McCain Performance Series-Blackberry Smoke

Throughout their career, Blackberry Smoke — vocalist/lead guitarist Charlie Starr, guitarist/vocalist Paul Jackson, bassist/vocalist Richard Turner and keyboardist Brandon Still — has embodied Georgia’s rich musical legacy, honoring the people, places and sounds of their home state. The hard-touring Blackberry Smoke has developed and amassed a loyal fanbase. Over the past two decades, the band has toured with ZZ Top, Zac Brown Band, and Eric Church, while the group’s last four full-length recordings reached the top 10 of the “Billboard” country charts, with two of these albums (2015’s “Holding All The Roses” and 2016’s “Like An Arrow”) landing at No. 1. Their 2021 release, “You Hear Georgia,” reached #1 on “Billboard’s” Americana/Folk Albums chart.

“Be Right Here” is their critically acclaimed eighth studio album, released in February 2024, through 3 Legged Records. It is the final album with drummer and band co-founder Brit Turner, who died on March 3, 2024.