Blackberry Smoke Announces ‘The Southern Ground Sessions’ EP & Shares Single

Atlanta-birthed rock band Blackberry Smoke will issue The Southern Ground Sessions EP on October 26. The quintet recorded the six-track effort with guests Amanda Shires and Oliver Wood live at Southern Ground studio in Nashville. BBS shared the EP’s lead single “Run Away From It All.”

Guitarist Charlie Starr, bassist Richard Turner, drummer Brit Turner, guitarist Paul Jackson and keyboardist Brandon Still are releasing the collection as a companion to their recently issued studio album Find A Light. Blackberry Smoke’s The Southern Ground Sessions features more bare bones renditions of five tracks from the LP as well as a cover of “You Got Lucky” by Tom Petty. Shires contributes to both “You Got Lucky” and “Let Me Down Easy,” while Oliver Wood appears on “Mother Mountain.”

“It felt really cool to come back to Southern Ground Studios and play music with some good friends,” Starr said of the upcoming release in a press release. “It was like stripping it down and playing in the living room. Check out the video for “Run Away From It All” off The Southern Ground Sessions:

The Southern Ground Sessions Tracklist

1. Run Away From It All
2. Medicate My Mind
3. Let Me Down Easy (feat. Amanda Shires)
4. Best Seat In The House
5. You Got Lucky (feat. Amanda Shires)
6. Mother Mountain (feat. Oliver Wood)