Paired with Grammy Award-winning producer Brendan O’Brien, for the first time we find the band totally unfettered from superfluous obligations to labels and overbearing business lackeys, and in this space they’re simply allowed to. In addition to their success domestically, the band has also had #1 Rock, #1 Independent, and #1 U.K. Holding All The Roses finds Blackberry Smoke forging a definitively more rock sound than on previous efforts. Lynryd Skynyrd set the bar high, and many others have been capturing the vibe and feel of southern music. This became the 4th consecutive album for Blackberry Smoke to be atop the charts. Blackberry Smoke 'Holding All The Roses' Album Review Southern rock is one of the best and most underappreciated subgenres of music.
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2018 saw the band outsell all other releases with their self-produced Find A Light plus the acoustic accompaniment, The. Like An Arrow followed in 2016, again putting them at 1. It also debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk sales charts. In 2015 they released Holding All the Roses, which was the first independently-released record to hit 1 on the Billboard Country album charts in modern history. Most recently, in 2019 Blackberry Smokereleased Homecoming: Live in Atlanta, a recorded performance from their annual show in the band’s home town. 2018 saw the band outsell all other releases with their self-produced Find A Light plus the acoustic accompaniment, The Southern Ground Sessions. Like An Arrow followed in 2016, again putting them at #1. In 2015 they released Holding All the Roses, which was the first independently-released record to hit #1 on the Billboard Country album charts in modern history. The band has also had unparalleled success with sales of each of their last albums. Southern rocks hottest property, BLACKBERRY SMOKE have launched a lyric video for 'Let Me Help You (Find the Door)', taken from their forthcoming fourth studio album, Holding All the Roses, set for release on 9th February 2015 through Earache Records. Since their debut in 2004, the Atlanta-based band has independently released six full-length albums and toured relentlessly, building a strong and loyal community of fans.
The songs' musical and emotional appeal is further elevated by the band's three-part vocal harmonies and expanded arrangements that make judicious use of fiddle and added percussion.American rock band Blackberry Smoke – Made up of Charlie Starr (vocals, guitar), Paul Jackson (guitar, vocals), Richard Turner (bass, vocals), Brit Turner (drums) and Brandon Still (keyboards) – has become known for a singular sound indebted to classic rock, blues, country and folk.
Blackberry Smoke may be holding all the roses, but the band’s sweet smell of success has less to do with flower power and more to do with the fact that, right now, theyre also holding all the aces. The 12-song set-produced by Brendan O'Brien, whose previous production clients have included AC/DC, Aerosmith, Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen and Neil Young-showcases the Atlanta-based quintet's emotion-charged mix of bluesy rock, gospel soul, and country, with Starr's raspy twang matched by his and Paul Jackson's snarling guitars, Brandon Still's hauntingly expressive organ and piano, and the propulsive sibling rhythm section of Richard and Brit Turner. Holding all the Roses finishes as it started, with a big, bristling slice of southern rock in the shape of the mid-tempo, guitars swingin’ Fire in the Hole. Indeed, Holding All the Roses compellingly captures the energy, attitude and honesty that have already helped to make Blackberry Smoke one of America's hottest live rock 'n' roll outfits, as well as a grass-roots phenomenon with a large and fiercely loyal fan base that reflects the band's tireless touring regimen and staunch blue-collar work ethic. This record does a really good job of conveying what we do and what we're about," Blackberry Smoke singer-guitarist-songwriter Charlie Starr says of Holding All the Roses, the band's fourth studio album and it's first Rounder release.