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Blackberry Smoke Biography

The American southern rock band Blackberry Smoke came together shortly after the turn of the millennium and immediately took the country rock and jam band scene by storm. Members Brandon Still, Paul Jackson, Brit and Richard Turn, and Charlie Starr together formed the group and signed their first recording deal with Southern Ground, Zac Brown Band’s record label, in 2003.

Blackberry Smoke released their debut album, Bad Luck Ain’t No Crime, in 2004. Although the album was slow to rise on the charts, a rigorous touring schedule helped to create a rise in Blackberry Smoke’s popularity, and pave the way for additional albums and eventually a few charting country singles. Little Piece of Dixie arrived in 2009, and then Blackberry Smoke experienced its greatest success with the release of The Whippoorwill in 2012, which rose into the top ten on the country charts and reached into the top forty on the mainstream charts. The album spawned the country hit “Pretty Little Lie,” and also the additional single “Ain’t Much of Me.”

Blackberry Smoke has been enjoying an extensive touring schedule, often alongside such notable performers as Lynard Skynyrd, ZZ Top, and Zac Brown Band. They also recently participated in the Boot Ride, alongside the cast of the hit television series Sons of Anarchy, to raise money for charitable causes. Blackberry Smoke continues to perform and record, and is currently planning a return to the studio for another album release coming soon.