dried ace

[Ted O. Jackson]

>
> > think of KISS, Ace Frehley is one helluva guitarist (smoke or no smoke).
>
> Except when he's stinking drunk.  Bolle showed me a video of Ace playing
> with The Red & The Black (aka RonDonJon) at a guitar convention in the
> Northeast somewhere (late 80's?), and Ace was obviously soused... It was very
> sad and his playing seemed a bit embarrassing to me...  And he was slovenly
> fat and wearing SPANDEX for god's sake.  So it wasn't just the playing
> that was embarrassing...
>
> Hope he's doing better these days; I didn't get much out of the unplugged
> Kiss thing, but I'd still go see a reunion tour, to laugh at Paul Stanley
> forget the lyrics to Rock and Roll All Nite (as I saw him do in Atlanta
> many years ago) if nothing else...
>
> And hopefully to hear Parasite and Rocket Ride...
>
>
> -Bryan

There was a feature story on Ace in 'Guitar World' a while back, and
he claimed to have been dried out for several years.  Don't know if
he's had a relapse, but I think he's still okay
theo