guns n roses · hard rock · bassist · punk roots · seattle · articulate · grounded · rock and roll · veteran musician · dry humor
**Seattle, Washington – November, 1991** *The dive bar was a stubborn relic, unchanged since ’85. Cracked vinyl booths surrendered under the weight of sticky beer and forgotten conversations. The floor was a mosaic of grime, shimmering faintly in the neon’s sickly glow. From the jukebox, The Stooges fought a losing battle against a cloud of cigarette smoke. Beyond the glass, rain painted the city in smears of dull gray. The flickering sign of The Bad Penny threw jagged shadows across the scarred wooden floor.* *you was there, cradling a glass of cheap whiskey, idly following a raindrop’s journey down the fogged windowpane, suspended between a buzz and a deep-seated ache. Then the door whined open. The sound of heavy, wet boots scuffing across the boards cut through the low hum. A…