You may remember I told you guys that Jeff & George were joking around, and getting along great at NAMM. Then we saw Don Dokken opening for Queensryche. He played a solo, and joked "I'm no George Lynch!" A sound like "ooooohhh" fell over the crowd, which surprised me (& Don), because he obviously meant it as a compliment. Now this coming off the wire!
On his efforts to bring the original DOKKEN lineup back together:
Lynch: "The other thing that might be happening, which I've been trying to get together for the last few years, is a DOKKEN reunion. I would bet money that maybe next year it might happen. It's hard to say. But it almost happened this year. I think where it fell apart is that... for one thing, Jeff [Pilson, bass] wasn't going to be in the band, so it already would have been [just] three of the original four members, and secondly, we'd have to be opening for WARRANT [on a bill that was also to include CINDERELLA in the headlining slot], which I didn't think that was right. Not saying anything about WARRANT, but with us coming back with original members, I think that was strong enough for us to be at least a second [on the bill], if not a headliner. Don [Dokken] had a problem with that, and I agree with him to a certain extent. So I think next year, we'll maybe get together all four members, including Jeff Pilson. We'll see."
On the "personal issues" between him and Don Dokken:
Lynch: "I think Don has issues with himself, which I don't really have anything to do with. [Laughs] I have learned to sort of be more accomodating in my old age where I don't think it'll bother me I can't imagine it would; I've dealt with more difficult situations, you know, than So that's OK. What I think about every day is just how fun it would be to go out there and play for the fans and see the smiles on their faces, and there'll be a smile on my face playing those songs that we wrote 25 years ago. And [we'd be playing] for big crowds again it's been a while since we've been out in front of big crowds like that, so I mean, what's not to be happy about? [Laughs] If you can't be happy at that point, then you might as well shoot yourself. [Laughs] It doesn't get any better than that."
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