How did the band form and where does the name Black Stone Cherry come from?
John Fred Young: We got together, Chris (Robertson, the singer) and I went to kindergarten together with each other. We’ve known each other a long time. His Dad and my Dad were real good friends. I always knew his Grandparents, he knew mine from Boy Scouts and stuff like that. He used to beat the absolute hell out of me everyday on the playground. He played football and was bigger than I was. Than I got tall and he stopped that real quick. We met Jon (Lawhon), our bass player, he moved up from Jacksonville Florida when I was in the 8th grade. We were in a school band is how we all met. We were in drumline together and Jon could read music so he was bossy and would tell us what to do. I would listen to him because I was like, I’m playing snare drum, kiss my ass! He was trying to be ‘Mr. Seniority’ but he could read music. I have no idea, I can’t read music. We met Ben (Wells, guitar) from our former guitar tech David, who is back in Kentucky becoming a cop, serving the community, protec
