The Kentucky-bred rockers in Black Stone Cherry decided to put themselves to the ultimate test for the creation of their third full-length, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea: they took a year off from touring and focused all their energy on songwriting. Holed up in their rehearsal space, which in actuality is a rundown farmhouse, Black Stone Cherry emerged with a set of Southern-fried rock anthems, much like a modern version of their heroes in Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Under the friendly watch of producer extraordinaire Howard Benson (Theory of a Deadman, Daughtry, Three Days Grace), the band experimented with weaving nontraditional instruments like mandolins, banjos and drums bought from an old high school marching band into the signature driving rock sound to produce a solid and varied record, including first radio track ‘White Trash Millionaire’.