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Tag Archives: Blackberry Smoke
Interview (10 Questions): JUNKYARD
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Junkyard have been around since 1987, they originally split-up in 1992 returning in 2000 and their latest album ‘High Water’, was released last year. Here we catch-up with drummer Patrick Muzingo and guitarists Tim Mosher and Jimmy James where they … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackberry Smoke, gigs, hard rock, High Water, interview, Junkyard, rock, rock 'n' roll
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Album review: HOGJAW – Rise To The Mountains
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Snakefarm Records [Release date 2015] Hogjaw embark on their maiden UK tour this autumn and they have a new album, ‘Way Down Yonder’ to promote, along with this, their 2015 album which is now getting a full UK release via Spinefarm … Continue reading
Album review: BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Find A Light
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Earache Records [Release date: 06.04.18] Another fine, fine release from Southern/country rockers, Blackberry Smoke. Following on the fletchings of ‘Like An Arrow’ in 2016 and ‘Holding All the Roses’ in 2015, the band are becoming increasingly prolific and relentlessly excellent. … Continue reading
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Tagged Blackberry Smoke, CD, Charlie Starr, country rock, Find a Light, review, southern rock
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Gig review: SUMMERFEST – Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, 28 June-9 July 2017
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In a world of constant change in popular music, for a festival to celebrate its 50th year, as Milwaukee’s Summerfest did this year, represents a lifetime. I’d been to the festival certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s biggest … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, The Best of 2017
Tagged AOR, Bad Boy, Blackberry Smoke, Bob Dylan, Brandi Carlile, Chris Stapleton, Dennis De Young, festival, Foghat, gig, Greta Van Fleet, Huey Lewis and the News, Jason Isbell, John Waite, July 2017, June 2017, melodic rock, Milwaukee, Paul Simon, Peter Frampton, progressive, REO Speedwagon, review, rock, Sheryl Crow, Shinedown, Soul Asylum, Summerfest, Tesla, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Toto, Wisconsin
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Gig review: BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Roundhouse, London, 28 March 2017
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I was already a fan of this band’s eclectic mix of blues, hard rock, boogie and country before seeing one of their gigs. Afterwards, I was ready to declare them my new favourite live act. Excellent show. That said, the … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, GIG REVIEWS, The Best of 2017
Tagged 28 March 2017, Blackberry Smoke, Charlie Starr, gig, Like An Arrow, live, review, Roundhouse, Whippoorwill
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Album review: BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Like An Arrow
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Earache Records [Release date 15.10.16] Blackberry Smoke are back with the follow-up to last year’s ‘Holding All The Roses’, an Album of the Year selection here at GRTR! and a rare five star album from me. So no pressure then … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blackberry Smoke, classic, country, Greg Allman, Like An Arrow, review, rock, southern
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Gig review: STONE FREE FESTIVAL Day 1 – 02 Arena, London, 18 June 2016
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Once upon a time, gigs took place indoors, or in football stadiums for the very largest acts, and festivals in a muddy field. While rock festival demographics have gradually got older, the havoc wreaked by the vagaries of the English … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Cooper, Apocalyptica, Blackberry Smoke, blues rock, festival, gig, glam, Jackaman, Jared James Nichols, Michael Monroe, review, rock, southern rock, Stone Free, The Darkness, THERAPY?
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News: BEST OF 2015 rock radio special on Sunday 27 December
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On Sunday 27 December, at 22:00 GMT David Randall presents a two-hour special on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio featuring the Get Ready to ROCK! reviewer choices for ‘Best of 2015′. The show will also reflect the popular vote that … Continue reading
Posted in ALL POSTS, Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, NEWS, The Best Of 2015
Tagged Best of 2015, Blackberry Smoke, blues, feature, FM, Get Ready to ROCK!, King King, melodic rock, Michael Schenker, progressive, radio, rock, special, Steve Rothery, Steven Wilson, Thunder, UFO
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News: Readers and listeners vote for their favourite albums and live acts – Best of 2015
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Every year the reviewers at Get Ready to ROCK! choose their Top Albums and Live Acts. Their selection covers a range of genres from rock to blues and progressive and reflects the musical spread of the well-respected website. The reviewers … Continue reading
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Tagged albums, Best of 2015, Blackberry Smoke, blues, King King, melodic rock, poll, progressive, readers, Renaissance, rock, The Tubes, Thunder, Vintage Trouble, vote
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Album review: BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Holding All The Roses
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Earache Records [Release date 09.02.15] www.blackberrysmoke.com This is amazingly Blackberry Smoke’s fourth studio album, as their last album ‘The Whippoorwill’ was released in the UK last year (although it dated from 2012 when it was released in their native US) … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blackberry Smoke, country, Holding All The Roses, review, rock, southern
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Gig review: BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 19 October 2014
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Fellow GRTR! scribe Nikk Gunns posed a fascinating discussion question online recently – ‘if there were no new music from this point onwards, could you live with the music we have already had’? Judging from the mixed response he received, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Keylock, Atlanta, Blackberry Smoke, gig, Led Zeppelin, live, Peter Green, review, rock, southern rock, The Whippoorwill
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Album review: BLACKBERRY SMOKE – Leave A Scar Live in North Carolina
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Earache [Release date 18.08.14] 2-CD/DVD Skynyrd fans, lovers of the Georgia Satellites and The Black Crowes – you need read no further, just go buy. If you like good, honest Southern rock – just go buy. The rest of you? … Continue reading
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Tagged album, Blackberry Smoke, blues, Leave A Scar Live In North Carolina, review, rock
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Gig review: BLACKBERRY SMOKE – O2 Islington Academy, 3 March 2014
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After treading the boards in the USA for some years, Blackberry Smoke’s belated marketing push to crack the UK seems to be paying off: hot on the heels of their belatedly released The Whippoorwill album reaching the top 30, the … Continue reading
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Tagged 3 March 2014, Blackberry Smoke, gig, London, O2 Islington Academy, review, southern rock
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Album review: THE WESTERN SIZZLERS – For Ol’ Times Sake
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Roar Hide Records [Release date: 20.05.13] ‘Unfinished Business’, the penultimate track on The Western Sizzlers ‘For Ol’ Times Sake’, neatly summarises self exiled British musical maverick Kevin Jennings’s situation. A former catalyst for the Georgia Satellites (he got them signed … Continue reading
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Tagged alt country, Atlanta, Blackberry Smoke, boogie, Charlie Starr, Chuck Berry, country, For Ol' Times Sake, Georgia Satellites, guitar, Jason & The Scorchers, Jeff Bakos, Keith Richard, Kevin Fitzpatrick, Kevin Jennings, Kris Kristofferson, Larue Riccio, Nicky Ford, Rick Richards, roots, southern rock, Status Quo, The Beatles, The Black Crowes, The Stray Cats, The Western Sizzlers, TobyMarriott, Wayne Glass
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