Packed with riffs more infectious than the influenza virus, Blackjack Mountain are Georgia-based trio playing a powerful and groovy blend of southern rock, stoner and bluesy hard rock. The band's debut album "Holding Time" was recently released on Swamp Records so it was the perfect opportunity to caught with the band to hear all about this new release. Read on...
Firstly, congratulations on your first album album Holding Time. It's a great album and is garnering some very positive reactions from both press and public, so I take it you're quite pleased with this album and its reception?
Yes! We are very pleased with the recent attention the album has been getting. It’s something we worked hard on and were really excited to see so many people enjoy it!
What can you tell us about Holding Time? How much of it is the result of individual songwriting and how of it is the result of you guys having some jam sessions in the rehearsal studio?
It’s definitely been a long time coming that’s for sure. A lot of jam sessions and not missing practices mixed with some good weed and alcohol. Haha. As far as the songwriting goes it’s a definitely a collective effort, everybody has there input on every song we write. Being lifelong friends our respect for each other and each other’s opinion goes into all of the song writing. We are a band! To us if everyone isn’t on board with what we are doing then we just start over until we are all on the same page. We are not a one man band and egos never play a factor into any of our writing. We feel as if everyone is just as important and significant as the other.
