Blackberry Smoke is at The St. Augustine Amphitheatre as part of their Be Right Here Tour on Thursday, November 7, 2024. With special guest Southall.
When Charlie Starr started writing the songs that would become Blackberry Smoke’s new album, ‘Be Right Here’, the first tune the vocalist/lead guitarist worked up was “Dig A Hole”. Formed by an old guitar riff married with a Wurlitzer chorus riff written by keyboardist Brandon Still, the swampy psychedelic-rock song is a powerful statement about choosing your path in life … whether you want to give into temptation or walk a more righteous road.
Over the past two decades, Blackberry Smoke has developed this confidence and amassed a loyal fanbase. In turn, leading their last five full-length albums to achieve great chart success. That includes 2021’s ‘You Hear Georgia’, which reached #1 on Billboard’s Americana/Folk Albums chart. The band wrote and recorded ‘You Hear Georgia’ during the most intense periods of the pandemic but held off on releasing it until they could go tour again.
Starr says Blackberry Smoke took the same deliberate approach with ‘Be Right Here’, which was recorded in late 2022 and early 2023 … around the same time drummer Brit Turner was diagnosed with a type of brain tumor known as Glioblastoma. “We didn’t feel a whole lot of pressure to go in and make this one quickly”, Starr shares. Location also factored into ‘Be Right Here’s’ sound as they recorded most of the album at Nashville’s beloved RCA Studio A, then polished it off in Cobb’s studio in Savannah, Georgia. “It’s down in the low country and beautiful”, Starr says of the space, called Georgia Mae. “This album has a swagger to it, a deep in the pocket kind of feel. Those surroundings helped give the record that feel”.
Embracing the light and finding the silver lining are once again at the heart of what they do best.
Doors Open 5:00pm | Show 6:30pm
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