This week we're going to take a trip in the "Way Back" Machine.
1. What one artist would you like to travel back in time to see in their "hey day?" And Why? At first I thought of seeing The Beatles, but then I remembered that you could barely hear them over the sceaming fans at their shows. I decided that I would rather see Def Leppard, back in the days while Steve Clark was still alive.
I have seen them in concert, but not until after Steve's death.
What?! You thought I was going to say The Scorpions! Uh-uh! I refuse to believe that their hey-day is over. They're still a kick-ass band. What they need is better management, especially in the U.S.
2. If you could go back in time to buy one musical related item that you wanted, but didn't purchase at the time, what would it be? I don't have to go back very far. I saw it in someone's catalog a few months ago. (Yeah, people, your mail carriers browse your catalogs!) It was an Epiphone copy of a '58 Explorer, for only five hundred dollars! (As opposed to a thousand plus for a Gibson model) I should have bought it. I could have bought it. Damn! Why didn't I buy it?!
3. If you could travel back in time and give any artist/band a piece of advice, who would it be and what would your advice be? Take me back to January 7, 1991. Take me to Steve Clark. My advice to him:
Don't go to that party tonight. Stay home with your girlfriend, go see a movie, anything. Please, just don't go to that party, because if you do, you're going to die. I love you. You girlfriend loves you. Countless others do as well. Please, we want you to still be here ten years from now. You may not think it's true, but you have a problem with alcohol. If you go to that party, you will drink too much. It will interact with the pain medication you're taking for those broken ribs. You will die. Trust me. I'm from the future. I know these things. Besides, what harm could come from you staying home just this one night? You might think that I'm crazy, but humor me. Please, PLEASE!!!
In loving memory: Steve Clark April 23, 1960 - January 8, 1991
