L.A. Guns’ Tracii Guns on the Secrets of Making a Live Album
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“I learned guitar by playing along to my favorite live records when I was a young teenager,” says Tracii Guns.
The L.A. Guns six-string hero is telling Noisecreep about some of the live albums that changed his life. Guns and his band are about to release one of their own with ‘Acoustic Gypsy Live,’ L.A. Guns’ latest concert album. “I’m talking about UFO‘s ‘Strangers in the Night,’ ‘The Song Remains the Same’ from Led Zeppelin, Ted Nugent‘s ‘Double Live Gonzo,’ Peter Frampton’s ‘Frampton Comes Alive,’ those classic live records were huge for me. Oh, I can’t forget about ‘Maiden Japan’ from Iron Maiden which had Paul Di’Anno on it!
“Anyway, it was great to learn guitar off those records because they would improvise a lot and that was important for me when I was a younger player. I’m sure most of my peers were doing the same thing to the same albums,” says Guns.
Then the L.A. Guns guitarist reveals something to Noisecreep a lot of other musicians wouldn’t admit to.
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L.A. Guns’ Tracii Guns on the Secrets of Making a Live Album
