Black Stone Cherry won't play the radio game

Black Stone Cherry drummer John Fred Young says the band are “not playing the radio game anymore.”

In a behind-the-scenes video from the studio where the band recorded upcoming fifth album Kentucky, Fred says that, for the first time, BSC are not chasing commercial success.

He says: “We didn’t have a producer that was trying to help us formulate a sound for radio or for a specific direction that an A&R guy wanted.

“I don’t know how many singles we’re gonna get, we’re not playing the radio game anymore. Not because we’re ‘bad boys’ or anything like that. I mean if radio wants to play us, God bless them.

“But we just got away from trying to sound how radio bands are supposed to sound.”

Kentucky – the follow-up to 2014’s Magic Mountain – is out on April 1 via Mascot Label Group. BSC have released a stream of The Way Of The Future, as well as a videos for In Our Dreams and The Rambler.

BLACK STONE CHERRY KENTUCKY TRACKLIST

The Way Of The Future
In Our Dreams
Shakin’ My Cage
Soul Machine
Long Ride
War
Hangman
Cheaper To Drink Alone
Rescue Me
Feelin’ Fuzzy
Darkest Secret
Born To Die
The Rambler

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