Album
The Whippoorwill
2012 · Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
The Whippoorwill is a Rock album by Blackberry Smoke, originally released in 2012. On Gatefold: 27 pressings tracked.
About
Though it's relentlessly compared to Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Black Crowes, Blackberry Smoke proves that it's more than just a Southern-rock nostalgia act with its third album (and the first for Zac Brown's Southern Ground label). <i>The Whippoorwill</i> is named after a bird that’s haunted country music since the genre’s inception. “Six Ways to Sunday” gets things cranking with bluesy guitar riffs, honky-tonk piano, and Charlie Starr’s vocals, which keep things sounding more naturally soulful than affectedly retro. Guitar strings twang and bend in “Pretty Little Lie,” a flirty serenade with descending chords and amorous lyrics. Some haunting old pump organ sets a melancholy tone in the moving “One Horse Town,” in which Starr sings about the downsides of living in a small town rather than romanticizing it through rose-tinted glasses. The title track is a similarly smoldering ballad played at the intimate pace of a slow dance. “Leave a Scar” works in hard-hitting country punk that would sit well on a mix alongside Hank III or Shooter Jennings. “Up the Road” closes with fiery guitar leads and gospel singing.
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Tracklist
- 1Six Ways to Sunday3:27
- 2Pretty Little Lie3:34
- 3Everybody Knows She's Mine3:49
- 4One Horse Town4:16
- 5Ain't Much Left of Me4:58
- 6The Whippoorwill5:31
- 7Lucky Seven4:17
- 8Leave a Scar3:34
- 9Crimson Moon4:00
- 10Ain't Got the Blues4:03
- 11Sleeping Dogs3:22
- 12Shakin' Hands With the Holy Ghost3:45
- 13Up the Road5:53
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Southern Rock
- raw
- earnest
- southern
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Arnold McCullerBACKING VOCALS
- Brandon StillPIANO, ORGAN
- Brit TurnerDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION DRUMS, PERCUSSION, ART DIRECTION
- Charlie StarrGUITAR, VOCALS, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, BANJO VOCALS, GUITAR, PEDAL STEEL GUITAR, BANJO
- Clay CookPERCUSSION
- Kyla Jade CarvalhoBACKING VOCALS
- Lo CarterBACKING VOCALS
- Matt ManganoACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Maureen MurphyBACKING VOCALS
- Paul JacksonGUITAR, VOCALS
- Richard TurnerBASS BASS GUITAR, VOCALS
- Sarah DugasBACKING VOCALS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 27 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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