Journalist/author Neil Daniels recently caught up with Classic Rock Revisited founder Jeb Wright. An excerpt from the interview is available below.

Q: Tell me about the early days of Classic Rock Revisited. Why did you decide to create a website dedicated to rock?

Wright: "I play guitar and in the late 1990’s I got sick of all of the major media outlets covering bands that new three chords and one scale. I hated what happened to rock at the time. All the bands I loved were considered dinosaur bands. I got angry. My wife got tired of my bitching about it and told me to do something about it. I explain this all in my new book, Classic Rock Revisited: From The Vault Series 1: Stadium Rock. Basically, I bought a CD that was a new release by a classic band, called the publicist and told her that I didn’t have any experience and lived in Kansas but wanted to do something to make a difference. She took a chance on my and sent me some CDs. That is how www.classicrockrevisited.com came into existence in 1999."

Worst interview?

Wright: "Musicians are people and some people can be more boring than others. So, anyone who is not into it is a rough interview. I have had two interviews that started out horrible. One ended bad and the other turned out to be cool. I interviewed Don Dokken once, and I don’t know if he was hung over or tired or what but it was horrible. I had interviewed him before and he was very talkative. This time, however, he was giving one word or one sentence answers. I finally said, 'Look if this is not a good time then lets just forget it.' He tried to say it was fine but I was done and we ended the interview.

The other time was with the late Kevin DuBrow of Quiet Riot. He had a ton of interviews that day and was burned out. He was giving uninspired, short answers and I confronted him. I said, 'Man, we may need to reschedule.' He said he was sorry and we started just shooting the shit and we discovered that we both loved bands like Blodwyn Pig and Humble Pie. He opened up and we did an hour and a half long interview. We hit it off and traded emails. When I was in Vegas I would meet up with Kevin and eat dinner. The last time was about a year before he died. We ate mussels in olive oil, something I had never had and now love. I miss Kevin. He may have been famous for being a loudmouth but he was also a huge music fan and when he died, I was very sad. I still miss him."

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