Blackberry Smoke – Take The Highway
BY Herschel Smith
3 years, 9 months ago
Blackberry Smoke covers the Marshall Tucker Band hit “Take the Highway.”
I really like Charlie Starr’s awesome vocals and he hits the nail right on the head. He gets Doug Gray’s vocals just right. His guitar work is great too. The flutist is Marcus Henderson from Brevard, N.C. He does some different things than Jerry Eubanks does on this tune. He does a nice job but I think I prefer Eubanks’ solo.
It’s too bad that Toy Caldwell, Doug Gray, George McCorkle, Jerry Eubanks and Paul Riddle are all dead now, but this is a great tribute with very lacy vocals that’s always in tune.
It’s also good to see Capricorn Studios in Macon re-opened where a lot of Southern Rock was produced.
On March 5, 2021 at 8:31 pm, Seamrog said:
Capricorn is in Macon, and it is great to see what they’ve done to bring it back.
On March 5, 2021 at 8:34 pm, Herschel Smith said:
Ah, thanks for the clarification sir!
On March 5, 2021 at 10:57 pm, Lucky? Pittman said:
Tommy & Toy Caldwell, and George McCorkle are gone, but Doug Gray, Jerry Eubank, and Paul Riddle ar ed all still add live, AFAIK.
On March 5, 2021 at 11:48 pm, Longbow said:
Thank you for that!
On March 6, 2021 at 12:22 am, Hurry Sundown Saloon said:
Been on a Southern music kick lately with Cowboy Copas, Flatt & Scruggs, Waylon Jennings, Conway Twitty, Tom T. Hall, Johnny Paycheck, The Outlaws, Molly Hatchet.
This Ol’ Cowboy and Desert Skies are my fave by MTB.
It is the good stuff and it has aged very well. Music is mandatory for morale maintenance.
A good one comin’ on by Blackberry Smoke.
On March 6, 2021 at 7:21 am, Wes said:
Thank you for the nice addition to the Sat AM coffee. Great cobweb-shaking tune and they do a fine job. I miss MTB. Back in the day my band had some MTB covers in our set list.
On March 6, 2021 at 4:50 pm, Ron Milliken said:
one my absolute favorite bands!!
saw them in concert at the Tabernacle in Atlanta 29NOV2019.
Killer show!!
thanks to their take on Southern Rock (the bestest kind) …
I Ain’t Got The Blues Anymore