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• Jun 29 2024 Hellfest 2024 Clisson, France Doors 10:00 AM  –  Scheduled: 3:10 PM 10:00 AM 3:10 PM
• Sep 09 2024 Washington State Fair 2024 Puyallup, WA, USA Add time  –  Scheduled: 7:30 PM Add time Add times 7:30 PM
• Sep 14 2024 BERZERKUS 2024 Bushkill, PA, USA Doors 1:00 PM  –  Start time: 3:15 PM (Est.) 1:00 PM 3:15 PM Estimated
• Sep 26 2024 GLC Live at 20 Monroe Grand Rapids, MI, USA  –  Find tickets Doors 6:00 PM  –  Scheduled: 7:00 PM Tickets 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
• Sep 27 2024 Louder than Life 2024 Louisville, KY, USA Add time Add time Add times
• Sep 28 2024 EPIC Event Center Green Bay, WI, USA Doors 6:00 PM  –  Scheduled: 7:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
• Sep 29 2024 Myth Maplewood, MN, USA Doors 6:00 PM  –  Scheduled: 7:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
• Oct 01 2024 Val Air Ballroom West Des Moines, IA, USA Doors 6:00 PM  –  Scheduled: 7:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
• Oct 02 2024 Uptown Theater Kansas City, MO, USA  –  Find tickets Doors 6:00 PM  –  Scheduled: 7:00 PM Tickets 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
• Oct 04 2024 Bayou Music Center Houston, TX, USA  –  Find tickets Doors 6:00 PM  –  Scheduled: 7:00 PM Tickets 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
• Oct 05 2024 The Factory in Deep Ellum Dallas, TX, USA Doors 6:00 PM  –  Scheduled: 7:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
• Oct 08 2024 Wiltern Theatre Los Angeles, CA, USA  –  Find tickets Add time Tickets Add time Add times
• Oct 09 2024 Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ, USA Doors 6:00 PM  –  Scheduled: 7:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM
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• Nov 17 2024 Utilita Arena Cardiff Cardiff, Wales Add time Add time Add times
• Nov 23 2024 OVO Arena Wembley London, England Add time Add time Add times

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• Hells Bells
• Me and Mary Jane
• Burnin'
• When the Pain Comes
• Like I Roll
• Cheaper to Drink Alone
• In My Blood
• White Trash Millionaire
• Blame It on the Boom Boom
• Lonely Train

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• Out of Pocket

Black Stone Cherry at VoxHall, Aarhus, Denmark

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• Rain Wizard
• In My Blood / Island Jam

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• Cheaper to Drink Alone / Drum Solo / Cheaper to Drink Alone

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Black Stone Cherry Book Fall 2021 Tour Dates

Black Stone Cherry will return to the road this fall, continuing support of their 2020 album The Human Condition which today (Aug. 27) was just reissued as a deluxe digital edition release.

Jared James Nichols and The Georgia Thunderbolts will provide support on the newly announced dates that kick off Oct. 5 in Ardmore, Pennsylvania and continue through Oct. 24 in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. Tickets for the run are now on sale and you can see all the dates listed below. Head to the band's website for additional ticketing information.

As stated, the band will be touring in support of their 2020 record, The Human Condition . The new deluxe digital edition comes with several special bonus tracks. They include songs from their Live From The Sky livestream show (“Again,” “Ringin’ In My Head” and “Ride”) and a Sirius XM live session of “In Love With The Pain” as well as two versions of Tracy Chapman classic “Give Me One Reason," one a more stripped back version and the other considerably more rocked out as the band put their stamp on the cover.

The Human Condition album has already amassed over 30 million streams. The album features the hit song "Again," as well as "In Love With the Pain," "The Chain" and "Ringin' in My Head." You can get the digital deluxe edition here .

