Blackberry Smoke--Southern Rock Music
What are the critics saying about Blackberry Smoke?
"Like Lynyrd Skynyrd before it, Blackberry Smoke turns Southern music forms into radio-ready singalongs. The band's bold guitars, honky-tonk keyboards and deep roots in blues, boogie and gospel all propel the smoky voice of frontman Charlie Starr."
Meredith Ochs, NPR
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"Blackberry Smoke is a band that can reclaim Southern rock for the South. The Georgia quintet is the right mixture of long hair, short fuse, gritty realism and country charm, with songs that split the difference between rollicking boogie and introspective balladry. The band’s third album, “The Whippoorwill,” contains enough signifiers to let listeners know this is a down-home Dixie affair but easily escapes self-parody."
David Malitz, The Washington Post
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