http://lavelleweb.com/2004/12/09/dimebag-darrell-abbot-1966-2004/ Press face to monitor to read via osmosis Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:33:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 http://lavelleweb.com/2004/12/09/dimebag-darrell-abbot-1966-2004/#comment-55 Sun, 12 Dec 2004 11:46:50 -0800 http://lavelleweb.com/2004/12/09/dimebag-darrell-abbot-1966-2004/#comment-55 Why is that the greatest musicians of any generation are violently taken away from them? Some do to planes or other "acts of god" but when one is yanked from you because some jackass had a gun it makes you question everything. Dimebag Darrell never wronged a single person in his short life. He was more than just some you could look up to or listen to on a cd or tape. He was practically a neighbor, if you happen live the Dallas/Fort Worth area, you could go to a local Mc Donalds or grocery store and run into Dimebag Darrell. The most amazing thing about him was you could stop him where ever he was at and he would talk to you for as long as you wanted to talk! I am a musician so in a sense I have been hit with two different feelings of saddness. On one hand you feel for the Abbott family, Vinnie Paul brother of Dimebag Darrell, and what he must be going through witnessing his brothers murder first hand. I cannot even comprehend how I would deal with something like that. Then on the other hand I have lost a fellow musician. Dimebag Darrell inspired me to learn how to play guitar and want to learn all the tricks just as much as Cliff Burton former bassist for Metallica inspired me to learn how to play the bass. I played along side the creator of this website in his garage band. After every practice I remember all we did was just listen to just about every Pantera album we had and with our jaws on the floor. We would just chatter with excitement at every new thing we heard in the in Dimebags' guitar riffs. Since then I have been in two bands and have been many different concerts. I even have a picture with Vinnie Paul that I took at a concert that he wasn't even playing. That was one of the great parts of Dimebag as well, if you were in a local band here the Dallas/Fort Worth area. You could always count on seeing Dimebag Darrell and friends show up at your show. Just because he wanted to support any band that was taking the time to create and play their music. I know for sure that is something that everyone around the world will miss because I can tell you without a doubt. That Dimebag Darrell would take the time to check out any local band or scene that he was in at that time. To the family of friends of the four innocent people killed in the shooting my thoughts are with you. ]]>