The guitarist and singer Ted Nugent is certainly one of the most influential musicians of his generation and he was part of the new Cactus tribute album "Temple of Blues: Influences & Friends". In an interview with Indiepower TV (Transcribed by Ultimate Guitar) to promote the new record the musician praised the band and revealed which is the best guitarist in the world, in his opinion. The best guitarist in the world according to Ted Nugent "(...) I think obviously, if you and I are here to talk about Carmine Appice and the incredible Cactus music, Jim McCarty, my dear friend and my musical hero, the greatest guitar player in the world... Somebody write that down! And Rusty Day, the singer of The Amboy Dukes (who also sang for Cactus). So, the excitement level was just immeasurable," Ted Nugent said. McCarty appears on the new Cactus album which has many special guests. Some of them are Joe Bonamassa, Billy Sheehan, Bob Daisley, Dee Snider, Warren Haynes, Steve Stevens, Rudy Sarzo, Doug Aldrich and more. Born in Detroit, Michigan back in 1945, the guitarist Jim McCarty was a member of Cactus for a few short periods over the decades but was the one who played on their three first classic albums released in the early 70s and on the 2006 record "Cactus V". Besides being a member of Cactus, McCarty also played with Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels, Buddy Miles Express, The Rockets and The Detroit Blues Band. "Temple of Blues: Influences & Friends" tracklist Parchman Farm feat. Joe Bonamassa & Billy Sheehan Bro. Bill feat. Randy Jackson, Randy Pratt & Bob Daisley Guiltless Glider feat. Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal & Phil Soussan Evil feat. Dee Snider & Dug Pinnick One Way...Or Another feat. Dug Pinnick & Ted Nugent Alaska feat. Johnny A. & Tony Franklin No Need To Worry feat. Warren Haynes & Jorgen Carlsson Oleo feat. Steve Stevens & Billy Sheehan Big Mama Boogie feat. Pat Travers & James Caputo You Can't Judge A Book By The Cover| Rock N' Roll Children feat. Britt Lightning, Vernon Reid & Rudy Sarzo Let Me Swim feat. Doug Aldrich & Marco Mendoza Restrictions feat. Ty Tabor & Phil Soussan Long Tall Sally feat. Mark Stein & Fernando Perdomo Bonus Track 15. Guiltless Glider feat. Tim "Ripper" Owens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCpT16QSEJ0The post The best guitarist in the world according to Ted Nugent appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

Born in Washington, D.C. back in 1962, the guitarist Marty Friedman joined Megadeth in 1990 and being part of their most succcessful albums like "Rust In Piece" (1990) and "Countdown To Extinction" (1992). Before leaving the band in 2000 he still recorded the albums "Youthanasia" (1994), "Cryptic Writings" (1997) and "Risk" (1999). But his career could have been quite different since in the same week he auditioned for Megadeth he also would audition to be the guitarist of the Popstar Madonna. He recalled that in an interview with Gustavo Maiato (Transcribed by Ultimate Guitar). Marty Friedman recalls he could have been Madonna's guitarist "I was very homeless, actually. I was homeless, and I was living with two girls that I didn't even know who they were really. They just let me live with them. I had no money and no food, and I was trying to find work, and I heard about an audition for Madonna." "It was an open call, which means they set up a day, and you book a time to show up at the audition, and maybe 20-30 other guys go at the same time. I had learned a bunch of Madonna songs and planned to do the audition, but the very same week, I got an audition for the band Megadeth." He continued: "The Megadeth audition was on a Tuesday, Madonna was on a Friday, and so I did Megadeth first, and things worked out very well right then, so I didn't have to go to the actual Madonna audition." "It was just lucky, because I think I enjoyed Megadeth much more than Madonna, to be honest with you," Marty Friedman said. Friedman released his first solo album on the Japanese label Avex Trax in 2006 and since then had released 12 records with them. He lives in Japan and achieved fame as a solo artist there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUGIocJK9Tc&pp=ygUJaGFuZ2FyIDE4The post Marty Friedman recalls he could have been Madonna’s guitarist appeared first on Rock And Roll Garage.

This man doesn't want to admit that there has been a massive problem....

Hahahhahahahhahahahhahahahhahaha just goes to show how friggin OUT OF TOUCH these celebrity fuckers are!!! He's 80 though and good on him for still doing concerts!!! After all the drugs he's done just how is this old bastard still alive?

“Deadpool” star Ryan Reynolds shared a fascinating take on anxiety and parenting in an interview he did with Hugh Jackman for PEOPLE. He believes that instead of making it harder to be a parent, it’s made him more compassionate and present in the lives of his children.Reynolds and actor Blake Lively have 4 children: James, 9, Inez, 7, and Betty, 4. They welcomed a fourth child in 2023, whose name and gender haven’t been revealed. Back in 2022, he told CBS News he had struggled with anxiety “my whole life.” “Oh mate, you’ve been pretty open with your anxiety struggles, which I really applaud you for,” Jackman told Reynolds in the PEOPLE interview. “Do you find being a dad makes it better or worse?”Reynolds said it makes him a better parent because he can relate to their anxious moments and respond compassionately.“Now I love that I have anxiety, I love that I’ve had anxiety,” Reynolds said. “Because when I see my kids experiencing some of that—which is probably genetic—I know how to address it in a way that is compassionate, that actually allows them to feel seen in that anxiety. I know that I can’t just fix it. And I can communicate all that stuff to them and with them. So, I’m always kinda grateful for it.” Ryan Reynolds & Hugh Jackman Interview Each Other | PEOPLE youtu.be He also said that parents need to share not just their wins but also their losses in life.“I think Sean Levy actually told me something that stuck with me forever; its that people only talk about their wins, but I think it's really important for your kids in particular to know that you lose,” he shared. “You don’t get what you want all the time; something you worked on really hard didn’t work; you said something embarrassing today; you did something that didn’t sit right with you. It’s so important that they see that and they don’t just hear about ‘Oh dad nailed it,’ because you lose so much more than you win.”For Reynolds, parenting is all about teaching through example."Part of it is that I have three daughters at home and part of my job as a parent is to model behaviors and model what it's like to be sad and model what it's like to be anxious or angry. That there's space for all these things," he told PEOPLE in 2021. "The home that I grew in, that wasn't modeled for me really. And that's not to say that my parents were neglectful, but they come from a different generation."Back in 2023, Reynolds talked publicly about his struggles with anxiety, saying that now and then, he feels like he’s spinning “out of control.” He added that he uses meditation to “take time” for himself. Reynolds’ story shows that even though he has anxiety, he's turned it into a positive by using his struggles to enrich the lives of others. The pain of anxiety has taught him a valuable lesson in compassion that he can pass on to his children.

Kiwano melons have appeared on the big screen in everything from MCU films to Zac Efron rom-coms, but what is this spiky fruit, and how do you eat it?