{"id":7099,"date":"2011-06-13T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T11:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?p=7099"},"modified":"2011-06-13T21:28:31","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T01:28:31","slug":"blowin%e2%80%99-wind-with-bill-lonero-of-lonero-%e2%80%9ci-don%e2%80%99t-care-how-low-you-tune-your-guitar-but-you%e2%80%99ll-never-be-as-heavy-as-%e2%80%9cback-in-black%e2%80%9d%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.southeastofheaven.com\/?p=7099","title":{"rendered":"Blowin\u2019 Wind with Bill Lonero of LoNero: \u201cI don\u2019t care how low you tune your guitar but you\u2019ll never be as heavy as \u201cBack In Black\u201d\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-7173\" href=\"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/?attachment_id=7173\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7173\" title=\"BillLonero\" src=\"https:\/\/southeastofheaven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/BillLonero.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"269\" height=\"403\" \/><\/a>If  you are a guitarist or a fan of guitar players in general, this  interview is going to be a real treat for you. \u00a0California based  guitarist <strong>Bill Lonero<\/strong> is a new name on the scene to many bringing a much  welcomed style of music to the table. \u00a0His band <strong>LoNero <\/strong>performs a style  of music called \u201cGuitarcore\u201d but before you roll your eyes at yet  another genre tag, give the guy a much deserved chance. \u00a0I recently woke  up Bill from his slumber and being the good sport he was took some time  to talk to me about his love for AC\/DC, his disdain for Carlos Santana  and just what the hell \u201cGuitarcore\u201d actually is. \u00a0Enjoy this interview  with Bill Lonero!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bill,  thanks so much for taking the time out to do this interview. \u00a0To many  like myself, you might be a new name to us. \u00a0Just how long has LoNero  been around?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Well,  I put out a solo album in 2004 and that was my first album. \u00a0I had Stu  Hamm on bass, Mike Mangini on drums and GiGi Gonaway (from Mariah  Carey\u2019s band) on drums as well. \u00a0That album was my first foray into  recording. \u00a0I didn\u2019t want to put out a typical instrumental album where  you had basically had a rhythm band for me to just solo on top. \u00a0Once I  did that album I needed a band in order to play live so I got together a  few friends and we formed the band. \u00a0I actually didn\u2019t want to name the  band \u201cLonero.\u201d \u00a0I wanted to name it something else other than my last  name but my drummer at the time just said, \u201cWhy don\u2019t we just call the  band Lonero?\u201d \u00a0I decided that if we were going to do this that I would  just raise the \u201cN\u201d in the band name to separate the band name from my  actual name because it\u2019s not all about the lead guitar player. \u00a0We lost  the drummer and bassist and got new guys then started on the next album  that would be a full band album. \u00a0That\u2019s how \u201cGuitarcore\u201d came about.  \u00a0Once we got Michael Rosin to produce it, we streamlined the concept of  it and instead of the songs being six and seven minutes long, it really  brought it down to like three and four minute songs. \u00a0We just wanted to  cut out the crap, cut out the bullshit and just make a rock album that  even if you don\u2019t like instrumental music you could hopefully get into.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>You mentioned that you like to refer to the style of music you play as \u201cGuitarcore.\u201d \u00a0What exactly is that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s  just instrumental music for people who don\u2019t like instrumentals  [laughs]. \u00a0The thing that I miss that I rarely hear in instrumental  music is actual versus and choruses. \u00a0These guitar players are so  capable of telling a story but they don\u2019t have the restraint in their  playing. \u00a0It\u2019s like they come out of the gate immediately flying and  just told the story 10 seconds into the song but they just keep on  going. \u00a0It\u2019s like the drunk uncle at the Christmas party that won\u2019t shut  up [laughs]. \u00a0With me, the whole instrumental thing started as an  accident. \u00a0It wasn\u2019t my intention to be an instrumental guitar player at  all. \u00a0I used to rehearse with a drummer and we were going to form a  band. \u00a0We started writing songs and writing riffs. \u00a0We would write all  the rhythms and when we couldn\u2019t find a singer, I would lay down a  melody line so that when we got an actual singer he would know where the  melody line should be and know where the chorus should be and then I  would lay down the solo and he would know where all the parts would be.  \u00a0It turned out that we didn\u2019t need a singer because we just did all that  the singer would do anyway. \u00a0That kind of developed into having  instrumental songs with choruses, versus and bridges.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>I  agree with you and that\u2019s why I enjoyed the \u201cJFL\u201d album so much. \u00a0It\u2019s a  quick and easy listen and it is just an un-pretentious good solid rock  record.