The All Time All Star Pass Out Band
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(White) Lightning #2,
The End of the World as We Know It

My favorite musicians are the ones who get so whacked out of their brains on booze and dope that they actually pass out onstage. With that spirit in mind, Dr. Boblog herewith presents the All Time All Star Pass Out Band:

LEAD VOCALS: STEVEN TYLER of Aerosmith. RUNNER-UP: JIM MORRISON of the Doors. Tyler's antics are detailed in the previous Dr. Boblog (#7). The late great Morrison, who died in a bathtub from a heroin overdose, was notorious for often retreating to a seat on the drum riser, uncooperative in an alcoholic fog. Incidentally, the photo of Morrison's Paris gravesite which adorns the cover of the Dr. Bob CD "Beer for Breakfast" was taken by my cousin, Roger Howrey, who is also featured in Dr. Boblog #7.

FEMALE BACK-UP VOCALS: AMY WINEHOUSE, JANIS JOPLIN, COURTNEY LOVE. WHITNEY HOUSTON

LEAD GUITAR: JIMI HENDRIX. Although I know of no specific instance where Hendrix actually passed out onstage, he once gave a concert in Denver where he only lasted one-and-a-half songs before announcing to the crowd, "This is what happens when the moon and the sun collide," and abruptly leaving the stage to not return again, causing a near riot among the disappointed crowd. It was apparently one of the many instances where Hendrix had taken too much LSD before performing. Such substance abuse - he was also notorious for being able to snort powders directly into his nostrils off of a mirror without the use of a straw - led to many shows where he was unable to keep his guitar in tune. (Listen to the brilliant "Star - Spangled Banner" on the "Woodstock" album which leads into a painfully dissonant "Purple Haze" brought on by Hendrix's aggressive use of the tremolo bar on his Fender Stratocaster.) Hendrix eventually died in his London apartment, about the same time that Morrison and Joplin ODed, choking in his sleep on his own vomit from a barbiturate overdose.

Dr. Boblog #7
(March - June 2009)

There Is No Dr. Bob ...
The Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n Roll

Steven Tyler of Aerosmith passed out onstage in the town I grew up in - Springfield, Illinois. In some weird, twisted way that I can't explain, I feel that somehow adds to my own rock 'n' roll credentials.

Regardless, at that point in his career - the legendary Springfield concert took place in the early '80s, I think - Tyler was certainly living up to the rock lifestyle ethos espoused in Dr. Boblog #6 of staying drunk 24/7 while still creating legitimate rock 'n' roll.

Undoubtedly, Tyler was probably a little bit more than drunk. At the time he was notoriously infamous as one-half of the "Toxic Twins" tandem with Aerosmith's brilliant guitarist, Joe Perry. Tyler's self-induced mid-performance coma, which precluded him from finishing the show, was a result of serious hard-core partying. Tyler was wasted all the time back then. In an enlightening interview from that era, Tyler confided to a journalist that he needed a cornucopia of drugs (pot, coke, acid, downers, etc.) "just to be able to sit and watch a football game on TV."