Blackberry Smoke

Blackberry Smoke
Blackberry Smoke in Birmingham, Alabama, United States; May 28, 2011
Background information
Origin	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Genres	Southern rock, country rock, bluegrass, hard rock
Years active	2000 – present
Labels	BamaJam, Southern Ground, Rounder Records, Earache Records(Europe)
Associated acts	Zac Brown Band, Eric Church
Website	blackberrysmoke.com
Members	Paul Jackson Charlie Starr Brandon Still Brit Turner Richard Turner

Blackberry Smoke is an American Southern rock/country 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), and Brandon Still (keyboards).

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. 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.^[1] They performed 20+ dates with Zac Brown Band nationwide in the summer of 2011.^[2][3] Their album Little Piece of Dixie has been featured by Paste magazine and other publications.^[4][5]

The band was formerly signed to Zac Brown's record label Southern Ground.^[6] On November 5, 2014, the band announced that it had left Southern Ground and signed with Rounder Records.^[7]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions						Sales
		US Country [8]	US [9]	US Heat [10]	US Indie [11]	US Rock [12]	UK [13]
Bad Luck Ain't No Crime	Release date: January 27, 2004 Label: Cock of the Walk	—	—	—	—	—	—
Little Piece of Dixie	Release date: September 29, 2009 Label: BamaJam Records	—	—	—	—	—	—
The Whippoorwill	Release date: August 14, 2012 Label: Southern Ground	8	40	30	10	12	30	US: 51,000[14]
Holding All the Roses	Release date: February 10, 2015 Label: Rounder Records	1	29	—	—	7	17	US: 49,600[15]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Live albums

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions				Sales
		US Country [8]	US [9]	US Indie [11]	UK [13]
Leave a Scar, Live: North Carolina	Release date: July 8, 2014 Label: 3 Legged Records	17	128	22	35	US: 2,400[16] UK: 2,181[17]

Extended Plays

Title	Album details
New Honky Tonk Bootlegs	Release date: July 15, 2008 Label: self-released
Little Piece of Dixie EP	Release date: 2008 Label: Big Karma Records
Wood, Wire & Roses EP[18]	Release date: September 18, 2015 Label: Legged Records

Singles

Year	Title	Peak positions	Album
		US Country Airplay
2009	"Good One Comin' On"	—	Little Piece of Dixie
2013	"Pretty Little Lie"	46	The Whippoorwill
	"Ain't Much Left of Me"	—
2015	"Living in the Song"	—	Holding All the Roses
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Music videos

Year	Video	Director
2009	"Good One Comin' On"[19]	Roger Pistole
2013	"Pretty Little Lie"[20]	Cole Cassell
2014	"Shakin' Hands with the Holy Ghost"[21]	Lewis Cater
	"Six Ways to Sunday"[22]	Blake Judd
2015	"Too High"[23]

References

1. "Boot Ride — Get Your Tickets NOW!". Bootride.com. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
2. "Zac Brown Band :: The Official Zac Brown Band Website featuring the latest tour dates". Zacbrownband.com. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
3. "Blackberry Smoke - The Whippoorwill (2012) - Something Else!". Something Else!. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
4. "Blackberry Smoke - Little Piece of Dixie :: Blogs :: Andy Whitman on Music :: Paste". Pastemagazine.com. 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
5. Phillips, Fred. "Blackberry Smoke – The Whippoorwill (2012)". Somethingelsereviews.com. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
6. "Zac Brown Launches Southern Ground Artists Label « Southern Ground". Southerngroundrecords.com. 2011-05-12. Retrieved 2013-01-09.
7. "Blackberry Smoke Leave Zac Brown's Label, Ink Rounder Deal for New Album". blackberrysmoke.com. 2014-11-06. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
8. "Blackberry Smoke Album & Song Chart History – Country Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
9. "Blackberry Smoke Album & Song Chart History – Billboard 200". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
10. "Blackberry Smoke Album & Song Chart History – Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
11. "Blackberry Smoke Album & Song Chart History – Independent Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
12. "Blackberry Smoke Album & Song Chart History – Rock Albums". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
13. "Blackberry Smoke > UK Charts". Official Charts Company.
14. Matt Bjorke (October 10, 2012). "Country Album Chart News For October 10, 2012: Little Big Town #1 for a Month; Jerrod Niemann & Blake Shelton Debut". Roughstock.
15. Bjorke, Matt (September 14, 2015). "The Country Album Chart Report for September 14, 2015". Roughstock. Sales figure given here
16. Matt Bjorke (July 16, 2014). "Country Music’s Top 10 Albums: The Week Of July 17, 2014". Roughstock.
17. "Country Bites News snippets August 18 – August 24, 2014". Country Route News. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
18. "Wood, Wire & Roses EP".
19. "CMT : Videos : Blackberry Smoke : Good One Comin' On". Country Music Television. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
20. "CMT : Videos : Blackberry Smoke : Pretty Little Lie". Country Music Television. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
21. "CMT : Videos : Blackberry Smoke : Shakin' Hands With The Holy Ghost". VEVO. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
22. "CMT : Videos : Blackberry Smoke : Six Ways To Sunday". Country Music Television. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
23. "Blackberry Smoke | Too High | VEVO – Yahoo Screen". Yahoo! Screen. Retrieved March 9, 2015.

http://www.blackberrysmoke.com/entry/european-record-deal-with-earache-records.html

External links

• Official website
• 2015 Blackberry Smoke interview on Guitar.com
• 2015 Blackberry Smoke interview on StuffStonersLike.com