Black Stone Cherry Fall 2021 Tour Dates

Oct. 5 - Ardmore, Pa. @ Ardmore Music Hall Oct. 6 - Red Bank, N.J. @ The Vogel Oct. 8 - Albany, N.Y. @ Empire Live Oct. 9 - Colonial Beach, Va. @ Colonial Beach Bike Fest Oct. 10 - Towson, Md. @ The Recher Oct. 12 - Charlotte, N.C. @ Neighborhood Theatre Oct. 13 - Birmingham, Ala. @ Zydeco Oct. 15 - Destin, Fla. @ Club LA Oct. 16 - Houston, Texas @ Scout Bar Oct. 17 - Ft. Worth, Texas @ Tulips Oct. 19 - San Antonio, Texas @ Sams Burger Joint Oct. 21 - Miami, Okla. @ Buffalo Run Casino Oct. 22 - Kansas City, Mo. @ Knuckleheads Oct. 23 - Dubuque, Iowa @ Diamond Jo Casino Oct. 24 - Sturtevant, Wis. @ Route 20

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Black Stone Cherry is currently touring across 9 countries and has 56 upcoming concerts.

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Bourbon Theatre

Washington State Fair Events Center

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GLC Live at 20 Monroe

EPIC Event Center

Val Air Ballroom

Uptown Theater

Bayou Music Center

The Factory in Deep Ellum

Jake's Sports Cafe

The Wiltern

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Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas

RockHouse Bar & Grill

The Rock Box

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If this band could be given 10 stars or even 20 stars that’s exactly what they would get! This band has the intensity and the sound that is undescribable. I have seen them in big venues but hands-down when they get intimate with their crowds and their fans their music explodes the lyrics the sound is unheard of this band is truly an amazing amazing band They have a lifelong fan here with me. This band deserves more than 20 stars they also need a star on the Hollywood walk of fame!

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Cadillac three are great band of rednecks their music is great too.

Black stone cherry were not as good as the last time they performed at the arena. Ì thought that they were bandstanding they seemed to be concentrating on their individual talents rather than playing their songs which I love so much

This will have been my 4rth time seeing black stone cherry and they don't disappoint they just keep getting better each time a see them both supporting acts were great I especially liked monster truck which was the first time I had heard of them would definitely recommend them and Cadillac three were great also

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Proud Kentucky rockers, Black Stone Cherry, emerge from a challenging few years triumphantly with a behemoth of an album, Screamin’ At The Sky (Mascot Records/Mascot Label Group), out September 29th. The four-piece band’s eighth album explodes with urgently-emotive pop-rock hooks; heartfelt, redemptive lyrics; headbanging riffs; powerful dynamics; thunderous drums; and its most thrilling musicianship yet. The 12-song collection is also BSC’s biggest and best sounding album. The self-produced studio record was tracked at a classic Kentucky theater, and it sounds like the guys are smashing down the hammer of the gods.

“The thesis of this record is adapting and moving on. In the last few years, a lot of what I knew from childhood went away. I lost my father, and now I am the oldest living man in my family,” says vocalist/guitarist Chris Robertson. He continues: “There is a lot of darkness on this album—I bared my soul—but it always foreshadows light at the end of the tunnel.” Adds guitarist/backing vocalist Ben Wells: “We see something beautiful letting pain out—you come out a better person.”

In the past two decades, Black Stone Cherry has set a new standard for Southern rock, revitalizing the tradition with its burly riffs and stirring rock hooks. Since its formation in 2001, the four-piece brotherhood has remained Chris Robertson, vocals/guitar; Ben Wells, guitar/vocals; and John Fred Young, drums. Today, the band welcomes its dear friend Steve Jewell Jr. on bass/backing vocals. Steve is formerly of the blues-rock band OTIS who has opened for BSC many times. “I grew up around this music. Every time we play ‘Lonely Train,’ I remember driving with my dad and hearing it on the radio. I get emotional thinking about it,” Steve says. John Fred chimes in: “Steve is the young kid in the band—he doesn’t have as many wrinkles! He’s a monster player, and we have this insane chemistry with him.”

BSC’s last album, The Human Condition , released on October 30th, 2020 through Mascot Records, was their sixth consecutive No. 1 debut on the UK Rock Albums chart. The album's lead single, "Again," was the band's biggest single in over 10 years in America, peaking at #15, and it was BSC’s highest charting record ever in Canada, also landing in the Top 15. The album racked-up 50 million streams worldwide, and “Again” amassed 20 million streams total.

Over the years, BSC has both headlined and rocked 12,000-cap arena shows and shared the stage with a diverse roster of superstars, including Alter Bridge, Theory of a Deadman, Def Leppard, Gov’t Mule, Nickelback, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Bad Company, Mötorhead, Halestorm, Stone Temple Pilots, The Darkness, and ZZ Top. In 2018, BSC performed in front of 100,000 people at the Download Festival as main support to Guns N’ Roses. In 2021, the band played the UK's venerated Royal Albert Hall, immortalized on 2022’s live DVD Live From The Royal Albert Hall…Y’All .

