Late metal guitar legend Dimebag Darrell and Guitar World go way back, with the Pantera shredder once contributing 42 “Riffer Madness” columns to the magazine. In one of these now-iconic columns, Darrell harked back to his roots – and reflected on how his dad, country music producer Jerry “LD” Abbott, was instrumental in his guitar (and Pantera’s) journey
“One day, when I was learning to play guitar, I was stomping around the house all pissed off because my playing was in a bit of a rut,” he wrote. “My dad, who’s a great guitarist, said something that I’ve always remembered.
