Been a Dokken fan for almost 40 years. Most insightful Dokken interview I’ve seen. Great job!

Don always gives good interviews. He seems much smarter and more interesting than most other guys from that scene.

Dokken will forever be my favorite band!! Don is the Man 👍🏻

grew up in the 80s. Listened to and saw all the great metal bands. Dokken is the only one I still listen to today on a regular basis. Love George Lynch and Warren Demartini. Maybe George caused Don more headaches, but I think it worked out perfectly for Dokken.

Don is slowly becoming jack nicholson with his shades, I love it.

I love how candid and down to Earth Don is

You’re killing it!! Excellent questions like always, Chuck! Looking forward to the interview with George Lynch 🤘😎🤘

Excellent interview. Lots of great questions, lots of detailed great answers from Don. Super stuff. There’s been so many Don interviews lately - but they all seem to touch on different subjects. Never get tired of listening to Don. Super stuff.

What an insightful interview. Been a fan of Dokken since the 80's. Don seems like a righteous dude, and I'm so glad he seems to be doing well for himself.

The more I hear you talk about anything I always think famous people don't really impress me ect, but your the kind of person you could sit around and talk to for hours about anything sooo down to earth and honest I love it, I have a few famous friends in the automobile industry are exactly like this too

I loved his music and I am here to remember him and grieve his loss.

One of my favorite singers. My wife and I saw Dokken in Montclair in 2021. She had not heard of the band until then. That evening changed her life as she perused all the internet history of Dokken and more, during the concert!

For years, I've only heard George interviews. Had no clue that Don was doing as many interviews as he has. Gotta say, I really enjoy hearing things from his perspective, how relatable he is, and the matter-of-fact nature to the things he reveals with no angst. Clearly an interview with Don is going to be a highlight if the interviewer has the chops. Definitely the case here. Great job, Chuck. I think a follow-up video of Dokken's guitar player Jon Levin, would be absolutely fascinating. Imaging; Juggling a career as a successful Beverly Hills lawyer, and moonlighting as an butt kicking hard rock guitar player and song writer. And still, having to make time for family. How could a lawyer even possible maintain a practice while out on the road doing gigs. Blows my mind.

Don Dokken, you have a lot of brilliant songs, Heaven Sent, Standing in the Shadows, Will the sun rise, Cry of the Gypsy, Forever, etc...... 👌

FYI, Diane Feinstein died, not Pelosi. Good interview. Never was a Dokken fan, but I enjoy hearing Don interviewed. Always insightful.

Fascinating interview! Thanks for sharing your life Don! AND for being a performer in the best years of my life. Great Times I'll never forget.

I've really been getting into Dokken lately. I was always a fan of George as a guitar player but the band itself is actually really good. Them and Cinderella are who I've been listening to the most as of late.

Don is awesome I am sad for his pain and suffering I have a injured back and neck and I still try to play guitar and drums and it's painful may have to sell off all my gear, it sucks. Dokken was a huge influence for me iam almost 63 getting old tires u man kinda scary..

Chuck, this was great. Played the whole thing this AM, and it was spellbinding the whole time. CLASS ACT!

What a great interview! Can’t wait for the new album Don!

Blessed to have shared the stage with Dokken In 93 in Ventura...great memory...great interview!

This was a fantastic interview.Great how Don opened up and told us thow he felt and how he shared so many stories about his life.Don needs to write a book.👍🏻🙂 Don , through it all , hes been through alot.This interview showed me a great side of Don that i never saw before.Great interview, and thanks for posting this interview.👍🏻🙂❤️ God Bless

I saw Dokken in PA. in 2021 with my 24 yo daughter. Lynch was with them, played a few at the end. Both my daughters know Dokken and other early 80's metal. I raised them right. It was good to see Dokken, as he said in this interview - all songs are "A" songs. Truth!

This is fantastic. This is a really great listen. I enjoyed every minute of it..

That story about the children's hospital was great loved it

Chuck : "Don't windows effect your studio sound?"" Don : "" yeah I don't give a shit about sound"". Hahahaha😅

Absolutely hilarious; the more I listen to Don the more I like the guy! Talking about Vince Neil getting a facelift he’s like “I don’t know why he did that; he just needed to lose 150 pounds”. 😂😂😂 I almost spit my drink out😂

Thank you so much for this interview! I've loved Don/Dokken's music since the 80s and remember reading Don's interviews in magazines like Metal Edge, which were consistent with this interview. This oddly makes me happy because it means he's been telling the truth for 30+ years. This doesn't mean that I agree with everything he says, but I appreciate he's not a hypocrite.

KEEP ROCKIN' DON DOKKEN!!!!!!!!!!

Don is such a brilliant storyteller in addition to a songwriting legend.

Holy cow I'm gonna need an extra large coffee for this one. Let's dig in!