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks  so much. \u00a0That\u2019s exactly what I wanted it to be. \u00a0I wanted a good solid  rock record. \u00a0I love AC\/DC and every album of theirs is a good solid  rock record. \u00a0You don\u2019t need a masters degree in music to listen to our  music [laughs]. \u00a0The average person can\u2019t get into an artist like Steve  Vai because there\u2019s so much there. \u00a0I love Vai and he\u2019s probably the  best at what he does but the average person can\u2019t listen but that\u2019s just  his style. \u00a0He really carries the torch for Frank Zappa and he does it  better than anybody. \u00a0When he does buckle down and write a good song  like \u201cFor The Love of God\u201d or \u201cTender Surrender\u201d it\u2019s absolutely  beautiful. \u00a0To have a \u00bc of the ability that guy has on the guitar would  be amazing. Who knows, maybe if I did I would do what he does on the  guitar [laughs].<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>In  the past you have worked with everyone from Mike Mangini (Steve Vai,  Dream Theater) to Stu Hamm (Joe Satriani.) \u00a0How does a relatively new  guy on the scene get connected with such great talent?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When  I was starting the writing process for my first album and I was ready  to go into the studio I needed a bass player. \u00a0My buddy Frank who works  for Apple told me that he knew Stu Hamm and he said, \u201cMaybe we can get  him on the album\u201d and I was like, \u201cDude, yeah right\u201d [laughs]. \u00a0Stu Hamm  asked me to send him the stuff so he could listen to it and he called  me back and said he would do it. \u00a0As for Mike Mangini, I had met him a  couple of years prior when I was a clinic coordinator at a guitar store.  \u00a0I had him coming in to do a clinic and he said, \u201cI\u2019ll play on your CD\u201d  and at the time he was still in Steve Vai\u2019s band. \u00a0We went in and we  did a couple of songs and only one made it to the album. I met GiGi  Gonoway who was with Mariah Carey\u2019s drummer for 15 years at an Eric  Martin show. \u00a0I told GiGI I was working on my album and he said, \u201cI\u2019ll  play on it for free man!\u201d and I said, \u201cNo you won\u2019t\u201d [laughs]. \u00a0When it  was time to go into the studio, he was there and he was fantastic.  \u00a0We\u2019ve played shows with him as a fill in for our drummer and he\u2019s a  fantastic guy. \u00a0One of the nicest guys you would ever want to meet.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>What  a great story man. \u00a0It just makes you realize that sometimes it just  doesn\u2019t hurt to ask when it comes to wanting to work with certain people  no matter what caliber of musician they are.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[laughs]Absolutely. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t hurt to ask. \u00a0All those guys are just the nicest guys.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of Mike Mangini, I\u2019m so glad he got that Dream Theater gig.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man,  I couldn\u2019t be more happy for that guy. \u00a0When I first heard that Mike  Portnoy (former Dream Theater drummer) had left the band, the first  person I thought they should get was Mike Mangini. \u00a0There was no doubt  in my mind that he would be the drummer for that band. \u00a0I don\u2019t care how  many people they auditioned I just knew that he would be the guy. \u00a0It  couldn\u2019t have happened to a better person than him.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are there any special guests on \u201cJFL\u201d or is this solely a LoNero thing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>No  none at all. \u00a0The only guest on this one was a producer [laughs].  \u00a0We\u2019ve never worked with a producer before. \u00a0A mutual friend of ours  told him about LoNero and he listened to the last album and said that  he\u2019d love to work with us. \u00a0This was perfect because we had just started  writing for \u201cJFL\u201d. \u00a0We ended up renting a warehouse so now we have our  own recording\/rehearsal studio which is perfect. \u00a0We went in and  recorded the album with him and it was a fantastic experience.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Your producer Michael Rosin really captured you guys and the album really has a live feel to it.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thanks  man. \u00a0I really love the live feel to albums and that\u2019s why I love AC\/DC  so much. \u00a0Almost every album has that live feel to it because usually  they record it live. \u00a0For me, when I\u2019m recording I don\u2019t want to do too  many takes. \u00a0If I can\u2019t get it within the first few takes I have to move  on to something else. \u00a0Even the solos on the album are mostly all first  take solos. \u00a0I don\u2019t want to spend all this time recording.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>So  I\u2019m a huge AC\/DC fan and this is like the fourth time you\u2019ve brought  them up so I have to ask you. \u00a0Why do you think AC\/DC is a band that  pretty much gets shunned by all the \u201cguitar god\u201d types?