この一年、一体何回の「R.I.P」を呟いたことだろう

　今日になって検索キーワードに「ダイムバッグ・ダレル」が目に見えて増えている。そうか、今日はグレート・テキサン、兇悪ギター小僧の命日なのDEATHね。





　ランドールを通して鳴り響くDEANの音色（個人的にはWASHBURNよりDEANの安っぽさが好きなのです）。それまでの常識を覆すリフ展開。手垢にまみれた例えながら、腹の底から打ち震えたものですよ。

ダレル・アボットのピンクの顎鬚に匹敵する個性もそうそういねえよな。しかし最近のスコット・イアン（ANTHRAX）のひげも結構なレベルである。それが彼に対するトリビュートではないだろうが、個人的な親交も深かったであろう彼らの弔辞を持って締めとしたい。

スコット・イアン
「I am devastated as I'm sure we all are. All I can convey at this moment are my condolences to Rita and Vinnie and the whole family. My heart is with you」

ザック・ワイルド
「He was beyond beautiful. When he'd walk in the room, he'd light it up. Fuck the guitar playing -- he's right up there with Eddie and Randy and Hendrix. All he wanted to do was make everyone happy. He was the ray of sunshine. Dime will never die ever -- he's in my veins. He's sitting at God's tavern, having a cold one with Randy Rhoads and Hendrix. Dime was an original.」

ラーズ・ウルリッヒ
「This is unbelievable. To sit here and talk about Darrell in the past tense seems so wrong, so unfair, so unjust, I don't even know what to say. My heart goes out to Vinnie, to their families, to the other band members, and to the families and friends of the other people that were killed or injured, in this fucking senseless act of selfishness and stupidity.
In 1985 I was fortunate enough to meet both Darrell and his brother in Dallas on tour. The first thing me and my friend did as soon as that tour was over, was to head straight back to Dallas and hang out with Darrell and Vinnie for a long time, cuz they were the coolest muther fuckers that we had met after criss-crossing the states for three months. That was the beginning of a friendship that was anchored in love, respect, fun, outrageousness, music, booze, sweat, late nights, early mornings, hangovers, headaches, pounding eardrums, sore bodies... the list goes on.

There's a tendency in these fucked up moments to use the word "I" a lot and focus on one's own feelings of pity and shock... so instead let it just be known that thru these eyes Darrell was incredibly warm, open, fun, nutty, forthcoming, talented, embracing, unpretentious, accommodating and he always had a very attractive innocence about him that obviously made him never threatening and always welcoming.

Darrell and his brother were the cornerstone of musical adventures that were always groundbreaking, pushing boundaries, challenging to themselves and to their fans, respected by their peers and always true musicians' musicians, and today the rock world is worse off because of this untimely and senseless waste.

Much love and respect and thanks for letting me be a small part of your life and I know you are already having fun and throwing it down with Bon Scott, Keith Moon, John Bonham, Jimi, Cliff B., and the rest of the musicians and troublemakers that you are hanging with so prematurely. 」

やっぱりラーズを吹き替えるなら広川太一郎だわ。