Jerry Cantrell Admires LB
 

Excerpt from 1996 Guitar International Interview with Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains

http://guitarinternational.com/2010/...s-man-smiling/

Someday I want to do a song with Elton John. Actually, I’d like to do a song with him, Nigel Olsson and Davey Johnstone. Same thing with Lindsay Buckingham; Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours is still right up there as one of my favorite albums. Of course, I still have to meet these guys. I’m not sure how I’ll do it, but I don’t want to have it arranged by my manager or anything, because then I’d feel like a dick. What am I going to say? “Oh man, you are great I used to listen to you all the time!’ It will have to happen under natural circumstances and not be some corporate thing. But you watch. Someday I’ll do that.”

Awesome! Thanks Michele. It's always great to read other people acknowledging LB's influence.

^^ nice to read. hope he's successful in his pursuit of LB collaboration.

I think Cantrell attended the DANCE tapings, too.

He (or someone like him) told the press how refreshing it was to hear a band that actually knew how to play its instruments.

I thought of that quote when I heard the tape of R.E.M. trying to play TUSK in a rehearsal. They just had no clue, & that was attributable to their skill set. As a band, they were driving & had a nice looseness, but when you put them in semi-familiar or unfamiliar territory, they stumble like a garage full of weekend warriors.

That's cute how he just wants to meet these guys in a normal fashion. It's been a few years now, though, so I wonder if he's met any of them yet? It's like with the Neko Case tweet. All these singers/musicians could be working together if someone would just take the first step :distress:

I love his work with Alice, he's a big fan of Ann and Nancy Wilson and has worked with them(both from Seattle). Dreamboat Annie and Rumours are both awesome albums from that timespace(76-78)....He was the brains behind AIC sound...their new singer is great...