BLACK STONE CHERRY – "We're Excited For A Fresh Start"

Black Stone Cherry drummer John Fred Young and guitarist Ben Wells are featured in a new video interview, courtesy of Classic Rock Magazine. Check out the clip below to hear the pair talk about their new home, Mascot Label Group, as well as their current DVD, Thank You: Livin’ Live.

Young and Wells also discuss the forthcoming BSC album. Currently untitled, but scheduled for an early spring release, this fifth studio effort “is the first time we get to self-produce… it’s raw, it’s heavy… we’re revisiting some of that old mojo we had.”

The band is currently holed up inside Barrick Recording Studio in Glasgow, KY to recording new music. Taking a “back to their roots” approach, the album will be recorded in the same way and same place as their eponymous debut album, which broke the band out of the small southern backwater and onto the world stage.

As previously reported, Black Stone Cherry released their debut live DVD+CD and Bluray+CD, Thank You: Livin’ Live, via Eagle Vision on October 30th. The performance was shot on Black Stone Cherry’s Magic Mountain tour, exactly one year prior to the disc’s scheduled release date, at the band’s sold-out Birmingham LG Arena show on October 30th, 2014. 
 
In just seven years, Black Stone Cherry progressed from playing 200-capacity club gigs in the UK to headlining their first arena tour. This DVD documents one of those triumphant shows, filmed at Birmingham’s LG Arena and showcases the band’s long-standing love affair with their British audience. Filmed in high definition and available on DVD, Blu-ray and twin DVD+CD pack, the incendiary live set features crowd favourites from all four of the band’s studio albums, plus bonus interview material and additional live tracks shot at this year’s Download Festival.
 
The band is thrilled to bring this release to their fanbase, as guitarist Ben Wells attests: “We are beyond excited to bring you all this live DVD. Growing up watching my Elvis and Aerosmith DVDs and VHS tapes, I never thought I would be in a band that would one day be releasing one – and in an arena at that! We are so honored, humbled, and thankful to have the fans and friends we have in this business and we couldn’t do it without the grace of God and all of your support! Sit back and enjoy this live BSC experience. We had a blast filming it!”

Frontman Chris Robertson continues: “I remember our first gig headlining in Birmingham at the Barfly and I thought about that night many times as we were filming this DVD. It was truly an amazing experience that we will cherish forever and we have to give all the credit to the amazing fans for showing up and making it all possible!”

With a running time of over 2 hours, the DVD’s tracklisting runs as follows:

“Rain Wizard”
“Blind Man”
“Me & Mary Jane”
“In My Blood”
“Holding On…To Letting Go”
“Maybe Someday”
“Such A Shame”
“Things My Father Said”
“Fiesta Del Fuego”
“Sunshine Of Your Love”
“Like I Roll”
“Bad Luck And Hard Love”
Drum Solo
“Hollywood In Kentucky”
“Hell And High Water”
“Soul Creek”
“White Trash Millionaire”
“Blame It On The Boom Boom”/“Layla”
“Peace Is Free”
“Lonely Train (Can’t Judge A Book)”

Bassist Jon Lawhon states: “We’ve worked very hard on putting all of this together for everyone and it was the crowd that made this a night we will not soon forget. Thank you all so much for your dedication and support. We love you all and hope you enjoy it!”

The band’s inimitable sticksman, John Fred Young underlines their appreciation of BSC fans’ loyalty and echoes the DVD’s title when he says; “THANK YOU to everyone who stuck with us over the years and who came out and made this night such a special memory for us! This is for you!”