“Lonely Train” by Black Stone Cherry

"Lonely Train" was Black Stone Cherry's first single, the opening shot for their self-titled 2006 album on Roadrunner, and it hits harder than the Southern rock the band usually traded in: a heavy riff, a gravelly growl from Chris Robertson and a distorted, metal-leaning crunch. Robertson said it's about friends of theirs who went into the military, and it leans anti-war, though the band made clear it is grateful to the people who do the fighting.

Robertson, Ben Wells, Jon Lawhon and John Fred Young share the writing with Richard Young, who co-produced with David Barrick; Kevin Shirley mixed. Robertson plays guitar and slide, Wells guitar and electric sitar, Lawhon bass and John Fred Young drums. It went out as a free iTunes single in July 2006 and reached 14 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart.

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