Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke)

Frontman and guitarist of the great Blackberry Smoke, Charlie Starr, joins me to break down all eight of their studio albums, and how the band is honoring and paying tribute to their late drummer Brit Turner with the release of their first ever best of album, Rattle, Ramble & Roll - The Best of Blackberry Smoke, Vol. 1.

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Check out my first interview with Charlie (2024):https://youtu.be/gWC13H2H7m0

Watch Blackberry Smoke perform "The Whippoorwill" for Off The Avenue:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW-Lj6XkLj

00:00 Intro

0:47 Bad Luck Ain’t No Crime

1:30 Why Blackberry Smoke re-recorded Sanctified Woman

4:20 Recording first album with Jesse James Dupree of Jackyl and not having enough songs

5:50 What happened to BamaJam Records

7:14 Little Piece of Dixie and working with outside songwriters

9:28 Writing with Travis Meadows

11:11 Recording Blackberry Smoke songs written entirely by others

13:44 How the first two albums hold up for Charlie

14:11 Changing the setlist for every show

15:53 Touring with Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)

17:10 The Whippoorwill and help from Zac Brown (Zac Brown Band) and his record label

21:06 How Charlie’s divorce affected songwriting

21:59 Disagreement with Travis Meadows when writing One Horse Town

23:57 The Whippoorwill having Pink Floyd vibes and joking with Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes)

25:44 How The Whippoorwill holds up for Charlie

26:36 Performing songs differently live versus the recording

28:13 Recording together live in the studio

28:42 Holding All The Roses, releasing it on Rounder Records and the end of Zac Brown’s label

30:50 Why Blackberry Smoke started their own label 3 Legged Records and the origins of the name

32:20 Becoming first independent act to have a #1 country album on Billboard (Holding All The Roses)

33:32 Working with Brendan O’Brien

36:27 The importance of a great producer

37:30 Why they only did one album with Brendan O’Brien

38:10 Like An Arrow and feeling good as a songwriter

39:04 How Benji Shanks joined the band

40:46 Working with Gregg Allman

43:54 The importance of Like An Arrow to Charlie

44:21 Find A Light and the Tom Petty connection with Best Seat In The House

45:20 Writing with Keith Nelson (ex-Buckcherry guitarist)

46:49 Tom Petty’s death caused Best Seat In The House to make the record

49:08 Relationship with Junkyard, Brian Baker and David Roach who covered ’Til The Wheels Fall Off

51:31 Covering Black Sabbath’s Children Of The Grave in tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

53:00 You Hear Georgia and working with producer Dave Cobb

54:45 The impact of the pandemic on You Hear Georgia and writing with Warren Haynes

57:10 Deciding when a song’s co-writer will perform on the recording

57:56 Collaborating with Mark Morton of Lamb Of God

58:42 Be Right Here - the final album with drummer Brit Turner

1:02:09 Rattle, Ramble, and Roll Volume 1

1:03:12 Update on next Blackberry Smoke studio album

1:03:48 Covering Bad Company’s Run With The Pack featuring Paul Rodgers and Brann Dailor (Mastodon)

1:06:04 Remembering Brent Hinds (ex-Mastodon)

1:08:02 What’s next for Blackberry Smoke

CHARLIE STARR online:

https://www.instagram.com/cwgstarr/

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Outro: "Fear of Heights" - A Light Divided

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