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Actress Traci Lords will be hosting Sunday's event, which is appropriate because she sang on a cover of “Somebody to Love” on the Ramones album Acid Eaters. Steve Jones will return to perform, and he’ll be joined by Fred Armisen (Portlandia), Duff McKagan (Guns N’ Roses) and Duff’s daughter Grace (The Pink Slips).
Duff McKagan says that, while he has a long history as a Ramones fan, he didn’t ever meet Johnny, though he feels that he’s gotten to know him through Linda.
“Pre-Guns, I was a drummer, a bass player and a guitar player all at once,” McKagan says. “I couldn’t figure out what I wanted to play. I played drums in The Fastbacks in 1979 when I was 14. When I moved down here and Guns formed, and I realized I was going to be a bass player, it was definitely a mix between Dee Dee Ramone and Randy Rampage of DOA, who just passed. Add some Cameo in there and you’re good to go. … Johnny was a deity, a god. I don’t know if I wanted to meet him — it’s fucking Johnny Ramone.”
McKagan is looking forward to jamming on the night while paying tribute to one of his heroes. At the same time, he knows that there’s the important business of raising money for great causes to attend to.
“If I can do anything that raises money for medical research, homelessness or whatever, I’ll do it and it’s always an honor,” he says.
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Tickets:
https://www.johnnyramone.com//jarmo
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