GILBY CLARKE - "It's Going To Be A Good Year Of Treatment Before I Work Normally"
June 15, 2010, 14 years ago
Former GUNS N’ ROSES guitarist GILBY CLARKE is still recuperating after a motorcycle accident which occurred on January 10th in California. Clarke was involved in a hit and run incident, suffering three broken bones in his left foot/ankle and a broken bone in his right foot. No further information was found on the pick-up truck that caused the accident, which was making a left hand turn into oncoming traffic.
"It's going to be a good year of treatment before I work normally," Clarke told Noisecreep in new exclusive interview. "I earn my living as a musician and producer and that is how I pay bills. It knocked me down for six months. I couldn't work till now, and I get around with a cane, so it has been tough. Musicians don't have a regular pay check; we have to go out and get it and with the change of the business, some of the things you can do to make money don't exist anymore. It has been a hard two years for me and for the rest of the country, but with this on top on of it? It was hard."When asked if he wrote any music at all during the recovery period?
"I wasn't - I just wasn't in that space. I was not feeling sorry for myself, but the creative juices weren't there. I was in so much pain. There was nothing to do. I have a guitar in my room that I play and I was logging up ideas in my head. This is a process for me. The record that comes from this (experience) isn't there yet and won't be til I am playing live and dealing with it.
Read the entire interview here.
Upcoming Gilby Clarke live dates can be found below:
June
16 - Trees - Dallas, TX17 - The Deadhorse - San Angelo, TX
18 - Zeros - Corpus Christi, TX
19 - Backstage Live - San Antonio, TX
20 - Zen Meister Bar - El Paso, TX
21 - Encore - Austin, TX
July
16 - Galaxy Theatre - Santa Ana, CA (with MICHAEL SCHENKER)August
14 - Sky City Amphitheater - Acoma, NM
