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| | KIEFER SUTHERLANDHONKY-TONK HERO | | The acclaimed actor finds a new role with his country-rock album, Down in a Hole. | Its difficult to imagine Kiefer Sutherland ever being intimidated. After all, hes the actor who portrayed Jack Bauer, one of televisions greatest badass heroes of all time. Yet when Sutherland was 19, he had a daunting experience that caused him to suddenly abandon something he had loved dearly for most of his lifeplaying the guitar.
I had already been working as a professional actor for quite some time before I moved to California when I was 17, Sutherland recalls in his luxuriously husky voice (the man could read Kardashian tweets and make them seem like Steinbeck). But playing guitar was something that I always had in the back of my head. If my acting career didnt take off, I would have been very happy pursuing a career making music instead. Then when I was 19, I met Jude Cole and heard him play. He was an absolutely stunning guitar player. I thought to myself, Well, if youre not able to play like that, dont play at all. I literally put my guitar under my bed for two years.
Shortly after that, Sutherland started landing high-profile acting roles that included Ace Merrill in Stand By Me and David in The Lost Boys, so he never really needed to rely on music to make a living from that point onward. Regardless, his passion for playing guitar remained irresistible.
Over time, I pulled the guitar back out and started playing again, Sutherland says. Jude and I became friends, and he helped me out a lot with my playing. I was always very nervous and shy about my guitar playing because I was friends with Jude and a lot of other professional and studio guitarists that were genius players. I didnt feel comfortable playing in front of those people... | | Read More | |
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