![]() People will hear this and say, ‘Oh, it sounds like when he was with Roth, or Whitesnake, or Alcatrazz.’ But there are big differences in it for me. “Yeah, and you can hear New York in his accent, in his singing voice. You say crazy and unpredictable, and then we read he is from Queens, NY, and it kind of all makes sense. I could tell you stories, you just wouldn’t believe.” ![]() He was endearing, and funny, and a pain in the ass sometimes! All these things! Totally unpredictable, man. “He was crazy, and did insane things, but he was so charming and charismatic, and loveable. Because he was such an interesting character. Whenever I would listen to the record, because I knew Johnny, I loved it. And there is a difference between that, and nary to they meet where you have a great singer who has got the real charisma like a David Coverdale. There is a difference between being a great singer and a rock star, a person who has that DNA, who can stand on a stage and just be engaging, charismatic, commanding, empowered, confident And by that time when I made that record, I had worked with a lot of lead singers in rock ’n’ roll, from Zappa to Roth, Graham Bonnet, David Coverdale, Lemmy, Ozzy, tons of people, and y’know there is a difference between being a great singer and a rock star, a person who has that DNA, who can stand on a stage and just be engaging, charismatic, commanding, empowered, confident. ![]() I mean, he was such an extraordinary character. “It’s an odd feeling, because you really had to know Johnny Gash. Did releasing this give you a sense of closure? This record is our introduction to Gash but even just by the time it is finished we get a real feeling for who he was by the time it is finished.
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