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Today's Day in Rock


Alice In Chains Vs Van Halen
(Classic Rock) Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell remembers how a stage war with Van Halen came close to getting out of hand in 1991. AIC were opening for VH and both bands had tried to disrupt each others' sets with a series of pranks.
Cantrell – who recently observed he and his band are "pretty light guys" despite the darkness of their music – tells Jim Dunlop: "The Van Halen guys got us like four times in one set.

"When we came out on stage, they had taken a bunch of three-foot strips of duct tape and put them all over the stage face-up. Within a couple of seconds we were all dragging around huge wads of duct tape.

"They sent out some strippers – not very attractive ones – who stayed out there for a whole song. Then they sent out one of their techs in a Little Bo Peep outfit with some live sheep.

"At the very end, we were playing Man In The Box and their crew came out and started dismantling our entire set around us. They left Sean Kinney with a kick and snare, left me with one cab, they just unplugged Mike Starr.

"And that was all in one set – I don't think anyone has ever topped that commitment to f**king with the opening act." Still, Alice In Chains got their revenge




Whitesnake's David Coverdale Wants To End Robert Plant Feud
(Classic Rock) Whitesnake frontman David Coverdale has offered an olive branch to Robert Plant and apologised for "ugly things" said about the Led Zeppelin icon in the past.

The pair have been at loggerheads since Coverdale teamed up with Zep guitarist Jimmy Page for the 1993 Coverdale Page album. In interviews at the time, Plant expressed some derision at the collaboration, coining the term 'David Cover-version'. Coverdale responded in kind, saying about the singer: "There's certainly no love lost between myself and Robert… I wouldn't send him cat food if he was starving."

Now during an interview set to be broadcast next Wednesday (June 19) on TeamRock Radio's Classic Rock Magazine Show, Coverdale said he wants to put an end to the animosities.

DC told Classic Rock Magazine Show host Nicky Horne: "My last words to Jimmy in London were: 'I'd love to buy Robert a drink.' I said: 'When you speak to him, offer my sincere regrets for any negative things I've ever said, which were mostly defensive.'"

Cov continued: "I hold him [Plant] in the highest esteem as a human being, as an artist, and I really would like to, you know, sit down, buy him a drink, shake hands and say: 'I'm really sorry, you know, can we be friends again?'

"[Out of] my love and respect for Jimmy, I know he'll pass that on to Robert – and Robert might go and tell him to **** himself, who knows, but I don't hold any animosity, just disappointment in myself that I took the bait and ran with some ugly things. Because it's not appropriate for somebody I respect so much."

Listen to Coverdale's comments here.




Kim Deal Quits The Pixies
(Radio.com) Founding Pixies bassist Kim Deal has left the band. Remaining members Black Francis, Joey Santiago and David Lovering officially announced her departure on Friday (June 14) through the Pixies Facebook page.

"We are sad to say that Kim Deal has decided to leave the Pixies," reads the statement. "We are very proud to have worked with her on and off over the last 25 years. Despite her decision to move on, we will always consider her a member of the Pixies, and her place will always be here for her. We wish her all the best."

Deal, who is currently on tour with her other band, the Breeders, has yet to comment. She joined the Pixies at the band's inception in 1986, releasing four albums together between 1988 and 1991.

The group took an 11-year hiatus in 1993, reportedly due to tensions between deal and frontman Black Francis, and reunited in 2004. The Pixies last tour was a two-year jaunt of their 1989 album, Doolittle, from 2009 to 2011. more on this story




Black Sabbath Break Chart Record With 13
(Classic Rock) Black Sabbath's new album 13 has made Number One in the UK album charts. It's the first time Ozzy Osbourne and co hit the top spot since 1970′s Paranoid – meaning they now hold the world record for the longest time between Number One hits.

13, appropriately, sold 13,000 more than runner-up Beady Eye, fronted by former Oasis's Liam Gallagher. Ozzy says: "I'm in shock. The success of this album has blown me off my feet. We've never hard a record climb the charts so fast."

Rod Stewart, whose new album Time is at Number Three this week, previously held the UK's longest-gap record with 37 years. Bob Dylan was the former overall holder at 38 years. more on this story





Alice Cooper Pens Forward For Megadeth's David Ellefson Autobiography
(hennemusic) Megadeth co-founder and bassist David Ellefson will publish his autobiography, "My Life With Deth," on October 29. It was written with Joel McIver, and features a foreword by Alice Cooper; it also includes contributions from Kerry King (Slayer), Scott Ian (Anthax), Ellefson's current bandmate in Megadeth, Shawn Drover, as well as former colleagues Chris Poland and Marty Friedman.

