"The night of Feb. 20, 2003"
I remember the next morning well.
"Great White’s frontman has struggled with fire’s legacy" by Milton J. Valencia and Mark Arsenault | Globe Staff, February 17, 2013
HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. — By Feb. 20, 2003, Great White was well past its 1980s glory days, when “Once Bitten, Twice Shy” was a hit single and two albums went platinum. Once popular enough to pack arenas, the band had been reduced to playing out-of-the-way roadhouses like The Station.
Jack Russell, 52, initially balked at a Globe request for an interview — he rarely talks to the press. But he agreed to open up the next morning, welcoming a reporter to the 45-foot fishing boat that he calls home to discuss everything....
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