Screamin’ At The Sky features all-new material written collaboratively while on tour. When it came time to record, BSC decided to try something it’s always dreamed of doing: tracking an album at The Plaza Theater in Glasgow, Kentucky, a legendary 1020-seat venue built in 1934 that boasts meticulous acoustics. “Every time we played the Plaza we wondered what it would sound like to record drums there. We finally decided to put all our eggs in one basket,” Chris says.

In June of 2022, the band rented the theater and brought its trusty engineer, Jordan Westfall, and all its recording equipment into the theater, setting up the basement as the control room and the stage as the live drum room. John Fred tore through his drum tracks like a beast, and they ended up sounding mountainous. Chris and Ben had time to record guitars in the theater before heading out on tour. Those tracks also sounded richly dynamic, and the rest of Screamin’ At The Sky was finished post-tour at the theater and at John Fred’s makeshift home studio.

Time between recording sessions, and incredible room ambience have resulted in a career high watermark for BSC. Screamin’ At The Sky bursts open with the title track which kicks off with the feral roar of dimed amps in a big open space. Then a bruising riff cycles through punctuated by what can be best described as John Bonham-sized drums in a sleek modern rock context. For the chorus, Chris delivers one of his finest performances, managing to be raw-nerved emotional but also smoothly melodic. “My idea for the chorus is a bunch of friends around a campfire screaming their pain away,” Chris says.

He is courageously autobiographical on the anthemic, “Nervous,” which opens with the lyrics: Memory lane, it’s ‘85, a baby boy with big blue eyes/And promises just waiting to be broken . The song balances slamming hard rock riffage with moody clean-guitar verses, reflective singing, and meticulously-crafted vocal melodies that gracefully rise until climaxing into an urgently-melodic chorus.

The barnburners continue with “When The Pain Comes,” an uplifting modern rock statement on confronting life’s challenges without succumbing to the pain. “That’s about digging your heels in the dirt and staying strong,” John Fred says. The single, “Out Of Pocket,” became something of an instant classic when the guys debuted it on their UK tour last summer. It epitomizes the band’s prowess at mixing sweetly weary verses with incendiary choruses. BSC lighten things up with “Smile, World,” a brawny sing-along about not taking life too seriously.

Screamin’ At The Sky has been a catharsis for Black Stone Cherry, and the quartet is savoring the calm after the storm. “A lot of bands would have thrown in the towel, but we came out the other side with some of the best music we’ve ever made,” Ben enthuses. Chris concludes: “ We’re in a great space—this band is as much as a family as it’s ever been.”

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BLACK STONE CHERRY  have announced a global streaming event titled  ‘NO CEILING: CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF BLACK STONE CHERRY,’  in tandem with livestream specialists, StagePilot.

The event will present a live performance captured at Nashville’s The Skydeck, alongside an in-studio Q&A conducted by long-time friend  Lzzy Hale  of  Halestorm . Additionally, an acoustic performance together with Hale, premieres as part of this special event to commemorate the band’s 20 Year Anniversary.

‘Early Bird’ tickets are available now until 2.59pm GMT on Monday 7th November  here .  Standard priced tickets kick in thereafter at 3.00pm GMT on 7th.  For details on bundles, event merch and more info, visit  www.blackstonecherry.com .

On Wednesday 7th December, the world premiere broadcast goes live for fans in the UK and Europe at 8.00pm GMT. 

Additional premieres will follow at 8:00pm Eastern and 8:00pm Pacific time.  After the first day of airing, the stream will remain available to watch ‘on demand’ until 8.00pm GMT on 11th December. 

BLACK STONE CHERRY  tell us;

“On a very chilly night in early April when most people would want to be INSIDE enjoying their drinks, we opted to play on a rooftop in downtown Nashville, TN!  With quite literally no ceiling above us, we teamed up with StagePilot to bring you this memorable show PLUS some incredible bonus content, including interviews with the band and our friend Jared James Nichols, acoustic performances, and a very special Q&A on how the band got started and where we’re headed, hosted by our dear friend  Lzzy Hale ! A celebration of  BLACK STONE CHERRY  that we know any Cherry Head will absolutely love!” 

