And the musicians that played with Joe, anybody who hears Joe sing knows that he is the real deal. And I played with Stephen Pearcy too, from Ratt, and a bunch of different people over the course of my career. You know I have had the chance to play with Corky Lainge from Mountain. I actually spoke to Steve several days before he died. And Felix Pappalardi I spoke to a few times too before he was shot by his wife, which was a pretty terrible thing, a real big waste of great talent.
Life is weird.
Things can go so quick, you gotta just enjoy it while you have it. Leslie West was a big influence on me too as a guitar player, and was also one of Ace's influence. You know, it really wasn't my bag, but I will tell you playing that music is a test. If nothing else there has got to be a tremendous endurance factor there. So when anybody says anything about the heavy bands that are out there, I challenge people to learn that stuff and go out there night after night and day after day and tour and play that stuff and tell me that its not hard.