The memoir chronicles the story of Ellefson's fall into addiction during the band's early years, followed by his subsequent recovery and the return to faith which championed the band's rise to fame over the past several decades.

"My autobiography is not the usual tale of rock 'n' roll woe, but rather something I hope will truly inspire people," says Ellefson. "I have dedicated my life to my craft, and I wanted to share the story of how a kid with a bass guitar and the dream of rock stardom literally risked it all to move from the farm in Minnesota to Los Angeles, and with a lot of hard work, sacrifice and a little luck along the way, made the dream come true.

"I think the readers will enjoy the stories, as well as the hardships, of this way of life as a musician and artist. I've been very open about my life's obstacles and the means by which I overcame them. Now, my hope is that this story will inspire others to follow their dreams and really live out the purpose for their lives, too." more on this story




Brad Paisley To Jam With The Rolling Stones
(hennemusic) The Rolling Stones will be joined by special guest Brad Paisley tomorrow (Tuesday) night in Philadelphia, the first of two shows in the city this week.

The country star is currently on the road for his "Beat This Summer" tour in support of his latest album, "Wheelhouse." Which song he plans to perform with the Stones is still unknown but footage should surface online shortly after it takes place.

The concert marks the 16th stop on the Stones 18-date "50 & Counting" arena tour, which has seen the band play with a variety of guests, including John Fogerty, Tom Waits, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood and John Mayer. more on this story





Iron Maiden Open Show With Dramatic WWII Fighter Plane Flyover
(Classic Rock) Iron Maiden launched their headline set at Download this weekend with a Spitfire flypast. The classic WWII fighter plane crossed the skies above Donington three times before the NWOBM giants launched into 1988 track Moonchild in a cloud of pyrotechnics.

The Supermarine Spitfire Mk16, registration TE311 / 4DV, is maintained by the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight. Maiden's show was previously billed as the only UK show on the current leg of their Maiden England tour, which focuses on the set they delivered while promoting classic album Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son.

But at the end of the performance they announced they'd be playing London's O2 on August 3. Frontman Bruce Dickinson explained: "We thought that, because this tour has been such an amazing experience for band and fans alike, it somehow seems right to finish up back home in England and have the final show celebration on home turf. The 02 is a great venue to play with a really fantastic vibe, so we're really looking forward to this show being one almighty party." See video of the flyover here and read more.





Duff McKagan Reflects On Guns N' Roses Infamous Donington Appearance
(Classic Rock) Duff McKagan says Guns N' Roses' 1988 Monsters of Rock set has become so celebrated that people forget the truth of it. The band's controversial Donington appearance saw two fans crushed to death as a result of the weather conditions.

But despite the tragedy, GnR's show – which took place on the same day Iron Maiden played to a record-breaking crowd of 107,000 – ensured star status in the UK.

"What's kind of lost is that people think Guns N' Roses headlined Donington. We played at noon," McKagan says. "We were really low on the bill and we were just happy to be here." more on this story




Black Star Riders' Ricky Warwick Shattered About Dropping Thin Lizzy Name
(Classic Rock) Black Star Riders frontman Ricky Warwick admits he was "shattered" by the belief that the band should not record as Thin Lizzy. Midway during recording the demos for a planned Lizzy album, he had to tell guitarist Scott Gorham that it was wrong, and they'd have to avoid using Phil Lynott's band name.

The result is BSR's acclaimed debut record All Hell Breaks Loose, which was released last month. Warwick tells Jam: "At the time we were recording, I told Scott my confidence had been shattered. Half of me is waking up in the morning pumped up that I'm working on a new Thin Lizzy record. How cool is that? It's the greatest thing ever.

"The other half of me is saying, 'This is so wrong. I can't do this.' And I said: 'For that reason alone, we can't do this as Thin Lizzy.'

"I think everyone was feeling the same way. Once the elephant was out of the room it felt okay. We said, 'We love these songs – we have to figure out a way.'" How does he feel now?





Airbourne, Black Spiders and Tracer Added To Hard Rock Hell
(Classic Rock) Airbourne, Black Spiders and Tracer are among the bands added to the bill for Hard Rock Hell 7, which takes place at Hafan Y Mor Holiday Park in Pwllheli, North Wales, from November 28 to December 1.

