | 4 | — | — |
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
Extended plays
| Title | Details |
|---|---|
| New Honky Tonk Bootlegs |
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| Little Piece of Dixie EP |
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| Wood, Wire & Roses[38] |
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| The Southern Ground Sessions |
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| Live from Capricorn Sound Studios |
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| Stoned |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Airplay [39] | |||
| 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"[40] | — | ||
| "All Rise Again" | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||
Music videos
| Year | Video | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "Sanctified Woman" | |
| 2009 | "Good One Comin' On"[41] | Roger Pistole |
| 2013 | "Pretty Little Lie"[42] | Cole Cassell |
| 2014 | "Shakin' Hands with the Holy Ghost"[43] | Lewis Cater |
| "Six Ways to Sunday"[44] | Blake Judd | |
| 2015 | "Too High"[45] | |
| "Rock And Roll Again" | ||
| 2016 | "Sunrise in Texas"[46] | Jamie Burton Chamberlin |
| 2017 | "Like An Arrow" | |
| 2021 | "You Hear Georgia | Andy Sapp |
| "Hey Delilah" | ||
| "All Rise Again" |
References
- ^ "Blackberry Smoke – Little Piece of Dixie :: Blogs :: Andy Whitman on Music :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. May 14, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ Phillips, Fred (August 12, 2012). "Blackberry Smoke – The Whippoorwill (2012)". Somethingelsereviews.com. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Blackberry Smoke Goes #1 in Album Sales with "You Hear Georgia"". Saving Country Music. June 7, 2021.
- ^ "Watch Blackberry Smoke's new video & check out live pics!". Rock Revolt Magazine. January 18, 2013.
- ^ . Southerngroundrecords.com. May 12, 2011. Archived from the original on June 24, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ . Bootride.com. Archived from the original on August 17, 2012. Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ^ "Blackberry Smoke – The Whippoorwill (2012) – Something Else!". Something Else!. August 12, 2012. Retrieved February 13, 2015.
- ^ . blackberrysmoke.com. November 6, 2014. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
- ^ Glass, Polly (January 23, 2015). "Blackberry Smoke: Holding All The Roses". Louder Sound.
- ^ "Album of the Month (October 2016): Blackberry Smoke, 'Like an Arrow' Read More: Album of the Month (October 2016): Blackberry Smoke, 'Like an Arrow'". The Boot. Taste of Country Network. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ "Top Country Albums". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ "Americana/Folk Albums". Billboard. Billboard. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Charts". Official Charts. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts. The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ "Blackberry Smoke – Find a Light".
- ^ Lewry, Fraser (September 9, 2019). "Blackberry Smoke announce Homecoming: Live In Atlanta live album and film". Louder Sound.
- ^ Ehrenclou, Martine (February 24, 2021). "Blackberry Smoke To Release New Album 'You Hear Georgia' Out May 28th, Share Title Track". ROCK AND BLUES MUSE. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
- ^ "Blackberry Smoke Americana/Folk Charts". Billboard. June 12, 2021.
- ^ a b "Blackberry Smoke Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ a b "Blackberry Smoke Chart History – Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ "Blackberry Smoke Chart History – Americana Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
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- ^ a b "Blackberry Smoke Chart History – Independent Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ "Blackberry Smoke Chart History – Rock Albums". Billboard. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ a b "Blackberry Smoke > UK Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 8, 2021.
- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Album Charts Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. April 13, 2018.
- ^ "Bad Luck Ain't No Crime". Blackberry Smoke.
- ^ Matt Bjorke (October 10, 2012). . Roughstock. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (September 14, 2015). "The Country Album Chart Report for September 14, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (August 29, 2017). "Top 10 Country Albums Chart: August 28, 2017". Roughstock.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (November 7, 2018). "Top 10 Country Albums Sales Chart: November 7, 2018". Roughstock. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
- ^ "Discographie von Blackberry Smoke". GfK Entertainment. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
- ^ Matt Bjorke (July 16, 2014). . Roughstock. Archived from the original on July 28, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
- ^ "Country Bites News snippets August 18 – August 24, 2014". Country Route News. August 31, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
- ^ Horowitz, Hal (November 14, 2019). "Blackberry Smoke Bring The Fire For Homecoming: Live in Atlanta". American Songwriter.
- ^ Bjorke, Matt (November 24, 2019). "Top 10 Country Albums Pure Sales Chart: November 24, 2019". Roughstock. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
- ^ "Wood, Wire & Roses EP". iTunes. January 2014.
- ^ "Blackberry Smoke Chart History (Country Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
- ^ "Blackberry Smoke Share New Single "Ain't the Same"". April 9, 2021.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Blackberry Smoke : Good One Comin' On". Country Music Television. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Blackberry Smoke : Pretty Little Lie". Country Music Television. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Blackberry Smoke : Shakin' Hands With The Holy Ghost". VEVO. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Blackberry Smoke : Six Ways To Sunday". Country Music Television. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
- ^ . Yahoo! Screen. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- ^ "CMT : Videos : Blackberry Smoke : Sunrise in Texas". Country Music Television. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
External links
- Official website