Almost steals the show....The Record Company.... I still think Blackberry Smoke is better however I do dig this.
The London venues Blackberry Smoke play get bigger with every tour. They've upgraded from the 220-capacity Barfly to The Forum — a hall that can hold over 2000 — in almost exactly two years. They've followed a Top 40 live album with a Top 20 studio record. Everything is pointing comfortably north, and the only thing they apparently have to worry about is their support band.
The Record Company (dreadful name, but we'll get used to it) are threatening to steal The Smoke's thunder entirely. A Los Angeles-based blues-rock trio pitched somewhere between Johnny Winter and John Spencer (with a little Bo Diddley tossed into the gumbo), they move from virtual unknowns to literal heroes by the time their fizzing 30-minute set clatters to a climax. The audience are bellowing along, guitarist Chris Voz looks like he can't decide whether to delightedly throw his guitar to the crowd or deliriously smash it to bits, and there's a rush for the small number of EPs the band are stocking at the merch desk. Watch this space, we very much suspect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8aNK3XMP5whttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7vcr2eTJ3s