The Aussie outfit return to headline the Saturday night by popular demand, joining an impressive bill that already includes Friday's headliners Black Star Riders plus Michael Monroe, Nazareth, Blaze Bayley performing an Iron Maiden set and one of Paul Di'Anno's farewell concerts.

Other newly-named acts for the seventh instalment of the winter event, known this time as Cirque du Rock, include Uli Jon Roth, The Treatment, Jameson Raid and Stormzone. more on this story





Rival Sons Frontman Says Rock Is No Longer Young and Hungry
(Classic Rock) Rival Sons frontman Jay Buchanan thinks the rock scene has grown too comfortable and far from missing something, the genre has got too much everything.

Buchanan tells Chicago Now: "I don't think rock is missing anything. I would actually state the opposite: rock music possesses too much. Too many options. Too many tricks. Too much software and too much hardware. Over-medicated and out of shape.

"Rock music has become the used car people buy for the flawless paint and luxury interior – without looking under the hood," he continues. "She was so hot when she was young and hungry, but now she's too married and too satisfied. more on this story





Gary Moore's Girlfriend Cut Out of Estate?
(hennemusic) An update on the estate of guitarist Gary Moore, who died in 2011, has been made public. The Daily Mail reports the former Thin Lizzy guitarist left none of his £2million estate to his girlfriend Petra Nioduschewski, because he did not draw up a will.

Nioduschewski battled in vain to resuscitate Moore in their room at a luxury hotel in Spain on February 6, 2011 as he died from a heart attack following a night of heavy drinking.

Probate records reveal that the guitarist left a net estate of £2,088,134 after liabilities. But High Court documents state that he did not leave a will so, under intestate rules, it is believed his fortune will be split between his four children. more on this story




Rare 1996 Def Leppard South African Concert Footage Surfaces
(hennemusic) Some rare 1996 concert footage featuring Def Leppard's first tour of South Africa has surfaced. The UK rockers were captured live on the Slang tour for a TV special when they performed at Johannesburg Stadium in front of 40,000 people on December 5th, 1996.

The pro-shot broadcast video has been posted courtesy of Leppard fan site RockBrigadeForum.com. Def Leppard's first shows in South Africa also included dates in Durban and Cape Town.

The Slang tour saw the band play 133 concerts between May 1996 and April 1997. It was the first Def Leppard tour since the early 1980s where the band used an end stage rather than the centre stage. Check out the footage here.




Tesla Debut New Song In Biloxi
(hennemusic) Tesla debuted a new song called, "Taste My Pain," during their live performance at Hard Rock Live in Biloxi, Mississippi on Friday night.

The California band recently recorded the tune at bassist Brian Wheat's J Street Recorders studio, with plans to release the song digitally as a single sometime this summer … and include it on a forthcoming album, which they're aiming to release in 2014.

Tesla's latest album, "Twisted Wires And The Acoustic Sessions," was released in 2011. The project featured 6 songs that were recorded in 2005, and 6 newly recorded tracks, including acoustic remakes of songs from the band's catalog, plus two brand new songs, "Second Street" and "Better Off Without You". Check out video of the performance here.




Sebastian Bach Announces He Is 90 Days Sober
(hennemusic) Sebastian Bach is sharing an update on his sobriety. "Today, I am exactly 90 days sober," posted the singer on Friday, "All thanks go to the woman I love @minniegupta . Thank you babe. For saving my life."

Last month, Bach revealed that he had officially begun work on a new studio album. "Totally great day in the studio with producer Bob Marlette & guitar player Jeff George!," he posted at the time.

"We began the day writing & coming up parts & ended up recording some blazing kick ass grooves that are gonna destroy the rest of the tunes in your iPhone playlist upon loading! Sorry 'bout that! Not! #BachInTheStudio" more on this story




Keith Richards Discusses Mick Jagger and Upcoming 70th Birthday
(Gibson) Keith Richards opened up on a wide range of topics in a just-published cover-story for Men's Journal. The discussion included talk of his complicated relationship with Mick Jagger and his thoughts on turning 70 this December.

"A lot of these things are blown way out of whack," Richards said, addressing ongoing speculation about tensions between him and the Stones frontman.

"It's like two very volatile brothers – when they clash, they really clash, but when it's over, it's over because we both know we need each other; we both enjoy working with each other. Ninety percent of the time it's as cool as can be, then, of course, the people only get to hear about the 10. And the 10 are pretty fierce."

