Watch Duff Mckagan Swap The Bass For A Les Paul And Join Alice In Chains For A Showstopping Performance Of Rooster

Alice In Chains marked their ultimate date on their excursion by way of inviting Weapons N’ Roses bassist Duff McKagan onstage to enroll in them in ultimate out their set with a super-heavy efficiency of Chicken.

AIC had been supporting GNR at BC Position Stadium in Vancouver, and fan-shot pictures captures the instant when McKagan, armed with a Les Paul in cherry sunburst somewhat than his common squeeze, the P-Bass, joins Jerry Cantrell and William DuVall on guitar – the 3 electrical guitars in unison a l. a. Lynyrd Skynyrd giving the Dust-era observe further oomph, making it much more doomy.

Written in tribute to AIC guitarist Jerry Cantrell’s father, a Vietnam veteran who used to be nicknamed “Chicken” as a kid, the observe is for lots of the ür-AIC jam, a tune that would scarcely be any longer non-public to Cantrell, and correctly brings all of his key influences to the fore. It has the swampy wah pedal fatalism of Black Sabbath tracks like Electrical Funeral, that early ‘70s sense of bespoiled promise. It has a groove.

And in some folks’s opinion, specifically the nice Seal, it’s attractive, too. When he popped up on one among Amoeba’s What’s In My Bag YouTube segments, Seal fished out Alice In Chains’ Dust on vinyl and mentioned the seminal 1992 album’s have an effect on, singling out Chicken.

“There are some nice songs [on Dirt], the most obvious one being Chicken that Jerry wrote about his father coming house from Vietman,” he mentioned. “I really like their artistry clearly however there’s an actual sexiness to their track – it’s darkish, it’s stunning, it’s melancholic nevertheless it’s in point of fact attractive. It’s weighty.”

If McKagan’s Vancouver cameo with Alice In Chains introduced the unfamiliar sight of the Weapons N’ Roses bassist with a Les Paul, DuVall and Cantrell’s software alternatives at the night time had been extra as we may be expecting, with DuVall on his Framus signature guitar and Cantrell taking part in his go-to G&L Rampage, which has been a stalwart over time.

Chicken could be one among Cantrell’s maximum non-public compositions nevertheless it has traditionally presented him and Alice In Chains the risk to welcome a visitor onstage. 

This wasn’t even McKagan’s first time. In 2006, when DuVall made his reside debut with AIC, McKagan joined Ann and Nancy Wilson of Center onstage with Cantrell and co for Chicken. He performed a black Les Paul on that instance. In 2018, Robby Krieger of the Doorways – and hero and infrequently golfing spouse to Cantrell – guested with the band. 

If Cantrell can hit the golfing path lately, McKagan continues to be on excursion throughout america. See Weapons N’ Roses for dates and tickets. His newest solo album, Lighthouse, is out on Friday via BFD.