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In between shows the band has also found time to record four studio albums (with a fifth coming out later this year), 3 EP’s and a live compilation. This includes three European tours as well as a recent jaunt to Australia. They are without a doubt one of the hardest working bands in the business with a grueling tour schedule of over 250 days a year. Members Charlie Starr, Paul Jackson, Brandon Still and brothers Richard and Brit Turner have been together since 2000, cultivating a fiercely loyal grass-roots following along the way.
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The Atlanta-based quintet is certainly not new to the music scene. When asked who he thought could become the next future classic rock stars Florentine named Blackberry Smoke as his #1 pick. “After the show we bought their music instead of Zak Brown’s and have been fans ever since”.Īnother gentleman responds that he searched their music after VH1 host Jim Florentine of “That Metal Show” wore the bands t-shirt on the air. “We first saw them when they opened up for Zak Brown”, she said. Ellen and her husband came from Houston and have seen them no fewer than five times in the past year. I get mostly mentions of youTube, Pandora or the MTV Palladia Channel. I wind my way through the crowd to ask just that. In spite of the almost suffocating Texas humidity people have been waiting for almost two hours for the club doors to open in order to get a place in the coveted front row to see Southern rock sensation Blackberry Smoke.Īsk someone if they have heard of the band and you will generally get either a blank stare or an enthusiastic “yes” so I am curious as to how people have come to discover them. A line of fans snake around the building of the River Road Ice House in New Braunfels.