Blackberry Smoke (from the album Be Right Here

Blackberry Smoke (from the album Be Right Here

Blackberry Smoke (from the album Be Right Here available on 3 Legged Records/Thirty Tigers) (by Danny McCloskey)
Starting off with a stomp and holler Blackberry Smoke bust down the doors to their recent release, Be Right Here, on a funky strut shouting “Dig a Hole”. The storyline starts a theme for the album of DIY suggestions on how we can make it through life in 2024 by making plans and taking a stand. No finger-pointing rather a buffet laying out the good days and simple joys of life, pointing a bright light at quick-flash moments of luck before the memories slip away. Be Right Here reminds us to ‘don’t worry about the darkness, it’s just the other side of the light’ (“Other Side of the Light”) while a revolving rhythm makes a wish to “Be So Lucky” as “Whatcha Know Good” trudges over a swamp-thick muddy groove offering solace through backwood wisdom (“I don’t worry. Don’t get in a hurry. Ain’t no reason to fight if the fish don’t bite’).
Produced by Dave Cobb (Jason Isbell, Sturgill Simpson, Chris Stapleton) Be Right Here delivers a new batch of anthems from Blackberry Smoke. Harmonies slowly rising up to grab attention before Rock’n’Roll chord chops lead the way into “Little Bit Crazy”. “Azalea” blooms over a rattle of rhythms as heavy footstomps bare teeth to introduce “Barefoot Angel” while Be Right Here offers a cautionary tale with “Hammer and the Nail”. Blackberry Smoke are the teachers in a classroom blasting Rock’n’Roll Country jam motivations as the lyrical lessons provide counsel for how to live your best life.
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