Lzzy Hale  shares,

“It was an honour to celebrate  BLACK STONE CHERRY ’s 20th Anniversary with the boys!  I had a blast taking them down memory lane, and of course, getting to perform a special acoustic version of  ‘Peace is Free’  with them. It’s been a pleasure to call these talented men family!  Here’s to the next two decades!”

Check out the show trailer below.

Looking forward to January 2023,  BLACK STONE CHERRY  will embark on a massive co-headline UK tour with their friends in  THE DARKNESS . 

Tickets are moving fast and available now  HERE .

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BLACK STONE CHERRY Announces 18-Date U.S. Tour

With their new single, "Cheaper To Drink Alone" , impacting rock radio early next month, Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY have announced that, in addition to the previously announced winter tour dates in the Midwest and Northeast, they are hitting the road in May for an 18-date U.S. tour in support of their latest album, "Kentucky" , out now via Mascot Label Group . Beginning in Houston, Texas before routing up the West Coast and into the Midwest, the tour will be supported by CITIZEN ZERO and LETTERS FROM THE FIRE and include festival stops at San Antonio, Texas's River City Rockfest , Pryor, Oklahoma's Rocklahoma , Sioux City, Iowa's Awesome Biker Nights , and Earlville, Iowa's Tri State Speedway .

BLACK STONE CHERRY commented: "After a nice break, we are so excited to get back on the road and kick some serious ass! It's been a while since we've set out on a coast-to-coast U.S. headline tour and we expect this to be the best yet!

"We are a live band. We are bringing our A game and promise to leave it all on the stage every night. You deserve nothing less. Rock music deserves nothing less. We want you to experience with us what we guarantee will be a rejuvenating night of music and passion on this tour! Don't miss it!"

Nearly a decade ago, BLACK STONE CHERRY made its attention-grabbing self-titled debut at Barrick Recording Studio near their hometown of Edmonton, Kentucky. It proclaimed the arrival of a vibrant and exciting new force in southern rock 'n' roll, a group that played with fire, sang with brimstone and had plenty of cajones. Flash forward nine years, the band's latest album, "Kentucky" , is very much a "back-to-their-roots" affair, with the four-piece working with the same engineer in the same local studio, Barrick Recording , where they crafted their eponymous debut.

The band has developed an enormous following, touring six continents, headlining festivals, topping the charts, and sharing the stage with DEF LEPPARD , BAD COMPANY , LYNYRD SKYNYRD , ALTER BRIDGE , HALESTORM , SHINEDOWN , THEORY OF A DEADMAN , and more.

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March 10 - Lexington, KY - Manchester Music Hall^ March 11 - Johnson City, TN - Capone’s^ March 13 - Baton Rouge, LA - The Varsity Theatre^ March 15 - Destin, FL - Club LA^ March 16 - Buford, GA - 37 Main^ March 17 - Charlotte, NC - The Neighborhood Theatre^ March 18 - Asheville, NC - Asheville Music Hall^ March 20 - Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club> March 21 - Asbury Park, NJ - The Wonder Bar^ March 22 - Pittsburgh, PA - The Club at Stage AE^ March 24 - Dayton, OH - Oddbody's Music Room> March 25 - Flint, MI - Machine Shop^ March 26 - Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection^ March 28 - Fort Wayne, IN - Rusty Spur^ March 29 - Columbus, OH - A&R Music Bar March 31 - Green Bay, WI - The Sandlot^ April 01 - Belvidere, IL - The Apollo Theater April 02 - Peoria, IL - Limelight^

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Late spring 2017

May 25 - Houston, TX - Scout Bar May 26 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theater May 27 - San Antonio, TX - River City Rockfest May 28 - Pryor, Ok - Rocklahoma May 30 - Phoenix, AZ - Crescent* June 01 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues* June 02 - Los Angeles, CA - Whiskey A Go Go* June 03 - Sacramento, CA - Goldfield* June 04 - Reno, NV - Cargo* June 06 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon* June 07 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater* June 09 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory* June 10 - Boise, ID - Knitting Factory* June 12 - Denver, CO - Blue Bird Theater* June 13 - Lincoln, NE - Bourbon Theatre* June 15 - Libertyville, IL - Austin’s* June 16 - Sioux City, IA - Awesome Biker Nights June 17 - Earlville, IA - Tri State Speedway

