Originally published on July 28, 2021 4:24 pm
After 20 years of writing its own history, you’d think people could talk or write about Blackberry Smoke without referencing The Allman Brothers Band. Or Lynyrd Skynyrd. Or The Marshall Tucker Band.
Charlie Starr pays no mind to our need to place his band in such a box.
“Not really,” says Blackberry Smoke’s lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter. “Because I love those bands, so dearly.”
One man’s heaven is another man’s hell.
“It’s like, ‘Well, it could be worse, you know,’” Starr concedes. “They could say, ‘You guys remind me of the Bay City Rollers.’”
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PHOTO PROVIDED Blackberry Smoke. A Southern rock bonanza featuring Blackberry Smoke and two locally grown shows are the first to be added to the summer season at Constellation Brands-Marvin Sands Performing Arts Center. With coronavirus pandemic concerns dictating the arc of the summer season, the venue’s mainstage will also play host to a COVID-19 vaccination clinic. CMAC is also requiring proof of vaccination to attend these shows. The summer concert season opens with the traditional, Sousa-filled Fourth of July holiday special on July 3, at 8 p.m., with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. William Waldrop will conduct the patriotic evening. CMAC and Thompson Health will be hosting a June 10 clinic at 3 p.m. to get the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine, with registration at cmacevents.com. That will get you two tickets to the s