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WELCOME TO
DARRELL "DIMEBAG" ABBOT
AUG. 20, 1966 - DEC. 8, 2004
REST IN PEACE, BROTHER
WHAT DO YOU SAY THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID? DIME WAS A PRODIGY, MUCH LIKE STEVIE RAY
VAUGHN, AND JIMI HENDRIX BEFORE HIM. THE VACUUM LEFT BEHIND BY HIS SUDDEN DEATH WILL
TAKE YEARS TO FILL. I WAS SUPPOSED TO PLAY A TOYS FOR TOTS BENEFIT SHOW IN CHICAGO WITH
DAMAGE PLAN ON DECEMBER 10TH, 2004 AND SOME PUNK-ASSED MF TOOK HIS LIFE 2 DAYS BEFORE.
THE SHOW WENT ON AND WAS THE FIRST SHOW TO PAY TRIBUTE TO DIME AND HIS FAMILY. MEMBERS
OF AMERICAN MOTHERLOAD, DISTURBED, SOIL, AND SALIVA ALL PAID THEIR RESPECT ON STAGE
AND LIVE ON THE RADIO THAT DAY AND IT'S SOMETHING I'LL NEVER FORGET AS LONG AS I LIVE.
MY BAND WENT OUT TO L.A. IN JANUARY FOR THE NAMM SHOW AGAIN AND WE SAW BOTH VINNIE PAUL
AND ZAKK WYLDE CRY AT THE DIMEBAG MEMORIAL THAT WAS SET UP BY DEAN GUITARS. HEAVY.
WE ALSO SAW DIME'S WIFE, RITA, AND SHE TOOK SOME TIME TO SHARE A FEW MEMORIES WITH
US NEXT TO THE WALL WHERE DIMES GUITARS AND OTHER EFFECTS WERE ON DISPLAY. ANOTHER DAY
I'LL NEVER FORGET.
SO... WHAT'S LEFT? WELL, WE DO WHAT DIME WOULD DO... WE RAISE OUR GLASSES IN A TOAST TO THE
MAN WHO TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES IN THE ROCK/METAL MUSIC COMMUNITY.
DIME, YOU'LL BE MISSED BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN... THIS SHOT OF BLACK TOOTHED GRIN IS FOR YOU.
