By Nick Bowcott

Five years after Dimebag Darrell’s death, Jerry Abbott, the legendary axman’s father, opens up about his son’s childhood, his early passion for the guitar and his life as “one hell of a dude.”

Guitar World recounts how Pantera holed up in Dimebag Darrell’s beer-soaked home studio and emerges with The Great Southern Trendkill, its loudest, rowdiest album to date at that point.

Nikon at Jones Beach Theatre - August 18, 2007 - Long Island, NY