I was lucky enough to get to see guys like Bugs Henderson, Jimmy Wallace, all those great Texas blues players.
Maybe it's not on top of the charts, but we're still standing strong. So we'll be here forever. United and hard we stand.
We still get those kind of cats coming out to our shows. Once you're into it, you're into it for a lifetime.
When I tried to play something and screwed up, I'd hear some other note that would come into play. Then I started trying different things to find the beauty in it.
Dimebag was the lead guitarist in the bands Pantera, Damageplan, and Rebel Meets Rebel.
He competed against guitar players who had been playing the guitar longer but his skills surpased theirs.
Darrell has a tattoo of Kiss guitarist, Ace Frehley on his chest.
Darrell is known as the "5th member" of the band Anthrax, for his collaborations in many songs.
Darrell formed the band Pantera with his brother Vinnie Paul Abbott in 1981.
Darrell's first concert was an ACDC concert.
On December 8th, 2004, while performing with Damageplan at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, Dimebag Darrell Abbott was shot and killed onstage by Nathan Gale. Abbott was shot a total of five times, twice at point blank range in the head. He was 38 years old.
Darrell is brothers with fellow Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul.
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