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Cantrell's father, Jerry Sr., is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War. Cantrell's first childhood memory is meeting his father for the first time after he had returned from war when he was three years old.
Oct 22, 2020 · Jerry Cantrell Jr., the guitarist and songwriter of Alice in Chains, wrote Rooster for his father, Jerry Cantrell Sr., who served in the Vietnam War. The song reflects his father's experiences, struggles, and legacy as a machine gunner and a Screaming Eagle.
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Nov 4, 2022 · In 1991, Jerry Cantrell was maturing into a young man and trying to cope with the anger he felt towards his estranged father, Jerry Sr. Jerry Jr. resented the man, but as he grew into the...
The song was written by guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell for his father, Jerry Cantrell Sr., whose childhood nickname was "Rooster" and served with the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. Cantrell would later name his music publishing company as Rooster's Son Publishing.
Aug 16, 1991 · Here's the true story of Jerry Cantrell, his father, and Alice in Chains' "Rooster." If you're new, Subscribe! → http://bit.ly/subscribe-loudwire ...more.
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Sep 1, 2021 · When guitarist Jerry Cantrell found himself temporarily homeless at the start of 1991, he turned to a fellow grunge legend for help. “I was between places to live at that time,” Cantrell recalls, “so I moved in with [Soundgarden singer] Chris Cornell and his wife Susan Silver at their house in Seattle. Susan was managing Alice In Chains ...
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Nov 20, 2020 · Founder, co-singer, guitarist, and lead songwriter Jerry Cantrell eschewed the show-offy, over-the-top guitar work of the glam era (as many of his contemporaries did), and in its place opted for pointedly constructed lines suffused with slow, grinding loops and pedal tones of sludge metal.
