blackberry smoke p-town Friday 10/15

Yes, thanks for offering.  Just too slammed this month.  Hoping for retirement in 2022, and ability to be more spontaneous!

Enjoy!

Wish I could, but celebrating the kiddos departure from Sugar Mountain as she turns 20.

These guys fill in where Lynnard Skynnard left off. Not as harsh as Drive By Truckers, a bit dialed down from Georgia Satellites, more edge musically than Old Crow (towards rock) and no bro country even though those guys will like them. Swamp music it is.

So start here for the “party boys” A Good One Coming On



They even have the Skynnard (DBT) Three Guitar Attack

Then the lyrics here take you to Isbell’s Outfit, other Patterson Hood, maybe Robert Earle Keen but he’s more upbeat
One Horse Town



so when you run the albums on the Spot and at the show Friday, they stuck to radio length songs—no problem. But they put I ain’t Wasting Time No More at the end, showing a propensity to jam, and well they could, fitting in at a Lockn or Peach. I think some of CRB



They also teased Bertha last night.

They went to Capricorn and recorded with guest Keep On Smiling, Grits ain’t groceries, and Take the Highway; each sone had someone from the original



A nice Petty interpretation—this is what we need, not propping up the 70 year olds but young ones who carry on




and wrapping up with one of their own Shaking Hands with the Holy Ghost (Tennessee champagne?)

I get the impression they are so versatile they can play to different audiences. My show Friday seemed to be an older country crowd. Lots of short songs and favorites, and well-known covers. But it's easy to see what they can do, as i did with the ABB song.