The New Man In Dokken

Ira Black is the new(est) guitarist for Dokken. The band, featuring Ira, played live last night at the Rockfest 80s festival in Houston. If you don't recall, Ira has been in a lot of bands including Metal Church.

Watching the clip below, you can tell that Ira is a great guitarist. The rest of the performance is just okay. Don Dokken sounds tired to me and maybe he was. He's human and everyone gets worn down from time to time.

When the time falls back, it's always one of my most dreaded days of the year. I hate that it gets pitch black at 5 p.m., right when it's time to leave work. You get up when it's dark and go home when it's dark. The "light" in between is usually gray. And it's cold. I can see why so many black metal bands come from Norway. The darkness makes anyone ready for corpse paint and screaming.