It took a while for Blackberry Smoke and much-decorated producer Dave Cobb to get around to each other 20 years, to be exact. But when they did, they made the most of their time in the studio together. Out now on 3 Legged/Thirty Tigers, Be Right Here sounds almost effortless, with the seasoned outfit completely at ease in its earthy Southern-rock comfort zone. On album number eight, bandleader Charlie Starr continues to churn out resonant, rootsy gems you swear you’ve heard before.
Blackberry Smoke s frontman and guitarist dishes on making a “little-amp record,” and how playing guitar in another famous band helped strengthen his connection to his own group