“It’s a sine wave. Guitars are here to stay”: Warren Haynes says the cyclical nature of guitar music is normal
Warren Haynes says there’s no need to panic about the state of guitar music. The Gov’t Mule bandleader believes the instrument’s popularity comes in waves – and right now, it’s in a “pretty good place”.
Speaking on Andy Frasco’s World Saving Podcast, the Allman Brothers legend shares his thoughts on the supposed “death” of rock and the cyclical nature of public taste.
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Asked if he thinks the guitar is dying, Haynes replies, “I think it, intermittently, kind of goes away for a while, and comes back. I kind of feel like it’s always going to come back. And I think we’re in a pretty good place right now. There’s a lot of good guitar music out there. It usually is about the music, or an artist, or band that comes along and kind of brings it back.”
Haynes adds that talk of rock’s demise has been around for decades, but history keeps proving the doubters wrong.
“People have been asking that question for decades,” he says. “I think going back to the early ‘90s, when people were saying rock ‘n’ roll was dead, and bands like The Black Crowes came along and proved that it wasn’t. So, yeah, I think it’s kind of a sine wave. People get tired of whatever it is they’re hearing, and something fresh comes along and kind of changes their palate for a while. But I feel like guitars are here to stay.”
Elsewhere in the chat, Haynes also names some of the newer acts he enjoys, noting that “there’s a bunch” even though he doesn’t ‘stay as on top of it as he probably should’.
“That band Robert Jon & the Wreck is cool. Of course, Marcus King is making a lot of headway, but I think there are a lot of young kids who are hearing like Derek Trucks playing open E, like this guy, Johnny Stachela, who plays with The Allman Betts Band. And there are a lot of people breathing new life into that these days.”
The guitarist also shouts out Dirty Honey for carrying the torch of old-school rock energy.
“This band, Dirty Honey, that I heard recently, it’s kind of a rock band in the traditional sense of the word,” says Haynes. “And I think it’s fun to see people [from] a generation that didn’t grow up here in all this music that we heard, and they’re discovering it for the first time and discovering bands that keep that music alive as well.”
“You know, it’s so odd because we get these young kids at Gov’t Mule shows occasionally, and they’re 14 and 15, and they’re just now discovering Gov’t Mule, but they’re also just now discovering Hendrix, and Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, you know, so and Warren and that.”
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