LATE SHOW: Charlie Starr featuring Benji Shanks

185 Clingman Ave,Asheville NC 28801

27 February, 2022

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LATE SHOW: Charlie Starr featuring Benji Shanks Presented by The Grey Eagle and Worthwhile Sounds ALL AGES Charlie Starr Benji Shanks Charlie Starr (front man of Blackberry Smoke) makes his Grey Eagle debut in Asheville NC with a LATE show at 9pm on Sunday February 27th! COVID-19 POLICY: The Grey Eagle requires all patrons attending performances to provide proof of vaccination or negative test within 48 hours prior to the event. Currently Buncombe Co. mandates that masks be worn indoors. THIS MEANS YOU NEED TO MASK UP. Patrons will need to provide physical or digital documentation of COVID-19 vaccination or negative test. Professional negative test results must be dated no more than 48 hours prior to the event. At-home testing will not be accepted. – 8:30PM DOORS / 9PM SHOW (LATE SHOW) – ALL AGES – SEATED SHOW – LIMITED NUMBER OF PREMIUM SEATING TICKETS AVAILABLE CHARLIE STARR (of BLACKBERRY SMOKE) Charlie Starr is the lead singer and a founding member of legendary southern rock band Blackberry Smoke. Pigeonholing Blackberry Smoke has never been easy. Since emerging from Atlanta in the early ‘00s, the quintet—vocalist/lead guitarist Charlie Starr, guitarist/vocalist Paul Jackson, bassist/vocalist Richard Turner, drummer Brit Turner and keyboardist Brandon Still—has become known for a singular sound indebted to classic rock, blues, country and folk. This fluidity has paid off handsomely, in the form of two Billboard chart-topping country albums, 2015’s Holding All The Roses and 2016’s Like An Arrow. (For good measure, the latter also topped Billboard’s Americana/Folk album chart.) Find A Light, Blackberry Smoke’s sixth studio album, doubles down on diversity. Songs hew toward easygoing roots-rock (“Run Away From It All”) and Southern rock stomps (“The Crooked Kind”), as well as stripped-down acoustic numbers (“I’ve Got This Song”) and bruising alt-country (“Nobody Gives A Damn”). Rich instrumental flourishes—keening fiddle, solemn organ and bar-band piano boogie—add further depth and resonance. “That’s one of my favorite things about Blackberry Smoke albums—there’s a lot of variety,” Starr says. “My favorite albums through the years are built that way, too. I love a record that keeps you guessing. I love the fact that our records are sort of a ride, with different types of songs and different vibes.” Charlie Starr Benji Shanks Website: http://www.thegreyeagle.com/