Duff McKagan and Slash release new single ‘I Can Breathe’ for Gibson charity project

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Duff McKagan and Slash have released a new single ‘I Can Breathe’, which was recorded for a charity project by guitar brand Gibson.

Listen to the track below.The Guns N’ Roses bandmates are the latest rock veterans to participate in the ongoing project, which saw a collaboration between System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian and Black Sabbath’s Tony Iommi last year.Per Consequence, ‘I Can Breathe’ sees McKagan on lead vocals, with Slash taking on lead guitar duties alongside Gibson CEO Cesar Gueikian on rhythm guitar and piano.The five-minute track sees McKagan and Slash build on the hard rock bombasity from their main band, but with a prog-rock attitude towards songwriting – with lyrics penned by McKagan – that sees a fiery guitar solo from Slash.All proceeds from the song will benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) through the brand’s non-profit organisation, Gibson Gives.McKagan said in a press release: “The musical slant and progressive rock-ness of this huge epic pushed me in a whole new direction.

I love a challenge and Cesar killed it! Most importantly, to be of service for mental health issues and awareness is super important to me at this time.

Let’s rock!”The lyric video for ‘I Can Breathe’ features animation based on art by Tankian. Watch it below.“Cesar and Duff came to me with a really cool piece of music.