Asked about hitting the big "7-0," Richards confessed he has no advice regarding longevity. "Everybody should try it if they can get there," he said. "If I had a secret, I'd bottle it maybe. I just happen to be here. Just string it, and play it low." more on this story






Sleeping with Sirens Make No. 3 Debut
(Radio.com) On the Billboard 200 album chart this week, hard rockers Queens of the Stone Age scored their first No. 1 album, selling 91,000 copies of their sixth studio album, …Like Clockwork. QOTSA was followed by Daft Punk, relinquishing their two-week stand at the top of the chart with the much-discussed Random Access Memories slipping to No. 2 with 62,000 copies sold.

It was a far less familiar name in the No. 3 position, however, with Orlando by way of Grand Rapids, Mich., band Sleeping with Sirens moving 59,000 copies of the band's third album, Feel — easily the best sales week in the young "scene-core" rock band's burgeoning career. (The band's second album, 2011 effort Let's Cheer to This, debuted with 18,000 in its first week out.)

"Obviously, we're very excited," lead singer Kellin Quinn Radio.com told this week. "We've worked really hard to get to where we are, and it's just really awesome."

It's a major milestone for Sleeping with Sirens, a band eager to break through to the rock mainstream after paying their dues on the indie post-hardcore circuit since forming in 2009.

"This album is about us becoming more of a rock band, and escape from the scene of music that we were in when we first started," Quinn said, citing the Foo Fighters as a major influence. "The lyrics are straightforward, the music is straightforward, the album is easy to get into. That's the idea behind Feel, to really put across what Sleeping with Sirens is all about right from the beginning." more on this story





Atoms for Peace Perform Intimate Club Show
(Radio.com) Atoms for Peace, the alt-rock super-group featuring Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke and Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea, thrilled a few hundred fans at an exclusive club show in Los Angeles last week (June 14).

The band, which also includes Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, drummer Joey Waronker and percussionist Mauro Refosco charged through a dynamic set that ran over two hours and covered both Yorke's 2006 solo album The Eraser and Atoms for Peace's recently released full-length debut, Amok. Fans were also treated to a cover of obscure Radiohead B-side "Paperbag Writer" and a show-closing rendition of "Rabbit in Your Headlights," the song Yorke wrote with DJ Shadow and recorded with James Lavelle's band UNKLE for that band's 1998 debut album, Psyence Fiction.

With the small club Fais Do Do in L.A.'s Mid-City neighborhood rechristened "Club Amok" for the night, this alleged warm-up show for the upcoming Atoms for Peace world tour found the band already in fighting shape, with an especially relaxed Yorke cracking jokes between songs and putting on an impressive display of his increasingly popular dancing skills.

Musically, the band's chemistry was palpable, with Flea indulging the jazzier and more subtle side of his bass playing and serving as an ideal foil for Yorke's distinctive vocal style. With Godrich acting as an onstage musical director flitting between a bevy of different instruments, Waronker and Refosco laid down a rock-sold but fluid rhythm, with Refosco generating sounds from a large bank of exotic drums.

The show revealed Atoms for Peace to be first and foremost a beat machine, pushing and pulling at a panorama of complex polyrhythms like the Talking Heads circa Remain in Light. The enthusiastic crowd responded in kind, turning "Club Amok" into such a joyous dance party that the floor of the old theater buckled noticeably in time to the music. more on this story





Jimmy Eat World Continue Their Evolution With New Generation
(Radio.com) With a career spanning eight albums over two decades, Jimmy Eat World have earned themselves two generations of fans. Their 2001 breakout album, Bleed American, came out swinging with four hit singles that got heavy rotation on radio and MTV in the early '00s. "The Middle," the catchiest of the record's tracks, reached No. 1 on the Hot Modern Rock Chart and No. 5 on the Hot 100.

After 19 years, seven albums and myriad of hits, Jimmy Eat World have made a lasting impression across multiple generations and fans of all types of music. The band released its seventh studio album, Damage, last week (June 11).

"The Jimmy Eat World fan is hard to characterize because it's constantly changing," frontman Jim Adkins told Radio.com. "I met someone last night that had been a fan since our first record, said Adkins. "There's people like that. Then there's people that discovered us when 'The Middle' got really big in 2001-ish. There's people who heard our new single ['I Will Steal You Back'] on the radio — knew who we were but never heard us before — that show up. It's everybody."

