New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Acclaimed American rock band
Blackberry Smoke will release The Southern Ground Sessions EP on October 26. Created as an accompaniment to their acclaimed new album, Find A Light, the 6-song EP was recorded live at Southern Ground studio in Nashville, TN and features acoustic versions of five album tracks as well as a rendition of Tom Petty's "You Got Lucky" featuring
Amanda Shires. In advance of the release, "Run Away From It All" is premiering today. Stream/share HERE and watch the song's video HERE.
Of the EP, lead singer Charlie Starr comments, "It felt really cool to come back to Southern Ground Studios and play music with some good friends. It was like stripping it down and playing in the living room."
Blackberry Smoke is Starr (vocals, guitar), Richard Turner (bass, vocals), Brit Turner (drums), Paul Jackson (guitar, vocals), and
Brandon Still (keyboards). Since their debut in 2004, the band has independently released six full-length records and has toured relentlessly, building a strong and loyal community of fans. Of their latest album, NPR
Music praises, "For nearly two decades, Georgia's
Blackberry Smoke has been a purveyor of the new Southern rock movement, creating music on its cutting edge...Find a Light pushes the envelope while providing that famous
Blackberry Smoke autonomy, delivered with soulful vocals, haunting harmonies and kick ass songs," while Rolling Stone asserts, "Blackberry Smoke is part of a lineage that shares a love of Petty, the Allman Brothers Band,
Lynyrd Skynyrd and Hank Williams Jr., able to ride an Americana vibe or peel off a stomping riff and tie it all together without a hint of pretense." In addition to their work as musicians, the band remains committed to charitable work and has raised nearly $200,000 benefiting children's cancer research.
The band will continue to tour extensively throughout 2018, including two shows at New York's Irving Plaza on
September 7 and 8 as well as their newly announced "Brothers and Sisters Holiday Homecoming show" at Atlanta's The Tabernacle on November 23. In addition to the North American dates, they will also perform several shows this fall as part of the U.K./European leg of the "Find A Light" tour. See below for complete details.
THE SOUTHERN GROUND SESSIONS TRACK LIST:
1. Run Away From It All
2. Medicate My Mind
3. Let Me Down Easy (feat.
Amanda Shires)
4. Best Seat In The House
5. You Got Lucky (feat.
Amanda Shires)
6. Mother Mountain (feat.
Oliver Wood)
BLACKBERRY SMOKE CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
July 20-Baldwinsville, NY-Bud Light Amphitheater at Paper Mill Island
July 21-Scranton, PA-Peach Festival
July 22-Silver Spring, MD-The Fillmore
Silver Spring*
July 24-Columbus, OH-Express Live!*
July 26-Frankenmuth, MI-Harvey Kern Pavilion
July 27-Cuyahoga Falls, OH-Blossom
Music Center†
July 28-Hershey, PA-Hershey Stadium†
August 4-Saint Charles, IA-Hinterland Festival
August 5-Sturgis, SD-Sturgis
Motorcycle Rally
August 7-Milwaukee, WI-The Pabst Theater‡
August 9-Chicago, IL-Gallagher Way‡
August 10-Huber Heights, OH-Rose
Music Center at the Heights‡
August 11-Cincinnati, OH-PNC Pavilion at Riverbend‡
August 12-Indianapolis, IN-Farmer's Bureau Insurance Lawn @ White River
State Park‡
August 14-Apple Valley, MN-Weesner Family Amphitheatre‡
August 16-Oshkosh, WI-Waterfest Concert Series @ Leach Amphitheater
August 17-Peoria, IL-Peoria Riverfront‡
August 18-Chesterfield, MO-Chesterfield Central Park Amphitheatre‡
August 22-Morgantown, WV-Metropolitan Theater
August 23-Toledo, OH-Hensville Park
August 24-Fort Wayne, IN-Sweetwater Pavilion
August 25-Du Quoin, IL-Du Quoin
State Fair
August 30-Montgomery, AL-Montgomery Performing Arts Center
August 31-Pelham, AL-Oak Mountain Amphitheatre†
September 1-Atlanta, GA-Cellairis Amphitheatre at Lakewood†
September 2-Jacksonville, FL-TIAA Bank Field†
September 7-New York, NY-Irving Plaza
September 8-New York, NY-Irving Plaza
September 11-Ridgefield, CT-The Ridgefield Playhouse
September 13-Concord, NH-Capitol Center For The Arts-Chubb Theatre
September 14-Orono, ME-Collins Center for the Performing Arts
September 15-Fredericton, Canada-Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival
September 16-Webster, MA-Indian Ranch Amphitheatre
September 18-Toronto, Ontario-The Danforth
Music Hall
September 19-Buffalo, NY-Town Ballroom
September 23-Louisville, KY-Bourbon & Beyond Festival
October 5-West Helena, AR-King Biscuit Blues Festival
October 12-Frankfurt, Germany-Batschkapp
October 13-Bonn, Germany-Harmonie Club
October 14-Basel, Switzerland-Z7 Pratteln
October 16-Zurich, Switzerland-Kaufleuten
October 17-Munich, Germany-Tonhalle
October 18-Milan, Italy-Alcatraz
October 20-Berlin, Germany-Huxleys
October 21-Hannover, Germany-Capitol
October 23-Stockholm, Sweden-Cirkus
October 24-Gothenburg, Sweden-Pustervik
October 25-Oslo, Norway-Sentrum Scene
October 27-Weert, Netherlands-Bosuil
October 28-Amsterdam, Netherlands-Melkweg
October 29-Brussels, Belgium-Ancienne Belgique
October 31-Paris, France-Le Caberet Sauvage
November 2-Newcastle, U.K.-02 Academy§
November 3-Glasgow, U.K.-02 Academy
November 4-Nottingham, U.K.-Rock City
November 6-Belfast, Ireland-The Telegraph Building
November 7-Dublin, Ireland-National Stadium
November 9-Cardiff, U.K.-Tramshed§
November 10-Birmingham, U.K.-02 Academy§
November 11-Bristol, U.K.-02 Academy§
November 13-Southampton, U.K.-Guildhall
November 15-London, U.K.-02 Shepherds Bush Empire
November 16-London, U.K.-02 Shepherds Bush Empire
November 17-Manchester, U.K.-02 Apollo
November 23-Atlanta, GA-The Tabernacle
December 7-Port Chester, NY-The Capitol Theatre
December 8-Clifton Park, NY-Upstate Concert Hall
January 6-12-Tampa, FL-2019 Southern Rock Cruise
*with Magpie Salute
†with Lynyrd Skynyrd
‡co-headline with JJ Grey & Mofro
§with Junkyard.