* w/ CITIZEN ZERO and LETTERS FROM THE FIRE

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Black Stone Cherry: "We had to fight for our integrity, stand up for our sound"

They’ve rejuvenated southern rock, enjoyed huge successes and crippling disappointment, weathered internal storms and survived. This is the story of Black Stone Cherry... so far

Edmonton is a small town deep in the US state of Kentucky, with a population of around 2,000. It was near here, out in a cabin in the woods, its walls plastered with posters of music legends, that the seeds of Black Stone Cherry were sown almost 20 years ago. 

Here, the four fiercely determined kids spent all their time playing music, honing a refreshing sound that elevated their southern rock roots to anthemic hard-rock heights. 

In 2005, when they were barely out of their teens, they signed a record deal with Roadrunner and it all kicked off: they released hit after hit, and flew around the world to play with their heroes, becoming famed for their fire-cracker live shows. 

Now in their 30s, they’ve achieved more than most bands would have done in a lifetime, while remaining delightfully grounded – still living in their home towns. 

“We’re no different from anyone else,” drummer John Fred Young drawls. “We just happen to get up on a stage and play rock’n’roll.” 

With the band having released The Human Condition , their seventh album, Classic Rock caught up with all four members – the same line-up since day one – to discover their story, told in their own words.

John Fred Young (drums) : I’ve known Chris since I was five. We went to school together. Our dads both played guitar, and we became close friends. When we got into middle school I got interested in drumming, and Chris and I were in a school band together. 

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Chris Robertson (vocals, guitar) : I saw John Fred do a drum solo in the school talent show, and I said, man, we gotta start a band. Then I got an electric guitar for my thirteenth birthday. 

Jon Lawhon (bass) : I moved up from Florida in 1998. I joined Drumline [percussion school band], and through that I met John Fred and Chris. I was a year above them – I’m the grandpa. We didn’t like each other at first. They were always screwing around, and didn’t like how all business I was. But the music brought us together. 

Chris : Jon played guitar, but we needed a bass player. My dad had a bass at home, so Jon came over and tried it out, and it all went from there. 

John Fred : My dad and uncle were in a band called Itchy Hunter in the sixties, later becoming the Kentucky Headhunters. They had this old practice house out on a farm near my grandparents, so we used that. It’s a craftsman-style home, with posters and vinyl records nailed to the walls cos there was no insulation. – everything from Aretha Franklin, Bob Seger , the Rolling Stones , old bluegrass stuff. It was like growing up in a rock’n’roll museum. And we could play as loud as we wanted. 

Ben Wells (guitar) : I lived in Glasgow, which is about fifteen minutes from Edmonton. A mutual friend of ours took me to the practice house. It was a Cinderella story: they were looking for a guitar player, and I was looking for guys who wanted to take music seriously. 

Chris : After we jammed with Ben, we asked him to come back the next day, which was June 4, 2001. He got to practice earlier than everyone else. He probably thought we’d stood him up. 

John Fred : The rest is history. We started the band right then. It was Chris’s sixteenth birthday. 

Ben : We were ready to go, anxious to get started now that we’d found each other. All we wanted to do was play music. And that’s what we did. Every single day. 

John Fred : Once my dad realised we were serious, he started working with us, teaching us about the music business, and how to write songs. He was a huge help. We had a lot of support from our families. Chris: We were like nineteen or twenty when we signed the deal with Roadrunner. It was such a feeling of accomplishment. 

Ben : Our families were so proud. We signed the contract in that practice house.

John Fred : We took some of our record advance money and bought this SUV instead of a van. We thought it would be more comfortable cos it had seats. 

Jon : I think we did 47,000 miles on that SUV in just four months! 

Ben : But we thought it was the greatest thing ever, cos we were on tour. We were finally doing it

John Fred : After the first album, we opened for this band Hinder, and they invited us to Europe with them. We landed in Sweden and it was a total culture shock. Seeing the architecture, hearing Swedish… I went into a sandwich shop, and the guy said that’s gonna be a hundred and forty krone. I said to the dudes: “We’re gonna starve out here, man! This is a hundred and forty dollars?” And Chris goes: “No, man, you gotta convert it. It’s like fifteen bucks!” [laughs]. That’s how naive I was. 

