Alice In Chains + Elton John 2009-08-13 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 18 Comments | Alice In Chains will team up with Elton John for the title track of their new record Black Gives Way To Blue.
The artist formerly known as Reg guests on the album's title track, a tribute to the group's former vocalist Layne Staley, who died in 2002 from the effects of a drug cocktail.
Guitarist and main songwriter Jerry Cantrell commented: "We were thinking about adding piano to the track and a friend suggested we call Elton. I remember laughing and saying, 'Yeah, I'll get right on that.' But I decided it was worth trying and wrote Elton an email explaining what that song means to us -- that it's a real, raw openhearted song for Layne.
"We sent him the track and got a call shortly after saying he thought it was beautiful and that he wanted to play on it. We were blown away. Elton John is a huge influence on me as a songwriter and having him on that song is an amazing honor for us.
"Elton was finishing his Red Piano run in Vegas, so we flew there and hung out for a few hours. Walking into a studio and seeing the sheet music for that song on Elton's piano made it meaningful on so many different levels. The whole experience was pretty magical."
John added: "I've long been an admirer of Jerry Cantrell and when he asked me to play on 'Black Gives Way To Blue,' I was very flattered and couldn't resist. It was a great recording session with Alice In Chains for a beautiful song."
Black Gives Way To Blue's cover artwork can be seen below.
http://i27.tinypic.com/2z49vv4.jpg
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wtf? Weird combo.
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Will own so much
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Aw damn. This sounds pretty bizarre, but in that excellent way.
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No I reckon this seems to make sense, and this song will be great. This cd just gets more intriguing by the week.
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Ew.
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This should be great. Guess ill never try and submit news here again, they just delete it before they even put it out front now. There is a new 30 sec clip of the next single out now, just letting everyone know...again.
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You can do the news post for when the single actually comes out, Bullittman. I doubt that'd get deleted.
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Intereting combo. Definitely worth a listen when it comes out. Has anyone else on sputnik seen EJ live? cause I HAVE
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I actually have, but it was getting dragged along with my parents, which kind of sucked. Still put on an enjoyable show though.
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Should be real interesting.
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so pumped for this
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Holy fuck I actually cant wait to hear this!
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will be interesting to say the least
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I'm going to EJ in November, should be pretty cool.
That's true Romgsom, good point thanks.
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John added: "I've long been an admirer of Jerry Cantrell"
WTF...
when is the album out?? i thought septmbr
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"Elton is an amazing influence on me as a songwriter"
Too bad Bernie Taupin wrote all of Elton's songs.. hmm..
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If anyone wants to hear the single its right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaN4bSdiYvQ&feature=related
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No TheDirtyGreek, Bernie Taupin is Elton John's lyricist. They write songs together. Elton John writes the music.
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