So we stayed close, and I’m so grateful for
that.
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IE: And you’ve probably known Slash and
Duff for awhile, right?
CC: I performed with Slash and Lita Ford at
an MS benefit, so that was fun to have a Slash
sandwich between me and Lita. But Slash has
always raised money for for reliefs and chari-
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for making those decisions and felt they were
wrong — I look at him and think, “How could
I possibly have been wrong?”
IE: And Junior actually managed to film
mom and dad, back together again and
sleeping in the same bed for the video of his
song “Sleep Talk” from his EP Room 13.
Impressive!
CC: Ha! You actually saw that video? Jake is
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ties — he’s just one of those guys who’s
always giving, just a really good human
being. And Duff was fun. I got to meet him in
the studio, and they’re both just really great
guys. I grew up in this business, and seeing
people become huge stars that had opened for
The Runaways, everybody fro Cheap Trick to
Tom Petty, they basically always stay that way
in my head. Just really down to Earth, cool
people. So I wasn’t starstruck, but I certainly
do appreciate how terrific those guys are.
IE: And you kind of hope for a career like
Petty’s, right? Where you stay out of the
tabloids and quietly release a new album
every three years and say Discuss.
CC: Yeah. And I had a terrific kid. And he’s a
great guy, too. So I feel extremely blessed,
because if things hadn’t gone the way they
did, I wouldn’t have had Jake, and Jake has a
lot to contribute to this world. And that’s
when I know that the decisions that I’ve made
— even though I’ve kicked myself many times
terrific, and he directed a film called The Heart,
which he wrote when he was in Texas, acting
in a movie called “Night Run.” But while he
was in Texas, his house here burned down,
and he lost everything — nothing was saved.
He came home to a mound of ash. He had just
rebuilt his studio, and all my guitars were
there, even my Martin and my tambourine
from The Runaways. But he just took it on the
chin and never stopped. Ever since he first
picked up a guitar at 13, that kid has never
stopped. And he played on every single song
on my record except for the Slash and Duff
and Matt song.
IE: So what’s next?
CC: We shall see. I’m gonna cut a cigar-store
Indian I'm carving, and hopefully we'll jump
on tour once all this blows over. That would
just be great.
Tom Lanham