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Band
Blackberry Smoke
Title
The Whippoorwill
Type
LP/EP
Company
Southern Ground
YOR
2012
Style
Hard Rock
11/21/2012 11:41:23 AM - Review by: Eric Compton
This Atlanta band delivers a boogie woogie southern rock venture on "The Whippoorwill". The band has toured with the likes of Skynyrd and ZZ Top and is signed by Zac Brown's Southern Ground label. I saw the band live in 2011 and was impressed with the level of energy and talent. It is more of the same here but more streamlined with a good dose of piano. The record strattles southern rock but has too many feet swinging towards mainstream country.
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