blackberry smoke, ‘the southern ground sessions’

blackberry cover

following the band’s april 2018 release of ‘find a light’, they decided to go back into the studio and film themselves performing a couple of the tunes acoustically, mostly just to release on their website for the enjoyment of their fans. it went so well they decided to invite a few friends and add some more tracks. instead of just posting them online, they decided to release it as an ep. that project seems to have inspired them to take it on the road. although they are currently still touring in support of ‘find the light’ in their

blackberry find cover

electrified southern rock style, they will transition starting in about a month or so to the ‘break it down’ tour, where they will do their entire show in an acoustic fashion.

blackberry tour

i have both of these albums, i can tell you that i prefer the shorter acoustic set. the songs translate well from their previous arrangements, and they added a bonus track with amanda shires joining them on tom petty’s ‘you got lucky’. amanda is joining them for some of the road dates as well, and i hope she is at the one i am attending on st. patrick’s day at the kent stage.

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