Chris : Going from Edmonton, Kentucky to Stockholm, Sweden was the craziest thing I had ever done in my life. I’d never been on a plane until we’d had to fly to a gig. I’d never seen the ocean. And that was okay to me. But I’m so grateful that the band allowed me to explore.

From then on, Black Stone Cherry’s star kept rising. In 2007 they played London’s Hyde Park Calling, on a bill that included Aerosmith and Joe Satriani. That same year they won Best New Band at the Classic Rock Awards, where they found themselves hobnobbing with the stars that adorned the walls of their practice house. 

They released their second album, Folklore And Superstition, in 2008, and went on a UK arena tour supporting Def Leppard and Whitesnake. The following year they opened for radio-rock giants Nickelback , again in the UK, where they were gaining a fan base. 

Chris : We read a review of Hyde Park Calling where we had gotten like an eight-point-five out often and Aerosmith got a seven. We were like: “Oh my God, we got a higher rating on a live gig than Aerosmith!” 

John Fred : We’re a word-of-mouth band, I think – seeing is believing. Our live show is our ace card. Hyde Park Calling was kinda the game-changer for us. And the Classic Rock Awards were incredible. We were very starstruck, and nervous. 

Ben : This is kinda weird, but I used the urinal beside Steven Tyler at the Classic Rock Awards, and I couldn’t say a word. Aerosmith are my favourite band. They were sitting like two tables away from us, and I could not make myself go over. I was so nervous. I’ve still never met them. One day I’ll get the courage. 

John Fred : The Def Leppard/Whitesnake tour was really big. Those guys were so incredible to us. 

Chris : On that tour we’re two songs into our set at Wembley, and I look over and see this familiar-looking gentleman watching us. It was Jimmy Page ! The other guys didn’t believe me. But then we met him after the show. When he said he loved what we were doing with southern rock, my head about exploded. 

John Fred : That was one of those moments where we were really trying not to freak out. 

Chris : I think that tour and Nickelback had a huge impact on our success in the UK. They got us in front of so many people. We’ve never been as successful in the United States as we are in the UK and Europe. Which is crazy, because we’re the most American band ever! 

Ben : The UK has really been our biggest following. People always ask us why is that. I guess people can see we’re a genuine band, and I think the UK audience is super-smart to that. We were ourselves, and I think that was something that people latched on to.

But amid all the starry excitement, tension was brewing within the band. Life on the road was taking its toll, and as their star rose, so did the pressure to deliver radio-ready hits. 

In 2011 Black Stone Cherry released their third album, Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea , arguably their most commercial sounding record to date. But behind the scenes, things were falling apart for their frontman Chris Robertson.

John Fred : For the third record, the label wanted us to do co-writes with other people. We had never really done that. We’d written with Bob [Marlette, who produced Folklore And Superstition ], and my dad, but otherwise it was just us four writing the songs. So we did it, we were open-minded, and wrote some great songs and made some new friends. But it was awkward, cos it was not how we had formulated things. 

Chris : We had to write and write for that album cycle, and we were trying to please too many people. It was feeling almost impossible. 

John Fred : It was stifling at times, because the label wanted us to make a radio-ready record. I think a lot of great things came out of it. It was an inside view of how big-time pop rock records are made. We always try to take away the positives. And working with Howard [Benson, producer] was great. 

Ben : Our biggest fear was that we did not want to be cookie-cutter. Sometimes you’re told: “Chris, can you not sing so southern”, or “Can you take out those guitar solos”, or “John Fred, don’t play so many drum fills”, and don’t do this or that because it won’t get on the radio. And it’s like, well, that’s not us, though!

I’m manic depressive, and I’m open about it. I think it’s horseshit that people have to feel weird talking about mental health.” Chris Robertson

John Fred : We always had to fight for our integrity, and to stand up for our sound. I don’t think Between The Devil stripped away what we were, but it did obviously polish us. In a horse race, we’re the mule, man – we’re slow and steady and we’ll get there our own way. 

Chris : Around then I went through a nervous breakdown. I didn’t wanna play music or be on stage. I wanted to be done with the music business. That coupled with my own demons and not being around my family all got me into a bad spot. I decided to see a doctor. 

