Blackberry Smoke has dropped a new song “Let Me Down Easy,” featuring Amanda Shires. Readers can press play above to listen to the mid-tempo, gentle swing of the tender break up song. Shires provides backup harmony vocals in the bittersweet lyrics, backed by a mellow acoustic guitar.
“Let me down easy if you can / I’m not half as strong as you think I am / It may seem like I don’t care / Baby that’s just my disguise / Look closer and you’ll see I’m still a kid behind the eyes / I’m barely on my feet and one more lick would put me down / Show a little mercy honey I’m pleading with you now.”
Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr says that the choice to add Shires onto the track was an obvious one.
“I wrote ‘Let Me Down Easy’ with my old buddy, Keith Nelson,” Starr shares. “We really wanted a cool female voice on it. I thought it would be really cool to have a female harmony on this song, sort of a Gram Parsons-Emmylou Harris kind of thing, and Amanda came to mind. Amanda Shires most definitely has a cool voice. She sings beautifully on it.”
“Let Me Down Easy” is off Blackberry Smoke’s latest album Find a Light, which is set for release on April 6. The tune follows the singles “Best Seat in the House” and “Flesh and Bone.” These tracks are available on iTunes now. The band has a lengthy tour planned for 2018; a full schedule is available on their website.
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