Don dokken, what a great interview i have been a fan and love there music

Don is very gracious with his time and talent. I got to know him a little in 2004 at a small gig in my hometown of grand rapids mi. Wonderful story teller and musician.

GREAT INTERVIEW

This was a great interview Chuck! I meant to leave a comment, but I ended up watching the George Lynch one right after this. Don Is a very interesting guy. Very forthright.. look forward to hearing this new album!

Well done interview Chuck. Thank you Don for the stories

Thank you Don Dokken for being so real, your a true inspiration, and you really speak about todays world how it changed..its very heart felt.. you speak the truth..you are a nice person.. Thankyou Dokken....

Imo they became famous as a group. If he tried to release up from the ashes as Dokken people would have assumed George, Jeff and Mick we’re on it.

Very interesting biography. I am a solo artist and can relate to Don. Being 50 and how it all changed since the plandemic, getting into a world of reflection and taking it to another level

I remember when I toured the country back a few years ago driving for a company, I witnessed several people overdose on fentanyl. It was coast to coast and in-😢 between places too.

Wow! What a fantastic interview! I always liked Don and Dokken the band now I have an even better liking for the man. So honest, open and candid. Pre-ordered his album can't wait to hear it.😁👍

Love Don Dokken. I loved this!! Just finished it. So sorry to hear about his arm. Such sad news!! Thanks Chuck. You rock!!!❤✌️

My man, youre such a great interviewer and you know the material youre covering. Much respect and love 🤟

I would love to just sit down and talk with Don Dokken. The man has been around for AGES! The stories he could tell....WOW!

yes I'm watching it again 5am having my coffee guitar tuned up that's a way to start the day so good morning have a good day and keep ROCKIN WITH DOKKEN 🎸 🤯 lol

At 24 minutes Don talks about fainting from an ENT procedure. I literally had the same thing happen to me for the same reason....crazy

Done With Mirrors was the last Aerosmith album with their classic sound. The songs weren't great, but it rocked.

george is a legend in his own mind.

I wish Don would do more convention appearances he'd be awesome as a panel guest 👍

1:13:00 not true, at all.... The last 8 bars of the "into the fire " solo are CLEARLY NOT the same exact riff repeated.. the first 4 bars George Riffs 4 note runs that go up, up , up, up.... the second four bars he goes up and walks it back down for 8 note runs before moving up to anothe 8 note run.... any guitarist can hear that.

Hoping they release some more tour dates. I'm in Georgia. I would drive to states surrounding as well. Thanks for doing this, I like listening to Don. Very interesting guy. The new album sounds great, can't wait for the rest on the 27th.

I love Aerosmith 's Done with Mirrors

I dont see Don in this area never. Hi is grow now and good shape. Hi realize many things in life. Hi is good singer with wrong people with. Up from ashes my favorite.

Great f’n interview!! Best I’ve ever seen, great job. Love ya Don, new album is great - dokkendude

Don Just Smoke Weed ! And Quit Cigarettes. Met Don A couple times back in the day. We worked on his guitars at Lafari Guitars Lawndale CA. He was The most down to earth lead singer I’ve ever met.

How I miss your smile is the greatest love song of all time imo

I can listen to Don for a year!

Great interview, can’t wait to get Heaven Comes Down. Up From the Ashes is a great DOKKEN record! I count it as a DOKKEN record and always have. Don if you have the rights back to your name, I would imagine you could retitle the album as DOKKEN: Up From The Ashes. Maybe for a special edition re-release? I can see the classic DOKKEN logo on that album cover just keep the colour metallic like the original release and there you go! Have the OG cover art in the CD as a reversible.

Don's putting in the work.....wow!

Incredible interview. Could have been 4 hrs

Dokken opening for Sammy Hagar on the 55 tour was the second concert I ever saw. Been a Dokken fan ever since that night. Dokken and Tesla are my two favorites that came out of the 80’s. Man what a great interview you did. Something really stood out to me when it was about him and Goerge and Don talked about thinking of the past to much. Man that touched me because I dwell on if I only would have done this or that. Hell I always wanted to be a rockstar. But guess what? I never picked up an instrument. Wtf, think future and stop dwelling on past is a constant struggle. Dream to go live in Florida if it was not so expensive. Maybe you just gotta say F it sometimes and just do it right?

Im 13, im friends with george and he told don about me. Im about to get george’s vip card and he said hes gunna take me so see don. IM SO GRATEFUL I CANT WAIT TO MEET DON AND GEORGE❤

Thanks for sharing.I like dokken! God bless you! Savior JESUS keep us safe in these end times!

U can have them old geezer, Don, i like em young

I'll have to try that stuff for my arm and hand..I have numbness and paralysis also...thank you

Great stuff! Dysfunctional is a special album and didnt know Don played guitar on that.

