Blackberry Smoke

[boost]

Saw these guys a few years back opening for Cheap Trick. Bought their EP at the show, and never really heard much after that. Saw a concert recently of them on Palladia - Live at the Georgia Theatre. They added a keyboard player somewhere along the line from when I saw them. Great songs, playing , and tones. Any fans of southern rock should check them out. Great live P-90 tones to boot! Never thought Orange amps would be the choice for southern rock, but they make it work.

 

[Chris6870]

Saw them a few weeks ago at the Meadowlands opening for Zach Brown. Pretty cool band,reminded me of a young Black Crowes.

 

[Stramm8]

These guys have been in various bands in the atlanta area for quite some time. The drummer and the bass player are brothers and were members of one of if not the heaviest metal bands back in the late '80s - early '90s, Nihlist

 

[LP Freak]

I saw them open for Jackyl a few years back. They were pretty good. I never saw a night filled with so much redneck entertainment.

 

[EyesOfTheSouth]

I've seen them headlining 3 times this year and have already bought tickets for a March 2013 show. I LOVE them! Kind of disappointed with the last release though.....which sounds too polished in a "Nashville" country kind of way.

I did a gear walk through with them last April. The guitar collection is sick.

 

[rupe]

Never heard of them before but I'll definitely check them out now

P-90s (LP Jr) + Orange Amps are what Clutch used on their latest album IIRC.

 

[boost]

I've seen them headlining 3 times this year and have already bought tickets for a March 2013 show. I LOVE them! Kind of disappointed with the last release though.....which sounds too polished in a "Nashville" country kind of way.

I did a gear walk through with them last April. The guitar collection is sick.

At the Georgia theatre show there was a tweed that kept popping up on stage right once in a while. It was out there at the beginning of 'restless' when the singer was playing the intro. Not sure if he was playing out of the tweed, but whatever he had going on was my idea of what a P-90 should sound like. Killer tones.

 

[EyesOfTheSouth]

I've seen them headlining 3 times this year and have already bought tickets for a March 2013 show. I LOVE them! Kind of disappointed with the last release though.....which sounds too polished in a "Nashville" country kind of way.

I did a gear walk through with them last April. The guitar collection is sick.

At the Georgia theatre show there was a tweed that kept popping up on stage right once in a while. It was out there at the beginning of 'restless' when the singer was playing the intro. Not sure if he was playing out of the tweed, but whatever he had going on was my idea of what a P-90 should sound like. Killer tones.

It was all Rockerverbs when I've seen them. A MkI 2x12 combo and a MkII head and 4x12.

 

[krueger]

Great band with some great basic but cool guitar riffs!

 

[yngzaklynch]

I saw them perform on TV. Didn't do a thing for me. YMMV

 

[gibson08]

A friend mentioned them a while back, checked out some YT stuff, I like'em! Def an old Southern Rock thing going on.

 

[bonedarrell]

The first time I saw them, they opened for ZZ Top. I dug their hole vibe, tone and songs....I have seen then a couple of times since headlining in smaller venues and they put on a great show. Very tasty southern guitar work! I would recommend the last 2 CD's highly!

 

[Badronald]

I saw them perform on TV. Didn't do a thing for me. YMMV

Same here.
Same old stuff. Nothing original.

 

[bonedarrell]

I saw them perform on TV. Didn't do a thing for me. YMMV

Same here.
Same old stuff. Nothing original.

????? So what is?

 

[Badronald]

I saw them perform on TV. Didn't do a thing for me. YMMV

Same here.
Same old stuff. Nothing original.

????? So what is?

True. They sounded good. They're good at what they do.

 

[boost]

I agree there is nothing new here. They sound like Skynyrd meets the Black Crowes with a little more redneck country thrown in on top. Still, I think that's a cool combo and I like the songs. Black Crowes are my favorite band and the thing that turned me on to them is that they sounded like an old band. Nothing new, just good old rock and roll.

 

[Norton666]

One of my favorite bands. Their last 2 albums are flat out perfect imo. Just saw them a couple of months ago in a small club and it was all Orange. 2 - RV50 halfstacks . Fantastic tone .

 

[Greg Riley]

You might check out The Jompson Brothers, if you like the Blackberry Smoke or Kentucky Headhunters vibe. The singer Chris Stapleton was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 with the Steeldrivers. He has also written alot of country hits. Great soulful voice and all around musician. I just played a gig with them.

 

[steve39stripes]

I caught them when opening for ZZ Top and they were fantastic.

 

[bonedarrell]

You might check out The Jompson Brothers, if you like the Blackberry Smoke or Kentucky Headhunters vibe. The singer Chris Stapleton was nominated for a Grammy in 2009 with the Steeldrivers. He has also written alot of country hits. Great soulful voice and all around musician. I just played a gig with them.

+1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!