{"id":5162,"date":"2015-11-12T13:16:29","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T13:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=5162"},"modified":"2015-11-12T13:16:29","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T13:16:29","slug":"watch-john-5-talks-about-his-retrospective-greatest-hits-vol-1-with-california-rock-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/11\/12\/watch-john-5-talks-about-his-retrospective-greatest-hits-vol-1-with-california-rock-news\/","title":{"rendered":"[WATCH] John 5 talks about his retrospective \u201cGreatest Hits Vol. 1\u201d with California Rock News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5163\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2015\/11\/12\/watch-john-5-talks-about-his-retrospective-greatest-hits-vol-1-with-california-rock-news\/john-5-california-rock-news\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/john-5-california-rock-news.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"550,307\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"john-5-california-rock-news\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/john-5-california-rock-news.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/john-5-california-rock-news.jpg?fit=550%2C307&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5163 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/john-5-california-rock-news.jpg?resize=550%2C307\" alt=\"JOHN 5 CLAIFORNIA ROCK NEWS\" width=\"550\" height=\"307\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 550px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 550\/307;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>John 5 talks to <a href=\"http:\/\/californiarocknews.com\/2015\/11\/11\/john-5-interview-at-discovery-ventura-1182015\/\" target=\"_blank\">California Rock News<\/a>, in this new video interview,\u00a0from his show at the Discovery Ventura (11\/8) about &#8220;<em>his current tour\u00a0and\u00a0the VIP experience, his new and upcoming releases, including his \u201cGreatest Hits Vol. 1\u201d \u2014 a retrospective of 11 years of solo work, the special guests at his\u00a0tour stop at the Whisky\u00a0(<strong>Rob Zombie, Paul Gilbert<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Doyle<\/strong>), the upcoming\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/californiarocknews.com\/2015\/11\/04\/benefit-concert-for-tony-macalpine-at-the-wiltern-in-december\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tony MacAlpine benefit<\/a>, \u00a0his thoughts on music\u00a0education, his take on YouTube, and, of course, the guitar in general<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To watch the interview in full, click &gt;&gt;&gt;\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PD8thHY71KA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John 5 talks to California Rock News, in this new video interview, from his show at the Discovery Ventura (11\/8) about &#8220;his current tour and the VIP experience, his 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