The whippoorwill

"Blackberry are as original as a theme pub, but their slide guitars, tinkling pianos, churning riffs and perfectly crafted songs are delivered with unusual passion as the moonshine-voiced singer manages to invest well-worn sentiments with a convincing sense of yearning".

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"Think Steve Earle fronting Lynyrd Skynyrd. Great stuff, ragged and real, and yes, there are a lot of cliché stances and phrases woven into these songs, but Starr's voice and this band's loose yet crisp playing style pulls it all off more often than not".

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