Nobody played like that before them,” Spike explained. “A lot of Skynyrd songs, people say, ‘that’s a real classic Southern rock sound,’ but they were the first ones to do it. I sat talking with my banjo-picking buddy, Spike Brown, about Southern rock and how Blackberry Smoke is one of the last groups keeping the genre alive. ![]() The band in the casino lounge across from the Bluesville venue played classic rock covers of Bon Jovi, AC/DC, and Motley Crue songs. Towards the end of the line, I walked into the Men’s room where ashtrays hung over the urinals amidst the fake marble and gold, and 38 special was playing on the bathroom speakers. ![]() Some had been turned away from the sold-out Blackberry Smoke show. Lynyrd Skynyrd fans were lined up like refugees in a long “L” shaped line that snaked around the Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, Mississippi.
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