After hearing Slash’s new live blues record and watching how happy he looks on stage, it’s a wonder so many of rock’s guitar heroes don’t have side projects, like he does, that allows them to get their ya-yas out in a creative, soulful way.
Looking back the only real standouts of bluesy offshoots have been Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) with the X-Pensive Winos, Joe Perry (Aerosmith) and his Joe Perry Project, Derek Trucks (Allman Brothers) with the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes) with the now-defunct Magpie Salute, and Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) with the BFG’s.
How were there not more? Do you really have to be a super gigantic rock star to be able to afford the time and effort into what would be tantamount to a hobby or a pet project – even if it will probably help you be a better musician for your day job?
Luckily for all of us, Slash does have the means to do whatever he wants (and if Axl doesn’t like it he can rehire Buckethead) which is why last week he dropped a sizzling live album along with a companion concert film from a show he performed last year during his S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival.
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