“His dad stood in the back of the concert hall, listening to Rooster, sobbing and waving his hat…”

“His dad stood in the back of the concert hall, listening to Rooster, sobbing and waving his hat…”

He wrote for his father whose nickname was the “Rooster” in Vietnam…he suffered from horrific PTSD when he returned.

h/t Eric Milliken nice onion cutting, bro.

http://www.teamrock.com/features/2006-11-15/the-story-behind-the-song-rooster-by-alice-in-chains