Pepper Keenan and Joey Vestrand

This is my little page to my fav guitarist Pepper Keenan. In 1995 I discovered Corrosion of Conformity from Beavis & Butthead of all things, but fate took me to the music store and let me remember their name and I bought Blind. I dug them (and still do!) and then around 2004 I finally decided I had to see what Down was all about. If you like Heavy Metal like no other, check 'em (both) out. I think Pepper has the best voice (of anyone), but I think he likes just jammin' without the hastle of singing too. I've seen Pepper at Detroit's Harpo Theater many times (braving life and limb to do so), at Flints Metal Shop a couple times, and recently at Mount Clemon's Emerald Theater. I usually battle the mosh pit to try to get in front of stage left, Pepper's favorite spot. It's always worth it. Enjoy.

And, I need to mention another guitarist, a very talented teacher and player, who has been instructing me from the fall of 2008 until now - Joey Vestrand. He plays locally in Michigan in his band Undercover and also has his first solo CD coming out soon. Joey was lucky enough to go to Clutch Cargo's in Pontiac the day after Down played the Emerald Theater and got to sit, talk, and drink with Pepper. How cool is that - the lucky dog.

Ah what the heck, my other fav guitarists: Woody Weatherman, Tony Iommi, Jimmy Page, Alex Lifeson, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix

with Corrosion of Conformity - Woody Weatherman, Mike Dean, & Reed Mullin
Albatross off of Deliverance, 1993
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with Corrosion of Conformity - Woody Weatherman & Mike Dean
Stonebreaker off of In the Arms of God, 2005
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New! A really cool jam to lots of COC tunes with Pepper and Woody! This is really good.

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with Down - Phil, Kirk, Jimmy, & Rex
On March the Saints off of Down III, 2007
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Pepper and Kirk jamming a bunch of Down tunes. Awesome!

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Another old COC unreleased song live. I couldn't resist.

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