Eric MacKinnon at RockAAA.com recently caught up with BLACK STONE CHERRY drummerv John Fred Young, who revealed that the band originally intended to leave smash-hit single ‘White Trash Millionaire’ off their new album, Between The Devil And the Deep Blue Sea. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Young: “We made the record in California with a guy called Howard Benson which was pretty fun. What was crazy was we took the whole year off to write this album. But after the first four months we thought we had it wrapped up and that we had all the songs ready to go and record. But our label were keen for us to take some more time and work with some co-writers. We didn’t want to do that at all as we didn’t want the sound of the band to change. A lot of bands are scared to do that. We certainly were. We were fearful and didn’t want the stuff to take a different direction as we’ve been pushing our sound for so long and we were worried we’d lose our fans who really enjoyed our music.

We were scared to death the first time and had concerns they would jack our sound up but we took a chance and it was cool and we met a lot of good dudes.

We didn’t want to record 'White Trash Millionaire' as we had it too fast. It sounded almost corny but we couldn’t figure out why as we knew it had a hook and a good melody but Howard just told us to slow it down. It worked really well and he spotted something really simple that us as musicians had overlooked. The song is actually about a Trans Am that Chris (Roberts) had. It was the same kind of Trans Am that was in the Smokey and the Bandit movies and he had it for a few months before he sold it. That’s actually what the song is about. Everybody around the world has a little bit of trash in them and it’s just a fun song with us being ourselves.”

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Black Stone Cherry will release their third album, entitled Between The Devil & The Deep Blue Sea, on May 31st via Roadrunner Records. However, now you can stream the complete CD for free at iheartradio.com.

In live news, Black Stone Cherry will be part of this summer's Carnival Of Madness Tour alongside THEORY OF A DEADMAN, ALTER BRIDGE, ADELITAS WAY and EMPHATIC.

The Carnival Of Madness Tour will tear through North America for 25+ dates, set to launch August 13th in Twin Lakes, WI.

VIP ticket pre-sales for the first 15 events will be available for those belonging to Theory of a Deadman’s Deadfan Club beginning Tuesday, May 31st, followed by those signed up for the Carnival Of Madness mailing list at CarnivalOfMadness.com, beginning Wednesday, June 1st. VIP bundles with exclusive merchandise, content, and an enhanced Carnival experience will be available for purchase through Artist Arena.

The public on-sale for the first round of shows will be Friday, June 3rd. All of the ticket on-sale info can be found at CarnivalOfMadness.com. The “Carnival” ticket price acknowledges the current state of the economy offering an “affordable” ticket that will be in the $25 - $35 range.

Tour dates:

August

13 - Twin Lakes, IL - Shadow Hill Ranch
19 - Council Bluffs, IA - Harrah’s Casino
20 - Sedalia, MO - Missouri State Fairgrounds
26 - Louisville, KY - Kentucky State Fair/Cardinal Stadium
27 - Waterloo, IA - McElroy Auditorium (outdoors)
28 - St. Paul, MN - Minnesota State Fair

September

1 - Allentown, PA - The Great Allentown Fair
3 - Hampton Beach, NH - Hampton Beach Casino
7 - Baltimore, MD - Pier Six Concert Pavilion
10 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
11 - Huntington, WV - Harris Riverfront Park
13 - Charlotte, NC - Time Warner Cable Uptown Amphitheater
14 - Fayetteville, NC - Crown Coliseum
16 - Tulsa, OK - Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino
17 - Poplar Bluff, MS - Black River Coliseum

More dates will be announced in the coming weeks.