Charlie Starr (Blackberry Smoke)

Frontman and guitarist of the great Blackberry Smoke, Charlie Starr, joins me to break down all eight of their studio albums, and how the band is honoring and paying tribute to their late drummer Brit Turner with the release of their first ever best of album, Rattle, Ramble & Roll - The Best of Blackberry Smoke, Vol. 1.🎧 Episodes available in audio and video format on all podcast platforms.Check out my first interview with Charlie (2024):https://youtu.be/gWC13H2H7m0Watch Blackberry Smoke perform "The Whippoorwill" for Off The Avenue:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW-Lj6XkLj00:00 Intro0:47 Bad Luck Ain’t No Crime1:30 Why Blackberry Smoke re-recorded Sanctified Woman4:20 Recording first album with Jesse James Dupree of Jackyl and not having enough songs5:50 What happened to BamaJam Records7:14 Little Piece of Dixie and working with outside songwriters9:28 Writing with Travis Meadows11:11 Recording Blackberry Smoke songs written entirely by others13:44 How the first two albums hold up for Charlie14:11 Changing the setlist for every show15:53 Touring with Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)17:10 The Whippoorwill and help from Zac Brown (Zac Brown Band) and his record label21:06 How Charlie’s divorce affected songwriting21:59 Disagreement with Travis Meadows when writing One Horse Town23:57 The Whippoorwill having Pink Floyd vibes and joking with Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes)25:44 How The Whippoorwill holds up for Charlie26:36 Performing songs differently live versus the recording28:13 Recording together live in the studio28:42 Holding All The Roses, releasing it on Rounder Records and the end of Zac Brown’s label30:50 Why Blackberry Smoke started their own label 3 Legged Records and the origins of the name32:20 Becoming first independent act to have a #1 country album on Billboard (Holding All The Roses)33:32 Working with Brendan O’Brien36:27 The importance of a great producer37:30 Why they only did one album with Brendan O’Brien38:10 Like An Arrow and feeling good as a songwriter39:04 How Benji Shanks joined the band40:46 Working with Gregg Allman43:54 The importance of Like An Arrow to Charlie44:21 Find A Light and the Tom Petty connection with Best Seat In The House45:20 Writing with Keith Nelson (ex-Buckcherry guitarist)46:49 Tom Petty’s death caused Best Seat In The House to make the record49:08 Relationship with Junkyard, Brian Baker and David Roach who covered ’Til The Wheels Fall Off51:31 Covering Black Sabbath’s Children Of The Grave in tribute to Ozzy Osbourne53:00 You Hear Georgia and working with producer Dave Cobb54:45 The impact of the pandemic on You Hear Georgia and writing with Warren Haynes57:10 Deciding when a song’s co-writer will perform on the recording57:56 Collaborating with Mark Morton of Lamb Of God58:42 Be Right Here - the final album with drummer Brit Turner1:02:09 Rattle, Ramble, and Roll Volume 11:03:12 Update on next Blackberry Smoke studio album1:03:48 Covering Bad Company’s Run With The Pack featuring Paul Rodgers and Brann Dailor (Mastodon)1:06:04 Remembering Brent Hinds (ex-Mastodon)1:08:02 What’s next for Blackberry SmokeCHARLIE STARR online:https://www.instagram.com/cwgstarr/BLACKBERRY SMOKE online:https://www.blackberrysmoke.com/https://www.facebook.com/BlackberrySmokehttps://www.instagram.com/blackberrysmokehttps://x.com/blackberrysmokehttps://www.tiktok.com/@blackberrysmokeofficialhttps://www.youtube.com/user/blackberrysmokeFollow THE LOGAN SHOW online:https://www.facebook.com/realloganshowhttps://www.instagram.com/realloganshow/https://twitter.com/realloganshowhttps://www.tiktok.com/@realloganshowOutro: "Fear of Heights" - A Light DividedUsed with permission.#blackberrysmoke #charliestarr