Garden & Gun

Southern Rock Rekindled

Any band that’s been together a long time develops an innate sense of familiarity. Live, that could mean hand signals or a simple nod to switch up a set list mid-show. Studio recording becomes second nature—vocals done in one room, drums usually in another.

But for Blackberry Smoke, a band that has been together for twenty-four years and seven studio albums, recording, out in February, turned out to be more nerve-racking

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