When I hear Layne Staley I. . .
 

Remember how freaking great he was.

Pandora just played a Mad Season song. Layne is one of those guys that kind of slips my mind then I hear him and remember what an incredible singer he is. . .or was.

Carry on with your Saturday night. :)

I'll never forget the Alice in Chains MTV Unplugged. When it opens and you hear Layne Staley sing Nutshell you can truly hear the addiction and pain in his voice, even if you never did a drug in your life. Every time I hear that version I get fucking shivers up my spine. Such fucking pain, and such fucking wasted talent, all there in that song...

Angry Chair is a favorite of mine. Whenever it comes on my playlist I crank it up.

Layne Staley was awesome. A very underrated singer.

This is awesomeness:

After reading this I had to break out my Unplugged CD :) Such a great, painful album.

One of the best memories of my youth was when I was 19 years old I was writing for a music magazine called The Rocket. I was in Seattle covering a KISW (a Seattle rock station) show at the Moore Theater that had Alice headlining it. This was right after Facelift hit and they had been out on the road promoting it. I did a search and there was actually a video of part of it on Youtube. This is Man in the Box. I am standing about 5 feet off the left side of the stage and Layne blew my hair back with his vocals.