Musicians you feel are like a kindred spirit

[Phoenix87x]

Are there any musician's that just feel like you can totally relate to and feel almost like a kindred spirit?

For me, it is 100% Layne Staley. A good dude at the core, but overwhelmed a lot of times with the struggles of life. That's me in a nutshell and I relate to him in so many ways.

Down in a hole is something I could relate to in many times in my life and his music helped me through some tough times.


How about you all? Any musical artists that you feel like could be a kindred spirit?

[DTwwbwMP]

MP

[wolfking]

Kip Winger.

[Architeuthis]

Alex Lifeson
John Petrucci
James Labrie
Weird Al
Not just because of their skills,  but I can relate to them as people.  They are nice humble people who don't take themselves too seriously.  They take their craft seriously, but I can tell they are nice ordinary people at heart.

Of course I could say the same thing about all current members of DT.. 

[hefdaddy42]

Not really.

[Stadler]

This is hard; I don't really know them.  I mean, maybe Mike, since we're fans in a similar way, but I'm not really "like" him and he's not really "like" me. 

[Dublagent66]

LTE

[TheCountOfNYC]

John Myung. The man always seems so uncomfortable in interviews unless he’s talking about things he’s passionate about and then suddenly he’s the most well-spoken person in the world. Similarly, I tend to be more quiet and reserved around strangers until music, amusement parks, or sports come up in conversation and then I’m a lot more outgoing.