“I looked crazy. I had this big black fur coat on, high heels, and some makeup. They were like ‘What the f**k?’”: John 5 recalls studio session with Lynyrd Skynyrd
Most fans of John 5 probably know him for his shredding work with Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, and most recently, Mötley Crüe. But beyond the stage, the guitarist has also built a prolific career as a staff writer for independent label Chrysalis Records, penning songs for artists like Avril Lavigne, Ozzy Osbourne, Meat Loaf, Rob Halford, and even southern rock legends Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Speaking on a recent episode of the Lipps Service podcast, John 5 looks back on the time he was flown to Nashville to work on Lynyrd Skynyrd’s 2009 album God & Guns – a session that tested the old adage: don’t judge a book by its cover.
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“Chrysalis flew me over to Nashville to go write with Skynyrd,” he recalls [via Ultimate Guitar]. “And I came in, and I looked crazy. I mean, I looked crazy. It was cold, and I had this big black fur coat on, high heels.”
“I was wearing some makeup… they were like ‘What the fuck?’”
But despite the visual mismatch, it didn’t take long for John 5 to win the band over with his skills.
“I would play, and there’s this delay thing that a lot of the country guys would do. I would do all this country stuff, too. And they were like, ‘Oh, rad.’ And they would name off country songs, and I would just play them. So we got along great.”
“I ended up writing a shit ton of songs on the record,” he adds. “Great songs that I’m so proud of to be a part of this Lynyrd Skynyrd history, just because I loved Lynyrd Skynyrd so much. And what they were so great at is, it was like a country rock type of thing, but they also had this blues feel to them.”
“So we got along great, and I just stayed in touch with the guys. And it is such an honour to be a part of that Skynyrd history. They were such an important band for me. And then like that would go to, like, Meat Loaf, or that would go to Ricky Martin, or that would go to things like that.”
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