The Lost Songs & Fast Times of Don Dokken

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Dokken is releasing a treasure trove of unheard tracks from the band’s early years! The new album comes out Friday and is called “The Lost Songs: 1978-1981,” and famed frontman Don Dokken explains where and how this came together! He shares why the band had to go to Germany to get a record deal and make a name for themselves, why Ratt bassist Juan Croucier was in the initial Dokken lineup, and how The Scorpions factored into the band’s early success. Dokken talks about his love-hate relationship with guitarist George Lynch and the fist-fights they used to get into on a daily basis, how Metallica blew them off the stage on the Monsters of Rock Tour in 1988, and what he had to do to get his name back after losing the right to perform as Dokken! Plus, Don details the botched neck surgery he had earlier this year that’s left his arm and hands paralyzed, and Don unable to play guitar (or do much of anything really), and the intense physical therapy he’s undergoing in hopes of regaining use of his hands.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome to talk as Jericho is the pot of thunder and rock and roll.
0:16.6	Today I've got legendary rocker Don Dawkins is here.
0:20.6	He's got some great stories about Dawkins early days.
0:23.8	Why they went to Germany to land a record deal and make a name for themselves in the early
0:27.4	80s and how that then helped him in the States.
0:30.0	He's also talking about his relationship with George Lynch, his partner and his nemesis
0:34.9	in a lot of ways.
0:35.9	The fist fights these to get into almost on a daily basis while on tour.
0:39.4	And he remembers the monsters of rock tour and having to play in a hundred degree heat
0:43.2	after being blown away by Metallica back in 1988.
0:47.6	He shares details about losing the rights to the band named Dawkins, which is Don's real name
0:52.8	and the lawsuits surrounding that.
0:54.7	Don's got some great Ronnie James deal stories from the hearing aid sessions.
0:58.7	And Don also speaks candidly about the paralysis he's trying to overcome after a botched
1:03.2	neck surgery earlier this year that left him unable to use his right hand and arm.
1:08.3	He can't play guitar.
1:09.3	He can't play piano, but he's still working on new music.
1:12.0	You're going to find out how he does that with his current band.
1:15.1	And he played a couple of shows during the pandemic.
1:17.1	You're always doing that stuff without the use of his right hand and arm.
1:21.0	Don Dawkins is on the way.
1:23.1	Also talking about his new record made up of early songs that he's never released before
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