Episode 18-21: Blackberry Smoke

About This Episode

Blackberry Smoke has evolved from rough-edged club act to
arena-ready rock 'n' roll juggernauts, while steadily extending
and expanding the Southern rock tradition. Since the group’s
formation in 2000, the band has never shied away from hard work,
playing more than 250 shows a year and building an ever-expanding
audience on the strength of its live shows. In addition to
winning fans and friends throughout the United States, they've
toured Europe multiple times and performed for the first time
ever in Australia in 2016 to sold-out crowds.


Along the way, Blackberry Smoke has found time to record a
handful of independent releases, including the albums Bad Luck
Ain't No Crime, Little Piece of Dixie and The Whippoorwill, plus
a pair of EPs, the concert DVD “Live at the Georgia Theatre,” the
live CD/DVD set Leave A Scar and their latest project Holding All
the Roses, the first album the band feels properly captured their
musical essence. Additionally, the band has had songs featured in
movie and video game soundtracks, including EA Sports’ Madden NFL
16, performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Conan and
toured with and befriended idols such as The Marshall Tucker
Band, ZZ Top, Lynyrd Skynyrd and George Jones.


For more info on Blackberry Smoke, visit blackberrysmoke.com,
like them on Facebook and follow them on Twitter and Instagram
@blackberrysmoke.
About Michael Perry

Michael Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist
and radio show host from New Auburn, Wisconsin.


Perry’s bestselling memoirs include Population 485, Truck: A Love
Story, Coop, and Visiting Tom, and his latest, Montaigne in Barn
Boots: An Amateur Ambles Through Philosophy. His first book for
young readers, The Scavengers, was published in 2014 and first
novel for adult readers, The Jesus Cow, was published in May of
2015.


Raised on a small Midwestern dairy farm, Perry put himself
through nursing school while working on a ranch in Wyoming, then
wandered into writing. He lives with his wife and two daughters
in rural Wisconsin, where he serves on the local volunteer fire
and rescue service and is an intermittent pig farmer. He hosts
the nationally-syndicated “Tent Show Radio,” performs widely as a
humorist, and tours with his band the Long Beds (currently
recording their third album for Amble Down Records). He has
recorded three live humor albums including Never Stand Behind A
Sneezing Cow and The Clodhopper Monologues.


Learn more about Michael and where to get his publications at
www.sneezingcow.com.


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