8528 - BLACKBERRY SMOKE - HOLDING ALL THE ROSES (2015)
BLACKBERRY SMOKE
''HOLDING ALL THE ROSES''
FEBRUARY 10 2015
40:15
1 Let Me Help You (Find The Door) 03:02
2 Holding All The Roses 03:14
3 Living In The Song 03:21
4 Rock And Roll Again 02:46
5 Woman In The Moon 04:34
6 Too High 03:09
7 Wish In One Hand 03:05
8 Randolph County Farewell 01:16
9 Payback's A Bitch 04:16
10 Lay It All On Me 03:05
11 No Way Back To Eden 04:32
12 Fire In The Hole 03:46
REVIEW
By Trigger
Rejoice Southern rock fans. If you’re looking for a refill of your favorite poison, Atlanta, Georgia’s formidable Southern rock outfit Blackberry Smoke has just announced they have a brand new album on the way called Holding All The Roses, due on shelves from Rounder Records on February 10th, 2015. It’s the followup to 2012’s acclaimed The Whippoorwill, and their first with Rounder. “I think that this record does a really good job of conveying what we do and what we’re about,” says singer, frontman, and songwriter Charlie Starr.
blackberry-smoke-holding-all-the-roses-coverHolding All The Roses is also the band’s first record with noted producer, mixer, and musician Brendan O’Brien, best known for his work with The Black Crowes, Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Bruce Springsteen to name a few. Brendan was the producer the band had always wanted to work with. “We didn’t go in and overthink any of the arrangements of the songs with preproduction,” Starr told Lagniappe Weekly in early October. “We just talked on the phone and we went in the studio. We did it and eight days later, we were finished.”
Blackberry decided to go with Rounder after Zac Brown’s Southern Ground label which released The Whippoorwill wasn’t working out. “Southern Ground kind of got shook up, and Zac kind of dissolved it for a while. It was a shame, because he’s our friend. It’s a shame to see a friend have something that doesn’t or didn’t work.”
Starr says listeners can expect more contrast on Holding All The Roses, with more harder-edged material, but also more laid-back material on the 12-track album. “People who enjoyed the ride of ‘The Whippoorwill’ and the way those songs flowed, these are more up and down.”
The band, which is currently in Europe, is also planning to tour the album hard and heavy, including a tour with Leon Virgil Bowers in March.
“The plan for this record is to go out and play as much as we can, and just take it to the people,” Charlie Starr continues. “There’s so much that’s out of your hands when you release a record, but that’s the part that we can control. That, and making an effort to make a better record every time.”
BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Leggett/AMG
Building on the Lynyrd Skynyrd Southern rock template, with a good dose of outlaw honky tonk country and a little bit of bluegrass, gospel, and R&B mixed in, Blackberry Smoke (singer/guitarist Charlie Starr, guitarist/singer Paul Jackson, bassist/singer Richard Turner, keyboardist Brandon Still, and drummer Brit Turner) formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2000 and quickly built a loyal fan base on the Southern tour circuit, opening for top-tier acts like Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, the Zac Brown Band, George Jones, and others. The group released a debut album, Bad Luck Ain't No Crime, in 2004 on Cock of the Walk Records, then followed it with the self-released EP New Honky Tonk Bootlegs in 2008. A second EP, Little Piece of Dixie, appeared from Big Karma Records that same year. A full-length album, this one also called Little Piece of Dixie, was released in 2009 by BamaJam Records. The band then signed with Zac Brown's Southern Ground Records, which released The Whippoorwill in 2012. The Whippoorwill was picked up by Earache, who formally signed the band in 2013. A deluxe audio and video live package entitled Leave a Scar: Live North Carolina was issued in the summer of 2014.
WEBSITE
''HOLDING ALL THE ROSES''
FEBRUARY 10 2015
40:15
1 Let Me Help You (Find The Door) 03:02
2 Holding All The Roses 03:14
3 Living In The Song 03:21
4 Rock And Roll Again 02:46
5 Woman In The Moon 04:34
6 Too High 03:09
7 Wish In One Hand 03:05
8 Randolph County Farewell 01:16
9 Payback's A Bitch 04:16
10 Lay It All On Me 03:05
11 No Way Back To Eden 04:32
12 Fire In The Hole 03:46
REVIEW
By Trigger
Rejoice Southern rock fans. If you’re looking for a refill of your favorite poison, Atlanta, Georgia’s formidable Southern rock outfit Blackberry Smoke has just announced they have a brand new album on the way called Holding All The Roses, due on shelves from Rounder Records on February 10th, 2015. It’s the followup to 2012’s acclaimed The Whippoorwill, and their first with Rounder. “I think that this record does a really good job of conveying what we do and what we’re about,” says singer, frontman, and songwriter Charlie Starr.
blackberry-smoke-holding-all-the-roses-coverHolding All The Roses is also the band’s first record with noted producer, mixer, and musician Brendan O’Brien, best known for his work with The Black Crowes, Pearl Jam, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Bruce Springsteen to name a few. Brendan was the producer the band had always wanted to work with. “We didn’t go in and overthink any of the arrangements of the songs with preproduction,” Starr told Lagniappe Weekly in early October. “We just talked on the phone and we went in the studio. We did it and eight days later, we were finished.”
Blackberry decided to go with Rounder after Zac Brown’s Southern Ground label which released The Whippoorwill wasn’t working out. “Southern Ground kind of got shook up, and Zac kind of dissolved it for a while. It was a shame, because he’s our friend. It’s a shame to see a friend have something that doesn’t or didn’t work.”
Starr says listeners can expect more contrast on Holding All The Roses, with more harder-edged material, but also more laid-back material on the 12-track album. “People who enjoyed the ride of ‘The Whippoorwill’ and the way those songs flowed, these are more up and down.”
The band, which is currently in Europe, is also planning to tour the album hard and heavy, including a tour with Leon Virgil Bowers in March.
“The plan for this record is to go out and play as much as we can, and just take it to the people,” Charlie Starr continues. “There’s so much that’s out of your hands when you release a record, but that’s the part that we can control. That, and making an effort to make a better record every time.”
BIOGRAPHY
by Steve Leggett/AMG
Building on the Lynyrd Skynyrd Southern rock template, with a good dose of outlaw honky tonk country and a little bit of bluegrass, gospel, and R&B mixed in, Blackberry Smoke (singer/guitarist Charlie Starr, guitarist/singer Paul Jackson, bassist/singer Richard Turner, keyboardist Brandon Still, and drummer Brit Turner) formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2000 and quickly built a loyal fan base on the Southern tour circuit, opening for top-tier acts like Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, the Zac Brown Band, George Jones, and others. The group released a debut album, Bad Luck Ain't No Crime, in 2004 on Cock of the Walk Records, then followed it with the self-released EP New Honky Tonk Bootlegs in 2008. A second EP, Little Piece of Dixie, appeared from Big Karma Records that same year. A full-length album, this one also called Little Piece of Dixie, was released in 2009 by BamaJam Records. The band then signed with Zac Brown's Southern Ground Records, which released The Whippoorwill in 2012. The Whippoorwill was picked up by Earache, who formally signed the band in 2013. A deluxe audio and video live package entitled Leave a Scar: Live North Carolina was issued in the summer of 2014.
WEBSITE
