Charlie Starr Featuring Benji Shanks

CRITIC’S PICK: Charlie Starr & Benji Shanks, Buckhead Theater—Whether on yet another international tour with his full-time partners in Blackberry Smoke, or hanging with buddy and fellow BS member Shanks, Charlie Starr brings the heart and guts of the Southern rock and soul that informs everything he’s done. Here in a more informal atmosphere and in front of an adoring hometown crowd, he can dig deeper into covering songs he loves and his own substantial catalog, playing acoustic versions of Smoke material which shows them in a different, more intimate light. He’s one of Atlanta’s most talented and hardest working musicians, and this is the best way to experience him; up close, unplugged and personal. — Hal Horowitz