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s  because Angus Young doesn\u2019t abide by the guitar shredder rules which is  learn ever arpeggio in the book, play as cleanly as possible and have a  rack full of effects. \u00a0He doesn\u2019t do any of that stuff. \u00a0He\u2019s an  extension of Chuck Berry. \u00a0Angus isn\u2019t the most proficient guitar player  on the planet. \u00a0He makes mistakes but he doesn\u2019t care and that\u2019s what\u2019s  beautiful about him. \u00a0When he gets on stage you\u2019re getting who he  really is. \u00a0He\u2019s not going up there with any pretentiousness or  bullshit. \u00a0He\u2019s got the true rock n\u2019 roll attitude which is, \u201cThis is  who I am and if you don\u2019t like it, fuck off.\u201d \u00a0Angus Young didn\u2019t go to  Berkley or MIT. \u00a0As a guitarist when you first start off you learn AC\/DC  and then you move past it and go to Eddie Van Halen and than past that  to like Joe Satriani, Steve Vai or Yngwie Malmsteen. \u00a0It doesn\u2019t matter  how good you are or how many notes you play. \u00a0It\u2019s a matter of the  expression of what you put into your music and what you don\u2019t play. \u00a0I  don\u2019t care how low you tune your guitar but you\u2019ll never be as heavy as  \u201cBack In Black\u201d [laughs]. \u00a0\u00a0Angus Young lives and breathes rock n\u2019 roll.  \u00a0You shouldn\u2019t look in a book to find out how to be a rock n\u2019 roll  musician. \u00a0I just love that guy.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>It  seems artists like Alice Cooper, Ozzy, etc always end up working with  some amazing guitar god. \u00a0Is there a specific artist that you would love  to collaborate with in the future?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever heard of Stealheart?<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yeah, I have.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I  was in Steelheart with Miljenko Matijevic for about a year and in my  opinion he\u2019s one of the top 2 or 3 greatest vocalists ever. \u00a0The guy\u2019s  vocal range is just fantastic. \u00a0I had seen the movie \u201cRockstar\u201d with my  friend Neil Zlowzer (famed rock photographer) who was in the movie. \u00a0I  was listening to the music and I remember telling my girlfriend that if I  ever had a vocalist that this was the guy I wanted. \u00a0About a two years  later I was as Neil\u2019s house and this guy comes over and we start talking  and he says, \u201cMy name is Miljenko Matijevic\u201d and told me that he was in  a band called Steelheart. \u00a0I vaguely remembered the name and then told  me he was the voice of Mark Walberg in \u201cRockstar.\u201d \u00a0I was like, \u201cAre you  fucking kidding me?\u201d [laughs] \u00a0We ended up staying up until 2 am just  talking about everything. \u00a0He hired me to do his website and then asked  me if I\u2019d be interested in joining Stealheart. \u00a0The songs are just  fucking great. \u00a0Songs like \u201cLOL\u201d, \u201cTwisted Future\u201d and \u201cSamurai\u201d are  just fucking great songs. \u00a0I ended up rehearsing with them and we did  the Rocklahoma festival which was the only show I did with them because I  really needed to focus on LoNero. \u00a0Everybody in Stealheart was just  fantastic but I just needed to focus on my own material but yeah, if I  could collaborate or work with an artist, it would definitely be  Miljenko again.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>That is not one I would\u2019ve expected you to hear. \u00a0I\u2019ve only ever heard \u201cAngel Eyes\u201d and thought they were pretty sappy [laughs].<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[laughs]  \u00a0So true. \u00a0The later material is so heavy. \u00a0Miljenko recorded it all  himself in his own studio in Virginia. \u00a0He wrote all the music and  lyrics himself. \u00a0I think the guy is a musical genius and I think it\u2019s a  shame that he\u2019s only known for \u201cAngel Eyes.\u201d \u00a0Hell, he just did six  months singing with the remaining members of The Doors. \u00a0He\u2019s just a  fantastic singer and he just put out a version of \u201cHallelujah\u201d that just  gives me chills every time I listen to it.<br \/>\n===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Man, I\u2019m sold. \u00a0I\u2019ve got to track this stuff down and give it a listen.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, definitely check it out. \u00a0The newest Steelheart album is just fantastic! \u00a0You\u2019ll really like it.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>As  you know, us guitar players love to talk smack about each other but  it\u2019s jut part of the game! \u00a0Who do you feel is the most overrated guitar  player?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jimi Hendrix<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wow man, you didn\u2019t even pause to think!