NASHVILLE |DATE: APRIL 23, 2010
FROM: TODD BRODGINSKI/ANGELA VILLANUEVA/MITCH SCHNEIDER
BLACKBERRY SMOKE
FEEL A ‘GOOD ONE COMIN’ ON’
WITH
‘LITTLE PIECE OF DIXIE’
BONUS TRACK ‘YESTERDAY’S WINE’
FEATURING GEORGE JONES AND JAMEY JOHNSON
“Two six packs of Shiner
99 cent butane lighters
Lucky Strikes and a fifth of Patron
Ice down that Igloo cooler
Tank of gas, that ought to do her
I can feel a good one comin’ on”
–“Good One Comin’ On”
Those are words to live by, if you’re Atlanta-based outlaw Southern country-rock band BLACKBERRY SMOKE, that is. Their loud-and-proud, slide guitar-infused new single “Good One Comin’ On” from their second full album LITTLE PIECE OF DIXIE (BamaJam Records) will hit radio in June, and the group have shot a video for it that combines live footage with slice-of-road-life scenes: http://www.bamajamrecords.com/smokevideos/. In May, the quintet will also be issuing a new version of LITTLE PIECE OF DIXIE with a very special bonus track: “Yesterday’s Wine,” a cover of Willie Nelson’s hit featuring George Jones, Jamey Johnson and BLACKBERRY SMOKE frontman Charlie Starr all trading vocals, and it’s a tour de force.
LITTLE PIECE OF DIXIE is a fresh yet familiar collection that fuses BLACKBERRY SMOKE’s diverse influences with its road-honed musicianship. Described by Country Weekly as having a “knockout blend of Southern rock and country (3/15/10),” the band has always embraced their eclectic influences and avoided being pigeonholed. “None of us have ever said, ‘Let’s be a southern rock band or a bluegrass band or a country band,’” Starr explains. “We all love the Allman Brothers and Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Stones and the Faces and Hank Williams and Bill Monroe. It’s not about what kind of music it is, as long as it’s good and it’s honest. When we get together it just sounds the way it does.”
The group–CHARLIE STARR, sibling rhythm section RICHARD and BRIT TURNER (bass and drums, respectively), guitarist PAUL JACKSON and keyboardist BRANDON STILL–formed in 2000 and quickly made an impact. Thanks to individual and shared reputations for entertaining, the foursome hit the road hard. “We had gigs right away,” says RICHARD, who with BRIT had been in a popular Atlanta band that opened for national touring acts. Since then, BLACKBERRY SMOKE has shared the stage with ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Montgomery Gentry, Jamey Johnson, Travis Tritt, The Outlaws, Marshall Tucker Band and Cross Canadian Ragweed, among others. BLACKBERRY SMOKE will remain on tour–sponsored by their friends at Jim Beam–throughout the summer.
Check out BLACKBERRY SMOKE on the road:
| DATE | CITY | VENUE | |||||||
| Sat | 4/24 | Boca Raton, FL | Sunset Cove Amphitheatre | ||||||
| Tue | 4/25 | Clearwater, FL | Clearwater Fun n Sun Festival | ||||||
| Thu | 4/29 | Panama City, FL | Spinnaker – Bike Rally | ||||||
| Fri | 4/30 | Pigeon Forge, TN | Pigeon Forge Convention Center | ||||||
| Thu | 5/6 | Mesa, AZ | Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill | ||||||
| Sat | 5/8 | San Diego, CA | House Of Blues | ||||||
| Sun | 5/9 | West Hollywood, CA | The Viper Room | ||||||
| Thu | 5/13 | Nashville, TN | Mercy Lounge | ||||||
| Fri | 5/14 | Lynchburg, VA | Cattle Annie’s | ||||||
| Sat | 5/15 | North Myrtle Beach, SC | House Of Blues | ||||||
| Thu | 5/20 | Greenville, SC | The Handlebar | ||||||
| Fri | 5/21 | Harrisonburg, VA | The Basement Lounge | ||||||
| Sat | 5/22 | Babylon, NY | Overlook Beach | ||||||
| Sun | 5/23 | Pittsburgh, PA | Thunderbird Café | ||||||
| Thu | 5/27 | Athens, GA | The Bad Manor | ||||||
| Fri | 5/28 | Chattanooga, TN | Rhythm & Brews | ||||||
| Sat | 5/29 | Brilliant, AL | City Hall/Coalfest | ||||||
| Sun | 5/30 | Eclectic, AL | The Lake Martin Amphitheater | ||||||
| Thu | 6/3 | Orlando, FL | The Social | ||||||
| Sat | 6/5 | Destin, FL | The Lower Alabama Lounge | ||||||
| Fri | 6/25 | Louisville, KY | Iroquois Amphitheater | ||||||
| Fri | 7/2 | Burnsville, NC | Burnsville Town Center | ||||||
| Thu | 7/8 | Clarkston, MI | DTE Energy Music Theatre | ||||||
| Fri | 7/16 | Poughkeepsie, NY | Mid-Hudson Civic Center | ||||||
| Sat | 7/17 | Walker, MN | Moondance Jam | ||||||
| Thu | 7/22 | Chicago, IL | Joe’s Bar | ||||||
| Fri | 7/23 | Peoria, IL | 11th Annual Ham n’ Jam | ||||||
| Fri | 7/30 | Covington, KY | Madison Theater | ||||||
| Sat | 7/31 | Ashville, OH | Dough Boyz | ||||||
| Sat | 8/7 | Scandinavia, WI | 42nd Annual Scandinavia Corn Roast | ||||||
| Fri | 8/20 | Ironton, OH | Rally On The River | ||||||
| Sat | 8/21 | Maryville, TN | The Shed | ||||||
| Wed | 8/25 | Uncasville, CT | Mohegan Sun | ||||||
| Thu | 8/26 | Sellersville, PA | Sellersville Theater 1894 | ||||||
| Fri | 8/27 | Fannettsburg, PA | Hillside Tavern | ||||||
| Sat | 8/28 | Schaefferstown, PA | Oak & Locust/91st Firemen’s Carnival | ||||||
http://blackberrysmoke.com
http://www.myspace.com/blackberrysmoke
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For more information on BLACKBERRY SMOKE, please contact:
Todd Brodginski 818-380-0400 x239 toddb@msopr.com
Angela Villanueva 818-380-0400 x232 avillanueva@msopr.com
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