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Tommy Shannon on his wild ride with Stevie Ray Vaughan

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He played with Johnny Winter, battled addiction, then joined a band with his childhood friend, Stevie Ray Vaughan. In this candid interview, the Double Trouble bassist recalls the highs and lows of life with one of the all-time guitar greats, playing Woodstock on acid, and why he still thinks he’d be the best bass player…

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Geezer Butler’s Lost Decade: “I Nearly Died” — Kerrang!

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Despite Butler’s evident disillusionment with his former band two years earlier, speculation had been rife that the original Black Sabbath line-up would attempt to bury their differences and reform. The rumours were proven true when Geezer, Tony Iommi and Ozzy Osbourne reunited to close the latter’s Ozzfest touring festival in the summer of 1997. Drummer…

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