Blackberry Smoke

8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30

Raising Cane's River Center Theatre for Performing Arts, 240 St. Louis St., Baton Rouge

$46.10-$110.40

theatre.raisingcanesrivercenter.com and blackberrysmoke.com

Blackberry Smoke, that swaggering rock band from Atlanta, will celebrate its 25th anniversary next year.

“It’s surreal to stand back and see it as 25 years,” said singer, guitarist and principal songwriter Charlie Starr. “It doesn’t feel that long. Time slips away from you.”

A quarter century into Blackberry Smoke history, Starr believes the band has another 25 years in it.

“When we get on stage and hit a G chord together, we all grin,” he said. “Like, ‘OK. This is what keeps us coming back.’ It’s the thrill of this ridiculous music that we play.”

In the Southern rock line of

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