Duff McKagan doesn't consider himself much of an activist. "I give to charity," he says, "but I do it in a silent way that I think is righteous." Lately, he's starting to feel more comfortable talking openly about how he makes a difference in the world. Recently, the Guns N' Roses bassist visited "the Jungle," a homeless encampment in his hometown of Seattle that he describes as "postapocalyptic." It was estimated in 2016 that nearly 400 people live in some 200 tents under and around I-5 near the city's Beacon Hill neighborhood. "A guy walked past, he was high, lit up," McKagan recalls. "And he nodded at me and then he nodded off. It's just needles everywhere." His voice drops and he looks somber as he recalls the state of things. "If I'm going to write about homelessness, I have to go there first, right?" he says. After the visit, he penned a twangy, country rocker, "Cold Outside," about homelessness, and sang, "I should have known that this could be me on the street, lost, wet, hungry." He very well could have headed in that direction himself — if GN'R hadn't taken off. It was only 25 years ago that he… Read full this story
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