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DUFF MCKAGAN: 'I Have Been Extremely Blessed As Far As How Long My Career In Music Has Lasted'

June 11, 2010

Former GUNS N' ROSES and current VELVET REVOLVER/JANE'S ADDICTION bassist Duff McKagan has penned the latest installment of his weekly column, which appears on Reverb at SeattleWeekly.com. An excerpt follows below.

"I have been extremely blessed as far as how long my career in music has lasted; this shit just isn't the norm. I love music, though, and my passion for what I do has yet to wane. As a matter of fact, my lust for this thing I do has grown.

The guys in JANE'S are really great too. Stephen Perkins has a huge heart. Perry is a true 'artist' and an original with no equal in his form. Dave Navarro is a virtuoso. Me? I just hope that I don't fuck up! That part in the song 'Stop' where it's just bass chords and Perry's vocal has got me a bit wigged out. I just keep saying to myself, 'Don't fuck it up, Duff.' Those words have become my silent and constant mantra, as it were.

"Jeff Rouse (bassist in LOADED) is out here with me as my bass tech. Luckily for me, he could do these shows. If nothing else, knowing that he is there on stage left will keep me from getting too inside of my head. Jeff and I have traveled the world together in LOADED, and share the same insane sense of dumb humor ('What do you call a donkey with three legs? A wonkey!')."

Read McKagan's entire column at SeattleWeekly.com.

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