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[laughs]  Jimi Hendrix and Carlos Santana are two of the most overrated guitar  players I\u2019ve ever heard. \u00a0I know I\u2019ll probably get a lot of shit for the  Jimi Hendrix one but I don\u2019t care. \u00a0When Jimi Hendrix was out it was  before my time but he was in a drug induced foray into music and people  don\u2019t give Eddie Kramer (producer) enough credit for what he did for  Jimi Hendrix in the studio. \u00a0He made Hendrix sound like he sounded. \u00a0I  think Hendrix has reached mythological proportions that he can do no  wrong. \u00a0I would take Scotty Moore over Hendrix any day. \u00a0Scotty Moore  started rock n\u2019 roll with Elvis Presley. \u00a0What he was doing was ground  breaking while what Hendrix was doing was ear shattering. \u00a0He was so  loud, bashing the guitar and setting it on fire. \u00a0He was so much more  visual. \u00a0Hell, at the same time Jimmy Page was out there. \u00a0Jeff Beck was  doing his stuff. \u00a0To me, Jimmy Page was just an amazing songwriter.  \u00a0Hendrix, I just don\u2019t get and don\u2019t get me started on Santana. \u00a0I just  can\u2019t put to words my disdain for Carlos Santana. \u00a0The only concert I\u2019ve  ever walked out on was a Santana concert. \u00a0It was Jeff Beck opening for  Santana at Shorline Amphitheater which I thought was just sacrilege.  \u00a0Jeff Beck came out with just his strat, a few pedals and a few combo  amps and got standing ovations after every song. \u00a0Santana comes out with  huge walls of Marshalls, two giant racks of effects and just starts  preaching right off the bat and people just started leaving. \u00a0He did  some good stuff back in the day but now he\u2019s just a caricature of  himself.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who do you think is the most underrated guitarist?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There  are so many but I\u2019ll tell you, when I first heard Jimmy Herring from  Aquarium Rescue Unit I was ready to burn my guitar. \u00a0This guy is just  beyond anything I have ever heard. \u00a0I can\u2019t believe that a player of his  level and his ability isn\u2019t more widespread. \u00a0When I first heard him I  was like, \u201cWhat in the hell is this?\u201d \u00a0He\u2019s phenomenal. \u00a0My bass player  turned me on to him and words just don\u2019t describe this guy\u2019s playing.  \u00a0He\u2019s so lyrical yet he\u2019s so technical which is very rare to have both.  \u00a0I\u2019m a fan of technical playing but he doesn\u2019t jam it down your throat  with a million notes. \u00a0He\u2019s got such a unique phrasing to his playing  but I can also go the other way too where I like players like Jeff Beck  who can be sloppy and just play from the hip and go for it and I love  that. \u00a0I can also love players like Mike Ness from Social Distortion who  may not be the best guitarist in the world but when he plays a solo I  love listening to it. \u00a0It\u2019s short, sweet and straight to the point.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of Social Distortion, there are two songs on \u201cJFL\u201d that seem to be somewhat of a tribute to your punk roots.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah.  \u00a0We have two songs that are tributes. \u00a0One of them is called \u201cFat Tat\u201d  which is a tribute to The Ramones and the other is \u201cGood Luck\u201d which is a  tribute to Social Distortion. \u00a0Both of those songs were written in the  same amount of time it takes to play them which to me is punk rock. \u00a0You  don\u2019t write a punk song over three days and ponder over which chord  progression goes where. \u00a0Punk rock is just bashing it out and when I  wrote those songs that\u2019s exactly what I wanted. \u00a0I like to refer to  those songs as \u201cpunkstrumental\u201d and I\u2019m even toying with the idea of  doing a whole album of instrumental punk songs. \u00a0It would probably be  like 20 minutes long with 15 songs on it [laughs].<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>It would be like when I saw The Ramones play for an hour and 10 minutes and they did 38 songs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[laughs].  \u00a0The great thing about The Ramones is that when they were on stage they  didn\u2019t talk. \u00a0It was just literally one song into the next and when we  play live, that\u2019s what we do. \u00a0For me, I\u2019ve got to keep that going.  \u00a0When I go to a concert and hear a guy like Santana going into 15 minute  spiels about a song. \u00a0I don\u2019t want to hear all that. \u00a0If I\u2019m going to a  rock concert, I want to hear some music and The Ramones did it just  like that.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of playing live, will LoNero be touring at all for \u201cJFL\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That  is definitely at the top of our list but the biggest thing is getting a  tour. \u00a0We\u2019re going to be doing 13 shows with Pat Travers starting in  August but that\u2019s spanned over 3 months. \u00a0I just want to go out on the  road for two years [laughs]. \u00a0I just want to play as many places as  possible. \u00a0It\u2019s just a matter of money and logistics because it\u2019s not  cheap. \u00a0We\u2019re hoping to get on a tour though but we\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n<p>==============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>It  just seems that bands are having a harder time them ever getting people  to come out to local shows much less go on a full tour. \u00a0Why do you  think that is?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>People  need incentive to go out and hear music these days and that\u2019s just sad.  \u00a0The incentive used to be just the music but now the proliferation of  bands on MySpace and Facebook and YouTube, people are just so inundated  with music and 99% of it is garbage. \u00a0Where\u2019s the incentive for them to  go see a band? \u00a0People like you will spread the music and get it out  there and that in itself is huge. \u00a0Without people like you spreading the  music, how are people going to hear about unknown bands?<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thanks so much for saying that Bill. \u00a0I know we\u2019ve touched on some serious stuff but let\u2019s loosen up and have some fun here!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[laughs] Alright! \u00a0I\u2019ve really enjoyed this a lot [laughs].<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>So besides guitar based rock and metal, what other styles of music do you dig?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Man, I like some folk stuff. \u00a0Have you ever heard of Todd Snyder?<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oh  yeah, I\u2019m a huge Todd Snyder fan. \u00a0I grew up a metal head but my  parents were huge folk music fans. \u00a0I spent my life running from that  music only to really embrace it later in life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Same  here dude. \u00a0I\u2019ve loved that guy ever since his first album. \u00a0When I was  a kid growing up I listened to Exodus, Death Angel, early Metallica,  Slayer, Carcass, Venom, all that stuff. \u00a0My mom used to listen to  country all the time and I thought it was just garbage but now I listen  to Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams Jr, Johnny Cash. \u00a0I love all the  outlaw stuff. \u00a0I can\u2019t listen to this new crap but I love the old outlaw  guys. \u00a0The guys that really had a message to say.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could play guitar for any band, what band and what era of that band would it be and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It would either be AC\/DC or Social Distortion. \u00a0Man, I\u2019d love to be the rhythm guitar player in Social Distortion [laughs].<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ok man, here\u2019s the deal. \u00a0I\u2019m going to list 5 guitarists and I want you to tell the first word you think of when you hear them:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Zakk Wylde<\/strong> &#8211; Monster<br \/>\n<strong>Randy Rhoads<\/strong> &#8211; Classy<br \/>\n<strong>Johnny Ramone<\/strong> &#8211; Rock<br \/>\n<strong>Yngwie Malmsteen<\/strong> &#8211; Uhhhh. \u00a0Is that a word? \u00a0[laughs]<br \/>\n<strong>Angus Young<\/strong> &#8211; God<br \/>\n<strong>Vinnie Vincent<\/strong> &#8211; Dogs [laughs]. \u00a0He\u2019s the Michael Vick of music [laughs].<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you could form a band with any musicians alive or dead, who would be in it with you?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On  vocals Miljenko Matijevic, on rhythm guitar myself and on lead, Angus  Young. \u00a0On bass I would probably say David Ellefson and on drums Mike  Mangini. \u00a0I wonder what kind of music that would sound like [laughs]. \u00a0I  don\u2019t know if it would progressive AC\/DC or AC\/DC doing Dream Theater  [laughs]. \u00a0I would just sit back and play rhythm the whole time and just  take it all in.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the most starstruck you have ever been?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I  was a counselor for the Rock N\u2019 Roll Fantasy Camp in Hollywood and  Cliff Wiilliams (AC\/DC bassist) was one of the guest artists. \u00a0We were  at SIR Rehearsal studios and when I was leaving at the end of the night I  literally turned the corner and ran into him. \u00a0My mouth just hung out  and I was standing in front of one of my idols. \u00a0It wasn\u2019t Angus Young  but it was the closest I was going to fucking get [laughs]. \u00a0The next  night we jammed in the rehearsal room for about an hour and then we got  on stage together and did AC\/DC\u2019s \u201cTNT\u201d which was incredible. \u00a0The  background vocals for that song is just one word: \u201cOI\u201d. \u00a0I got up to the  mic and I was so nervous I couldn\u2019t get it out [laughs]. \u00a0I\u2019ll never  forget that night.<\/p>\n<p>===============================================<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bill, this was such a fun interview man. \u00a0I really enjoyed talking to you today.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I really enjoyed this. \u00a0I really appreciate it Don. \u00a0Thanks so much and take care!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more on LoNero check them at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lonero.net\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/www.lonero.net<\/strong><\/a> and on Facebook at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#!\/LoNeroMusic\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/home.php#!\/LoNeroMusic<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are a guitarist or a fan of guitar players in general, this interview is going to be a 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