Black Stone Cherry bridges the gap between the blue collar craftsmanship of dirty, bluesy, ballsy, pedal-to-the-metal Hard Rock steeped in the ancestral lineage of Southern Rock and the warm, broad embrace of the rock radio mainstream. There’s enough boot stomping, soulful meat-and-potatoes in the Kentucky band’s stew to invigorate Middle America, with the melodic chops to conquer the worldwide stage. The Allman Brothers and Metallica meeting up, getting drunk, raising some hell and then crashing into a big brawl together, only to have Robert Johnson break it all up? That’s essentially the sound of Black Stone Cherry. With Magic Mountain, Black Stone Cherry is about to spread that goodtime vibe even further. A master class in how to write and perform great music. This is none more obvious then on the first single Me and Mary Jane, a fist raising riff rocking hell raiser that is now a firm addition to the playlists of Rock radio the world over.
