LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 23, 2019…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST GUITARISTS, SLASH. HE ROSE TO GLOBAL FAME WITH GUNS N’ ROSES. HIS SIGNATURE TOP HAT, BIG BLACK CURLS AND WICKED GUITAR LICKS ARE LEGENDARY. OVER THE YEARS HE’S PROVEN HIMSELF A WORKAHOLIC PLAYING WITH GUNS N’ ROSES, MICHAEL JACKSON, LENNY KRAVITZ, AND HIS OWN PROJECTS LIKE SLASH’S SNAKEPIT, VELVET REVOLVER AND SLASH WITH MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS.
IT ALMOST CAME TO A CRASHING END IN 2005. AT THE AGE OF 35, SLASH WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CARDIOMYOPATHY, CAUSED BY YEARS OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE.HE WAS GIVEN JUST WEEKS TO LIVE, BUT HE HAD A DEFIBRILLATOR IMPLANTED, AND BEATING THE ODDS, WENT ON TO SURVIVE. HE HAS BEEN SOBER SINCE 2006 , AND THREW HIMSELF BACK INTO HIS MUSIC.
HE’S CURRENTLY ON TOUR WITH MYLES KENNEDY AND THE CONSPIRATORS, AND WILL CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY TONIGHT IN MY OLD HOMETOWN OF WINNIPEG, CANADA.
THEN IT’S BACK TO THE STUDIO WITH GUNS N’ ROSES BEFORE THE GROUP EMBARKS ON A TOUR OF EUROPE AND THEN SOUTH AMERICA.
HERE’S SLASH WITH VELVET REVOLVER
CHECK OUT THIS VIDEO OF SOME GREAT SLASH MOMENTS
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