LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JUNE 30, 2019…TWENTY SEVEN YEARS AGO ALICE IN CHAINS RELEASED THE SINGLE ‘WOULD’. THE B-SIDE WAS ‘MAN IN THE BOX’
THE SONG IS ALL ABOUT GOING THROUGH REHAB AND THE AFTERMATH OF GOING THROUGH REHAB. THE LAST PART OF THE LYRICS WONDERS IF THE FUTURE IS ANY MORE PROMISING. JERRY CANTRELL WROTE THIS SONG FOR HIS FRIEND ANDREW WOOD, THE LATE LEAD SINGER OF THE SEATTLE BAND
“MOTHER LOVE BONE.” WOOD DIED OF A HEROIN OVERDOSE IN 1990. SADNESS AND DRUG ADDICTION PLAYED A BIG PART IN THE BAND’S MUSIC FOR THE REST OF THEIR CAREER. THE GROUP’S SONGS OFTEN REFLECTED THE LIFE OF LEAD SINGER LAYNE STALEY, WHO DIED OF A DRUG OVERDOSE IN 2002.
HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FROM ALICE IN CHAINS FOR ‘WOULD’