"Or even, you have people our parent's age," added guitarist Tom Linton.

While the band are more than happy to play for their dedicated older fanbase, they're thrilled to bring new listeners into the family as well, though this admittedly can lead to awkward clashes between the two age generations of fans.

"I've met 14-year-old girls who were embarrassed because their mom, who they brought to the show, was freaking out," Adkins recalled. "She made her mom listen to us in the car and then her mom got to be a fan too. Then her mom was freaking out because she was meeting us and the daughter's like 'Mom, be cool!'"

Watch more of Radio.com's interview with Jimmy Eat World here.





Liam Gallagher Recalls Encounter With Lemmy From Motorhead
(Classic Rock) Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher swore off his standard loudmouth behavior when he sat down on a plane and realized Lemmy was on board too.

He decided to keep quiet in case he landed in trouble with the Motorhead icon – but Lemmy had different ideas. Gallagher spoke about the encounter with GQ.

"I met Lemmy once on a plane. I thought, 'I'm not going to drink on this flight – I'm going to wind my neck in.' Can I get a water please?," he said. "Next minute a pair of cowboy boots get put down beside me. He looked at me and said, 'What the f**k are you doing drinking water?'" more on this story





Singled Out: Argonaut's Vintage Dress
Today Nathan Lyons from Argonaut tells us about their new single "Vintage Dress" which comes from their self-titled debut album. Here is the story:

Vintage Dress was created during one of our first song writing sessions. Lorna wrote the progression on a bass guitar – the first time that she had actually ever played one! The guitar parts built on the Pixies/ Nirvana loud/ quiet mission statement that we laid down at the bands inception. Lorna vented the lyrics almost stream of consciousness – I just wrote them down and helped structure them and make them a bit more obtuse. The song is a tribute to Lorna's genius, the way that she works straight from the heart, the music just flowing from her. She has such a natural, unspoilt ability – a true artist.

Vintage Dress was also the first song that we worked on with Criminal Records. Our original version was very four to the floor with a Kim Deal bass line and techno drum machine pattern. Maha [The Kut] re-arranged the track, helping us re-write the bass line into the more Cure like groove that you hear on the record. The drum patterns that she wrote and played really drive the song and the half time chorus drum pattern is a particular fave of mine – anchoring the instruments and pulling back on the beat before letting go and firing back into the chorus. Maha also came up with the immortal phrase 'you know you want me in my vintage dress' which we have utilised for our press campaign.

The song is arranged in a really progressive way, building up with each verse and some nice breaks after each chorus. The synth break after the first chorus was lifted from an instrumental song of ours called 'My life as a dog', and transplanted to great effect. There's also a great little noise break after the second chorus – I'd love to expand this into a MBV 'feed me with your kiss' death of music type thing at some point – I'm envisaging 10 minutes of sheer noise – lovely! The end works so well for me too – stopping on the word 'stop' – so simple and effective.

We always begin our live set with this song. It's perfect for easing each member of the band in one at a time and then blasting out the chorus en masse.

Vintage Dress is the fourth single off of our debut album and we hope that it will be the crossover success that we've been working towards. With Lorna's forays into fashion, customising vintage shoes and clothes, it would be great to hear Vintage Dress as the soundtrack to vintage boutiques across the country this summer!

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and check out the video here learn more about the album right here!





Duff McKagan and Barrett Martin's Walking Papers Release Lyric Video
(Classic Rock) Walking Papers have released a lyric video for their track The Whole World's Watching. The track is taken from their self-titled debut album, released independently last year and due for a a mainstream launch on August 5.

The Seattle band features Guns n'Roses and Velvet Revolver man Duff McKagan alongside Screaming Trees and Mad Season's Barrett Martin, plus Jeff Angell and Benjamin Anderson of the Missionary Position.

Meanwhile, McKagan has listed his golden rules for surviving live on a tour bus. Among the guidelines listed in his Seattle Weekly blog are: Personal hygiene is key. Crap breath or stank butt can lower moral and kill an appetite (a band does need to eat and stinky body odor from an orifice or two can kill ones' will for nourishment). Read the rest and watch the video here.





Metallica Release Orion Performance Video From Sydney
(hennemusic) Metallica are sharing some live and behind the scenes footage from their February 24th appearance at Australia's Soundwave festival in Sydney.

The band has offered up video of their soundcheck, the tuning room, as well as their performance of the Master of Puppets classic "Orion" from the show.

