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Alice In Chains’ Jerry Cantrell acting in the short film “Dad Band”

Alice In Chains’ guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell playing a bassist, “Terry”, in the comedy short film “Dad Band”, directed by Ted Kamp. Also starring W. Earl Brown, who played Alan Poole McLard on Alice in Chains’ mockumentary AIC 23. Watch the video below.

Watch Jerry Cantrell and W. Earl Brown on AIC 23:

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Columbus, OH - May 18th

Show day in Columbus started off gray, windy, and rainy, which somehow seemed appropriate.

As soon as I walked in the stadium and into the hallway outside the dressing room area, I was hit with a memory so strong it nearly took my breath away.

Alice In Chains played Rock On The Range with Soundgarden here in 2013, and I vividly remember running into Chris in this hallway and talking for a few minutes.

Every time I saw him over the last few years, just like that day, he would give me a big hug and ask me how I was doing, and we’d catch up for a bit.

I also remember exactly where I was one year ago today, as much as I don’t want to.

It’s been extremely hard to wrap my head around what happened a year ago, and every time I walked out in that hallway was another reminder.

The band knew this day was coming.

They knew they’d be here in Columbus.

And they knew the significance that being here in this place, on this date, would have.

It wasn’t the easiest show for a lot of reasons, mainly because Jerry was having technical issues all night.

I was standing behind the drum kit right before they went into Rooster, which is normally the last song of the set.

All four guys were huddled around Sean and I heard Jerry say “Let’s just get through it and get off!”

I knew they’d rehearsed and planned on ending the set with two Soundgarden songs, and I was hoping that the evening’s difficulties didn’t mean they were going to cut the show short and not do it.

Thankfully when Rooster ended they stayed onstage and launched into “Hunted Down”.

Whatever had been going on all night with Jerry’s guitars seemed to have gone away by this time, and they killed it.

As the closing notes faded on that song, Will’s tech brought his guitar out to him and they went into the next song, “Boot Camp”.

Boot Camp is not one of Soundgarden’s more popular songs, but the lyrics have some meaning to the guys and it seemed like the perfect song to play.

I’m not sure how many fans out in the crowd recognized it, but that wasn’t really the point.

I stood on the side of the stage filming, and as they song neared its end I noticed that our lighting director had spelled out CC and SG on the light walls, which I didn’t know he was going to do.

So that’s the point where I lost it and filmed the last minute through a viewfinder full of tears.

It was a rough day.

And it’s been a rough year.

We’ve all shared so much history with Soundgarden, and we were all fortunate to have shared a friendship with Chris.

I’ll miss him for the rest of my life, just like I miss Layne and Mike and so many other friends of ours that should still be here.

16 years ago we had an impromptu service for Layne with his family, friends, and members of Soundgarden, Heart, and Pearl Jam.

I remember being in a daze throughout that night, and not really being able to talk or even make sense of what was going on.

As the night wound down and people started to leave, I made my way outside and started walking to my car with tears clouding my eyes and my mind in a fog.

A voice called out from behind me, and I stopped and turned around, and it was Chris.

I can’t recall if he said anything else, but I remember walking back up the sidewalk to where he stood, and he just hugged me and we held onto each other for a minute.

That moment, and that hug, meant the world to me.

That’s the Chris I knew and loved.

It’s said that acceptance is the fifth stage of the five stages of grief.

I’ve come to accept what happened a year ago.

But just like Jerry said, I’ll never understand it, and I’ll never be okay with it.

As I was typing up the set list this afternoon, Sean told me not to print the names of the last two songs.

Instead he just had me print the word “Goodbye”.

Goodbye Chris.

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Jerry Cantrell Offers More Details on Alice in Chains’ New Album

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Jerry Cantrell singing The Doors’ “Love Her Madly” and “Roadhouse Blues” at Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP)’s Founders Award Celebration honoring The Doors, on December 7, 2017.

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Just because Jerry wearing a suit is always good.

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Angry Chair - Alice In Chains (Official Music Video)

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Damageplan Feat. Jerry Cantrell - Ashes To Ashes

The song was featured on the soundtrack to the 2004 film The Punisher, and on the Japanese version of Damageplan's 2004 album New Found Power.

Lyrics by Darrell Lance Abbott, Vincent Paul Abbott, Patrick A. Lachman, Jerry Cantrell

Personnel: Jerry Cantrell − vocals Patrick Lachman − vocals Dimebag Darrell − guitars, bass Vinnie Paul − drums

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Hollywood Rock, Rio De Janeiro 1993

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The origin of Temple of the Dog and the friendship between Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder

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Chris Cornell talking about his friend Andrew Wood, lead singer of Mother Love Bone.

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Jerry Cantrell paying tribute to Layne Staley holding a T-shirt with a photo of Layne on stage (April 27, 2002)

Video from Jerry Cantrell's solo concert at Charlotte Center City Fest in North Carolina on April 27, 2002, 8 days after Layne Staley's death was announced and a day before his funeral. Jerry plays "Solitude" from his solo album Degradation Trip, and Alice in Chains' songs "Down in a Hole" and "Them Bones", with William DuVall on backing vocals. At 3:05, Jerry grabs a T-shirt with Layne's photo from the crowd and shows the audience. At 4:35, Jerry talks about Layne's death for the first time in public before playing "Down in a Hole".

Despite the death of Layne Staley during this time, Cantrell opted not to cancel any shows, stating, "The shows I played between the time I got the word about Layne and Layne's funeral were very important to me in terms of being able to continue on. It's one of those things where if you take a break and allow things to settle in, it might be harder to get up again." http://www.seattlepi.com/ae/music/article/Making-music-sees-Cantrell-through-death-and-dark-1087394.php

William DuVall, who performed Staley's vocals during Cantrell's solo concerts, elaborated on this emotional period: "I lost my grandfather in the same week, so Cantrell and I both hit the road with immense personal losses dogging us. There were times on stage—there was one show in Charlotte where it was just so heavy. I’m holding back tears onstage, and Jerry would start crying onstage too a lot at that point, and a lot of times we would just look at each other when we were singing the stuff because it was the only way... it was heavy. I can’t quantify it really in words." http://www.popmatters.com/feature/comes-with-the-fall-030925/

Cantrell cancelled the show that he was scheduled to perform at Livestock Festival in Zephyrhills, Florida on April 28, 2002 in order to attend Staley's funeral in Seattle. http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/neurotica-to-replace-jerry-cantrell-at-florida-s-livestock/

Asked about Staley's death in an interview with MTV News in July 2002, Cantrell said: "It's something I'm still dealing with, and I still think like he's here. I miss him tremendously. I love him and have to move on. I'll remember him and respect the memories of what we did together and just enjoy life... and that's all I'll say about it." http://www.mtv.com/news/1455888/jerry-cantrell-missing-lost-friend-moving-on-with-trip/

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Alice in Chains performing the song "Black Gives Way to Blue" for the first time on TV at the British show Later... with Jools Holland, on November 10, 2009. Steve Martin was in the audience during the performance. The song was written by Jerry Cantrell as a tribute to his friend and late Alice in Chains' lead singer Layne Staley, and it is the last track on the album 'Black Gives Way to Blue' (2009).

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Myself and the mighty Chris Cornell pre show at LA Forum!

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I wish I could find this video.

Eddie Vedder y Jerry Cantrell.

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Jerry with his cat Sid (Photos by Brazen Photography)

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Jerry has the Corvette tattoo on both wrists.

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- Old grunge generation together

Pearl Jam, Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains), Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)