NEW MUSIC CORNER #204 EUROPE/BLACKBERRY SMOKE

by "Lover Of Many Styles Of Music" RJ

Europe - War Of Kings

1. Hole In My Pocket

2. Praise You

3. California 405

4. Rainbow Bridge

5. Light Me Up

Everybody is familiar with Europe. Two and a half hit wonders during their original run. But this is a different band than that. A band that came back possessed. Since their rebirth they have put out some very fine music, War Of Kings being their latest offering.

Blackberry Smoke - Holding All The Roses

1. Let Me Help You (Find The Door)

2. Holding All The Roses

3. Woman In The Moon

4. Payback's A Bitch

5. Fire In The Hole

First, there are a couple of explicit lyrics here, so use your head phones. Secondly, I'm not sure why I'm even posting this as there is very little love here for this band. But who cares, right? Blackberry Smoke's tag line is "too country for rock and too rock for country". And that fits pretty dang good. This is a guitar band. Charlie Starr is a bit twangy in his Southern drawl, but it fits the music so well. Do yourself a favor an look at this as Rock/Country, not Country/Rock. Maybe then you can open up your mind and find yourself some new Southern styled rock to listen to.