Jon : My mom went through depression, so I understood a little what Chris was going through. I tried my best to be supportive. He went through addiction to medications through that too, and we as a band fought with him. There was one night in Germany where John Fred and Chris had a big blow-up. I had to jump in between them. 

Ben : When you get to a dark point or argument, especially when you’re thousands of miles from home, a lot of bands would throw in the towel. But we’re brothers. 

Chris : I realised that Black Stone Cherry is who I am. At the end of 2012, we got together to decide if we were still going to be in a band. It had gotten that bad. Through my own practices and medication I’m much better now. I’m manic depressive, and I’m open about it. I think it’s horseshit that people have to feel weird talking about mental health. 

John Fred : I gotta be honest, I never thought we would break up. I knew we would kick this thing’s ass and come back strong as hell. We’re a family first and a band second. 

Jon : That’s the reason we’re still here today. If it wasn’t for that, Chris could have ended up committing suicide. You just don’t know. We’re never willing to give up on each other.

Revitalised and raring to go again, Black Stone Cherry came back even stronger. In 2014 they released their fourth album, Magic Mountain , which focused less on radio, more on music. 

“We found out we were bringing in fans from the jam-band world, who liked Phish, the Allman Brothers , Gov’t Mule . That was cool to us,” Jon says of that release. 

The following year they went on their first headlining arena tour, in their beloved UK, on which the Birmingham show was shot for a live DVD, Thank You – Livin’ Live . Soon after that high came a low, when the band were let go by Roadrunner Records.

Jon : The very first time we headlined an arena, we were all so choked up and crying we could hardly speak! I think we’re the only band to have an extremely successful arena tour, come home, and a couple months later be dropped by our label [laughs]. But it meant we were free agents. 

John Fred : For about six months we didn’t have a record deal. We thought, whoever we sign with, they are gonna have to understand that we wanna produce our own records, we don’t wanna have the A&R fingers in the pie, we just wanna do our own thing. Jon: We were kind of courted by several labels. We met with Ed [van Zijl], the owner of Mascot, and the majority of the conversation was about amplifiers, guitars, classic rock acts, blues bands… He’s a music guy. 

John Fred : That was refreshing. Mascot support us, and just let us be ourselves. We also liked that Mascot had bands that were real musicians. Underground artists that are blues, rock, left-field. 

Ben : We put out two blues cover EPs with Mascot, of our favourite blues songs. We got to introduce a younger generation to those artists. 

Chris : We released our first album with them, Kentucky , in 2016. And nothing against producers or anything, but all the final music proceedings are now down to us, which I love.

Jon : Now we’re on our third album with them [ The Human Condition ], and I feel like we’ve really hit our stride not only as a band, but also as producers. We did it in my studio [Monocle Studios]. 

John Fred : I think we kept the integrity of what Black Stone Cherry is: the raw rock, the badass playing, the songwriting. The new album has about eight or nine older songs that we didn’t get to use until now, for whatever reasons, but that were always dear to our hearts. 

Jon : We wrote Ringin’ In My Head ages ago, but when you listen to the lyrics – ‘ People, people your attention please/I need to tell y’all about a new disease …’ – it’s like it was written by psychics! 

Ben : We recorded the album right around the beginning of the pandemic, and I think that emotional side comes out. We were confused and angry, watching our tour dates go away. We played with pure intensity, because we didn’t know when or if we would play again. 

Chris : This year has been tough. As much as we love making records, we want the human interaction of playing music for people. Right before the pandemic we played with Lynyrd Skynyrd , and Jonny Van Zant brought me and my dad up on stage with them to hold up the American flag during Free Bird . It’s one of my fondest memories. 

John Fred : I think there’s so much greatness still left in our story. It’s so inspiring when you go on tour with someone like Alice Cooper , like we did last year. That guy’s in his seventies and he is just the most positive guy. We wanna keep touring, making music and contributing to the world. We wanna do this until we die.

The Human Condition is available now via the Mascot Label Group .

Hannah May Kilroy has been writing about music professionally for over a decade, covering everything from extreme metal to country. She was deputy editor at Prog magazine for over five years, and previously worked on the editorial teams at Terrorizer and Kerrang!. She currently works as the production editor for The Art Newspaper, and also writes for the Guardian, Classic Rock and Metal Hammer.  

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