Kentucky rockers BLACK STONE CHERRY have announced a 27-date U.S. tour in support of their latest album, "Family Tree", out now via Mascot Label Group. Beginning in Charlotte, North Carolina before routing throughout the south and midwest, the trek will be supported by TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN and include festival stops at Rocklahoma, Thunder Mountain Music Park and the Tail Winds Music Festival. BLACK STONE CHERRY commented, "We are beyond excited to hit the road in a big way in 2019 with our rock 'n' roll brothers, TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN! This is definitely a tour for the southern, blues, jam rock 'n' roll hearts out there and we can't wait to bring a different live experience every single night! We're also excited to have our longtime friends THE JOSEPHINES, THOMAS WYNN AND THE BELIEVERS and Kyle Daniel all on select dates! Bring your dancin' shoes and we'll see ya soon!" Tour dates: March 28 - Amos's - Charlotte, NC March 29 - The Firmament - Greenville, SC March 30 - Bogarts - Cincinnati, OH March 31 - Volcano Room at Cumberland Caverns - McMinnville, TN April 04 - Come and Take It Live - Austin, TX April 05 - Scout Bar - Houston, TX April 06 - Trees - Dallas, TX April 11 - The Forge - Joliet, IL April 12 - Lafayette Theatre - Lafayette, IN April 13 - A&R Music Bar - Columbus, OH^ April 18 - The Machine Shop - Flint, MI^ April 19 - Elevation - Grand Rapids, MI^ April 20 - Route 20 - Racine, WI^ April 25 - Beacon Theatre - Hopewell, VA^ April 26 - Hard Times Four Mile Fork - Fredericksburg, VA^ April 27 - Tally Ho Theatre - Leesburg, VA^ April 29 - Chameleon Club - Lancaster, PA^ April 30 - Middle East - Cambridge, MA^ May 04 - Panama City Bike Week - Panama City Beach, FL^ May 16 - The Apollo Theatre - Belvidere, IL^ May 17 - Blue Note - Columbia, MO^ May 18 - Granada Theater - Lawrence, KS^ May 24 - Rocklahoma - Greensboro, NC* May 25 - The Shed at Smoky Mountain Harley Davidson - Maryville, TN May 31 - V Club - Huntington, WV^ June 22 - Thunder Mountain Music Park - Bristol, TN *^ June 29 - Tail Winds Music Festival - Wappingers Falls, NY *+ * Festival Dates ^ with TYLER BRYANT & THE SHAKEDOWN + with CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD, OPERATION: MINDCRIME, Sass Jordan "Family Tree" was released in April 2018. As was the case on 2106's "Kentucky", the BLACK STONE CHERRY members opted to produce and track "Family Tree" at David Barrick's Barrick Recording in Glasgow, Kentucky, the same studio where the four-piece recorded its eponymous debut. BLACK STONE CHERRY vocalist/guitarist Chris Robertson told Germany's Rock Bottom about "Family Tree": "I've always considered a record to be a snapshot of the band's life from the conclusion of the [previous] record until the time they put the newest record out. So there's an eight-month period in there where you're finishing up touring the previous record… 'Cause you evolve and change as people every day. And I think that's why none of our records have ever been the same. They've always brought something different each time. I don't know, man… It's just like a snapshot of who we are. So if you listen to 'Family Tree', that's the perfect representation of who we were when we were making that record. We're different even now. But those songs… We don't write songs just to write songs. Every song has a feeling or a meaning behind it — whether that be just rock and roll in general or whether it be a song like 'My Last Breath' that talks… the whole song is kind of me talking to my little boy. All the songs mean something. It's not just a song to be a song."
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