CANTRELL IS ALIVE

This is very good news if you're a Jerry Cantrell fan. Cantrell was at Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo Mexican Meltdown over the weekend, with his "new" band, guitarist William Duvall and bassist Adam Stranger of the now-defunct Comes With The Fall, along with a few undisclosed session musicians.

I'm hoping that Cantrell is able to find a record label soon, after Roadrunner Records dropped him, so he can start working on a new album. "Degradation Trip Vol. 1 and 2", his recent solo effort, is awesome. It's too bad that it didn't get the attention that it so mightily deserved.

As for his "new" band, Cantrell has played with Duvall and Stranger before. They were together last year when they were on tour. I saw Cantrell and the Comes With The Fall guys on Labor Day last year at Bumbershoot in Seattle. It was an excellent show. Hopefully I'll be able to see Cantrell live again, maybe in 2004.

The highlight of the Cabo Wabo show, however, was Hagar singing lead on Cantrell's former band Alice In Chains' "Man In The Box" and "No Excuses". Now that I think about it, a Sammy Hagar-Jerry Cantrell 2004 summer tour doesn't sound bad at all. Make it happen!!!