We did actually approach a couple songs differently. We just went in and played, and if he had an idea we just kind of went from there. So we really didn’t have to talk much about how we wanted it to sound. He’s a child of the ’70s too, you know, he just knows the value of just a dry drum sound, and a room too. I’ve always loved his drum sounds, very live and very open. I understand this.” And we were like, “We knew you would.” He had come out and seen us a couple times and was like, “Man, I feel like I’ve been in your band. It was fun and easy to make because we didn’t have to explain to Brendan what our sound was. We really know how to do it one way, and that’s to get in and play, go back and do some vocals and whatnot. MD: You guys took all of eight days to make Holding All the Roses.īritt: We don’t ever have much time off, and usually our time off turns into recording a record. MD caught up with Brit before a soundcheck at the 02 Academy in Birmingham, England. And once again, the Turner brothers, bassist Richard and drummer Brit, locked it all down with a sultry Southern swagger. Blackberry Smoke provided one of the year’s crossover album hits, topping country and rock charts with the Brendan O’Brien–produced Holding All the Roses.
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