Fantastic interview! Thanks!

it's incredible all you can get from a melomaniac narcissist when you push the right buttons. I feel sorry for the amount of crap his bandmates need to hear from him every time he opens up his mouth. Don would still be playing Young Girls and Stick to your guns somewhere in Germany if he had not found Lynch and had not had Pilson co-writing songs. That's a fact. Lynch put Donnie on the map. He was very lucky to find these two guys who wrote almost on its entirety - the hits - for Don, with the sole exception of Alone Again and Breaking the Chains. He should be thankful! He should speak highly of everyone around him because he would've ended producing records if not for his bandmates. Everyone that has worked with Donnie hates the guy. Long line-up of people who left the guy: Juan Croucier, Barry Sparks, John Norum, Reb Beach, Mark Boals, Sean McNabb, Jeff Martin, Bobby Blotzer..AND George and Jeff gave up on him too! This guy should get his act together and make amends to everyone. Have been a fan of the band since 82. But this guy is just a tough listen.

Dokken loves docking

Tour Europe?! Yeah!!! Great News!! Can't wait! =D Do you need an opening act?! ;-)

That's why I am a huge dokken fan the love performing not for the money but for the love of the music That's how I would be

Don is a nice guy!!

Don is being candid, he is a great interview. Now, I hope someone asks him about George's accounting of the break-up, Don going Axl allegedly

It would have been cool to have a good music scene in Michigan but not where I was from,good for Don for not doing all the drugs like alot of musician did alot of them and some died

Don is aging gracefully and not insecure

Also, an amusing anecdote on Warren DeMartini, from his own mouth, Warren alleges he got the RATT gig because his band opened for Ratt in Burbank, when Jake E Lee was in the band, and he had his band learn and unyet released song from Randy Rhoads' band, Blizzard of ozz, and they debuted in Randy's home town of Burbank and the crowd went wild.

Another Great interview

excellent

Regarding the Into the Fire solo, I think what Don was saying is that the high bend after the run up is the same as the high bend at the end of the solo. The last four bars are not the exact same aside from that high bend.

In the modern era videos are huge. I wish they did all videos for broken bones. Also. I wish you confirmed he played all the solos on dysfunctional

Wow he is a forgiving soul. I don't know that i could do that.

Don needs a can of Raid flying insect spray. That fly is hovering around him like he took a big dump. Love you, Don!!!

Great interview!

Great interview bro!...big Dokken fan here

Excellent interview. I'm a huge DOKKEN fan since 1987. In my opinion, 'Back For The Attack' is one the greatest guitar albums ever. Unfortunately, Don DOKKEN sometimes comes off as delusional, stating that his solo on 'Too High To Fly' was better than George LYNCH's. Come on? That's like Sammy HAGAR stating that one of his solos was better than Edward VAN HALEN's. George LYNCH may have his quirks, but he's not delusional; on the contrary, Mr. LYNCH is one of the most talented musicians, and George is humble and gracious to other musicians. I can appreciate why George and Don never clicked. I highly doubt DOKKEN played to 60,000-80,000 people in Texas in 2003 (when Jon LEVIN joined).

I❤don

Don should know as an artist..no human being is illegal....

Excellent. Thank you.

Hey Chuck...if you ever speak to Don again because I probably not get a chance tell him thank you from me for all they have given us

Gotta love don!! Such a character, learned alot from this interview especially not to bring your girlfriend backstage to meet don😂

Incredible interview!! I grew up a massive Dokken fan and look forward to their final album if indeed it is their last one!

That story about the kids playing blues is all that matters.

Hey Don I'm always watching 👀 😉, my current favorite of today's world is Chris Daughtry, a true metal head you'd probably love him he's your speed ect, anyway Chris Daughtry now does a live cast on his page strictly for the fans for like a little over an hour where we can ask him questions and he answers really cool it would be great if you would consider doing it he's doing it often, it's better than getting attacked in public every where you go, and you answer one's you want ect and yes I've seen Chris get mad at some people too 😉 😘

38:45 I never realized the song Kiss of Death was written about AIDS, as Don professed here!! Literally took out Robbin Crosby from Ratt.🎉

Tell him to look into (Stem Cells) for his arm & hand. They can do heavy treatments in Mexico. It will heal him.

I wonder if the song I remember on heaven comes down is different from the song I remember from the lightning strikes again album?

I always, ALWAYS thought Too High To Fly sounded like a Doors! Pretty awesome to find out how MUCH guitar he played!

Great interview !, you're good and you get a new subscriber, an interview with Robert Morse naturopath would be great too, thanks Chuck !👍👍

37:50 Aerosmith Steven Tyler converting women to the double team carpet chowing side...

TRUTH... Remember that crap.....Bless you man....