“Donald Trump sauntered into our main backstage room, instantly making himself at home and regaling me with his Donald-esque-ness. Next, Billy Joel came in looking for some Jack Daniel’s that he must have smelled all the way from uptown.”

Former Guns N’ Roses and Velvet Revolver bass player brings his new band, Loaded, to New York next week for their city debut. So Duff wrote a guest editorial for the Village Voice to share some of his New York experiences. As funny as it sounds — and as self-promoting as it is — it’s actually a pretty interesting read.

By way of introduction, my name is Duff McKagan and I, for most of my life, have played rock n’ roll music. New York City has always been a place that the bands I have been in have thrived.

Read the Duff McKagan Village Voice editorial in full here