In an interesting turn, the Bluegrass riff is then played on guitar, then back to acoustic, and finally a call and response on acoustic guitar and fiddle collapses into a ripping electric guitar solo. The lead quickly dissolves into breakneck drumming, hand claps, and another country-fried riff on electric guitar.

Title track, “Holding All the Roses,” takes the listener in a completely different direction with a Bluegrass inspired lead on acoustic guitar. Echoing the best of upbeat ’70s Country Rock, harmonies dominate the vocal landscape, and an aggressive Honky-Tonk guitar solo punctuates the peppy melody. Opener “Let Me Help You (Find the Door)” punches the listener in the gut with a classic Country Rock riff on electric guitar coupled with crisp drumming from Turner. Now in 2015, the band unleash their fourth studio album, Holding All the Roses, via new label Rounder Records. Gaining notoriety opening for the likes of the aforementioned Lynyrd Skynyrd, ZZ Top, and Country legend George Jones, Blackberry Smoke continue to rise in popularity and received rave success with 2012 album The Whippoorwill. Formed in 2000, the band features Charlie Starr (guitars/vocals), Paul Jackson (guitars/vocals), Richard Turner (bass/vocals), Brandon Still (keyboards), and Brit Turner (drums). 38 Special, and the like while nimbly sprinkling in some R&B, Honky-Tonk, and even a little Bluegrass. Atlanta Georgia’s Blackberry Smoke is a five piece Country Rock band that successfully incorporates the sound of their Classic Rock forefathers Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hatchet.

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