The Sydney stop was the second date of Soundwave, which hit five (5) cities in the country over a two-week period. Metallica headlined the day-long festival, which also featured Linkin Park, A Perfect Circle, The Offspring, Slayer, Stone Sour and dozens of other acts. Check out the video here.




Black Star Riders Complete HiRock Fest Performances Goes Online
(hennemusic) Now that Black Star Riders have released their debut album, "All Hell Breaks Loose," the band has hit the road to bring the new music to fans.

Video of the group's complete June 2nd set at the HiRock Festival in Loreley Freilichtbühne, Germany has surfaced. Black Star Riders appeared on the second day of the weekend event, on a bill headlined by Whitesnake and Journey.

The 12-song performance featured several tracks from the new project, as well as some choice Thin Lizzy classics as a nod to their former band. Check out the footage here.




Venrez Release Unforeseen Video
(Classic Rock) Venrez have released a music video for the song "Unforeseen," which is the opening track to the Los Angeles-based combo's new album 'American Illusion' which will be released on July 30.

Venrez are made up of singer Steven Berez (whose last syllables of his first and last name serve as the group's moniker), guitarists Jason Womack and Alex Kane, bassist Michael Bradford and drummer Ed Davis.

"Unforeseen," explains Berez, "is my favourite track on the LP. It's brutally heavy and demanding to play right. It's At The Drive-In meets Alice in Chains, and really reflects the experiences we've had touring the world together.

"It's about a guy we met backstage on tour in France, Phillippe. He was so wasted but so happy too. He was all about embracing the moment maybe more than anyone I've ever met, and inspired me to put pen to paper. He did ultimately get kicked out of the venue for crapping in the sink of the women's toilet… but who hasn't at least once?!" Check out the video here.





Vintage Trouble Release 'Pelvis Pusher' Video
(Classic Rock) Vintage Trouble have released a video for their track "Pelvis Pusher," which appears on their album "The Bomb Shelter Sessions," which has just been released in a digital Encore Edition featuring four extra tracks including the video.

The Los Angeles outfit – who were named Best New Band Of The Year at 2011′s Classic Rock Roll Of Honour Awards – are currently supporting the Who on tour across the UK, with Roger Daltrey calling them "a great band who are electric to watch."

They'll appear at Glastonbury at the end of the month then support the Rolling Stones in Hyde Park – and meanwhile they're playing a set of their own headline shows.

Singer Ty Taylor says of Vintage Trouble: "It's raw, naked and hard-hitting – 1950s rhythm and blues music with the abandonment of late 60s rock'n'roll. We are blown away nightly by how deeply the folks throw themselves into our party." Check out the video here.





The World According to Duane Allman
(Gibson) At 24 years old, the world lost Duane Allman, guitarist and co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band, far too soon, but his legacy and influence on the guitar lives on. In the following feature, we look through some past interviews with Allman, his friends and family to find out more about this rock 'n' roll guitar legend.

Duane on developing musical talent, as told to Guitar Player Magazine (via True Fire): "Develop your talent, and leave the world with something. Records are really gifts from people. To think that an artist would love you enough to share his music with anyone is a beautiful thing. That's fascinated me ever since I piled up my motorcycle. Miles Davis does the best job, to me, of portraying in the innermost, subtlest, softest feelings in the human psyche. He does it beautifully. He's a fascinating talent, man, a marvelous, marvelous man and a great entertainer. And John Coltrane, probably one of the finest most accomplished players, took his music farther than anybody I believe I ever heard."

Duane on rock music speaking to the times, as told to Guitar Player Magazine (via True Fire): ". . . Yeah! It's a like a newspaper for people that can't read. Rock and roll will tell you right where everything's at. It's just something to move your feet, man, and move your heart and make you feel good inside–forget about all the bullsh*t that's going on for awhile and fill up some of the dead space."

Duane on blues and jazz music being similar, as told to Guitar Player Magazine (via True Fire): "Yeah, it really is, man. It's just that as human feelings become more complex, as the world gets a little bit more divided and intelligent, complexity is the only difference between blues and jazz. It's all the portrayal of the feelings and the soul in a medium other than words. You can either complain and say, "Oh man, I really feel bad," or you can put you sadness into a musical context and make it desirable. Nobody wants to hear anybody bellyache, but everybody want to hear him play the blues. You can say the same thing, but make it to where it's a little less offensive to your fellow man by playing it with music."