Yeah, this song is about Dimebag Darrell.
He was murdered on stage when he was playing for all the fans. Vinnie wasn't shot, though. But there were other 3 killed that night (not including the murdered, who got shot, too) , and another 2 injured.
Dime and Chad were good friends, very close. And it's just obvious that Chad was devastated when he got the news. So he wrote this song. The solo is Dime's like someone else already said, Nickeback asked for it and also asked Vinnie Paul to re-do the drumming but he turned it down, said the drumming was alright.
Here's Chad's own words about Dimebag: "The last time I saw Dime, we were on tour in Dallas. He jumped up on our bus and he'd brought me this little tiny miniature guitar. It almost looked like a ukulele. He goes, 'I brought you something.' And I hate when someone gives me a present and I don't have something to give them back. So, that night, we were both getting pretty sloppy, and I go in the back and I grab my favorite leather jacket. I come out and give it to him and he throws it on. I'm like, 'There you go. What do you think?' We were both ecstatic, and I gave him a big old hug. We jumped back into his Escalade, and we're sitting there, talking for a bit. We were passing this bottle of Jack Daniel's back and forth. ... I tell him I love him and to be careful, and he tells me he loves me and to be careful. I gave him a big old hug and went back to my bus. ... That was the last time I saw him, and that's what I'll always remember when I think of Dime. I miss him a lot."
Yeah, this song is about Dimebag Darrell. He was murdered on stage when he was playing for all the fans. Vinnie wasn't shot, though. But there were other 3 killed that night (not including the murdered, who got shot, too) , and another 2 injured.
Dime and Chad were good friends, very close. And it's just obvious that Chad was devastated when he got the news. So he wrote this song. The solo is Dime's like someone else already said, Nickeback asked for it and also asked Vinnie Paul to re-do the drumming but he turned it down, said the drumming was alright.
Here's Chad's own words about Dimebag: "The last time I saw Dime, we were on tour in Dallas. He jumped up on our bus and he'd brought me this little tiny miniature guitar. It almost looked like a ukulele. He goes, 'I brought you something.' And I hate when someone gives me a present and I don't have something to give them back. So, that night, we were both getting pretty sloppy, and I go in the back and I grab my favorite leather jacket. I come out and give it to him and he throws it on. I'm like, 'There you go. What do you think?' We were both ecstatic, and I gave him a big old hug. We jumped back into his Escalade, and we're sitting there, talking for a bit. We were passing this bottle of Jack Daniel's back and forth. ... I tell him I love him and to be careful, and he tells me he loves me and to be careful. I gave him a big old hug and went back to my bus. ... That was the last time I saw him, and that's what I'll always remember when I think of Dime. I miss him a lot."