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This one certainly does, it’s a slow burner of a song and Charlie Starr’s vocal is emotive as he sings, “ain’t always a happy ending, we ain’t in a fairy tale.” It’s always good when a song lives up to your memory.

“Same sons of bitches still rigging the game, they sell the same old faces with a brand new name.” Having previously had record company woes of their own the band must be over the moon to now be settled at Earache, home of some of the best new bands around, including The Temperance Movement, who’ll accompany Blackberry Smoke on the US Holding all the Roses tour.īack in October when they played Glasgow the band treated us to a preview of Living in the Song, and it went down very well indeed. It’s classic Blackberry Smoke, upbeat, great for a singalong but at the same time having a good old rant about things that piss them off, in this case the total lack of originality amongst some members of today’s music business. The album opens with the first single Let me help you (find the door), currently being played in heavy rotation on rock radio stations across the country. The title track features some fiddle that drags your imagination straight into a foot stomping hoedown. Holding all the Roses sees Blackberry Smoke influenced even more by traditional Southern music.

I may have expected working with such a big name producer to pull the album further towards the mainstream but if anything the opposite is true. Apparently with legendary producer Brendan O’Brien at the helm there’s no hanging around! He’s worked with some massive artists in the past including AC/DC, Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen and represents somewhat of a feather in the cap for Blackberry Smoke, proving that their star is definitely on the rise. However my question was answered when I found out the album was completed in only eleven days. I saw them play Glasgow twice last year and my news feed seems to be filled every day with photos of them on stage in front of yet another sell out crowd somewhere in the world.

I actually couldn’t figure out where they found the time to make a new album, as they seem to tour constantly. Singer Charlie Starr, guitarist Paul Jackson, keyboard player Brandon Still and brothers Brit and Richard Turner on drums and bass respectively are going from strength to strength. It’s an appropriate name for this, Blackberry Smoke’s fourth studio album, as this band is fast becoming the one everyone else in the Southern Rock genre is chasing. Reviews Holding all the Roses by on all the Roses is an American term meaning you’re the winner.

Blackberry smoke holding all the roses tshirt