WILLIAM DUVALL

ALICE IN CHAINS frontman William DuVall has lived a life filled with music, but as shown by his recent debut solo album, One Alone, he’s still challenging himself to do something new and out of his comfort zone. Here he shares words of wisdom about going your own way, the importance of friends and family, and how writing songs can change the lives of the people around you.

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“During my childhood in Washington DC, the most important thing was my discovery of music. My older cousin Donald moved in with us when I was eight, bringing along his small but very powerful record collection. So that was the real impetus for me discovering music on my own terms. He had everything from Santana to Roy Ayers to Weather Report, to the thing that really captured my imagination the most, the Hendrix album . That fired my imagination to playing guitar myself. Hearing the Band Of Gypsies was galvanising force he’s doing all of that, but I really wanna do it.’ Donald was a great listener and a great mentor. It was a really great awakening.”