It seems everyone in the rock industry has a memorable Vinnie Paul or Dimebag Darrell story. It's just a sign of how fun-loving and charismatic that the brothers were. During a recent interview with Linea Rock (in the player above), Shinedown's Brent Smith recalls his first time meeting the brothers and they definitely left an impression.

Smith recalled, "The very first time that we met [Vinnie and his brother Dimebag] was at a festival in Kansas City. We played early in the day and we had a trailer that had a door in between and two doors on both sides. We didn't know who was gonna be next to us. About 4:30 in the afternoon, 'cause we played really, really early, like at noon, something like that ... This is in 2003. And then, all of a sudden, you kind of hear these footsteps and people yelling, the trailer's kind of shaking and doors open and then Mr. Darrell Abbott proceeded to kick the door in between the two of us here, and walked in with Vinnie behind him and said, 'What's your name? Who are you?'"

"We said 'hello' and this and that," recalls Smith. "And he was, like, 'I know we just met each other, but there's not gonna be any separation for the rest of the day. At this moment, you might have not known us, and we don't know you, but at this moment in time, we're family. So here's a Black Tooth. Cheers! Knock 'em back, boys!''

Commenting on the sibling rockers, Smith adds, "That's just kind of the way they were. They always just had that very ... everything about rock and roll that you love, that's what they were. All that makes rock and roll not a label and not a genre of music, it's why I say rock and roll is a way of life, and it is -- and they embodied that."

The singer concluded, "I don't think — I know — that there's an incredible jam session going on right now around us — maybe in a different alternate universe. But they gave a lot to not only music but just to — in my opinion, they gave a lot to the world."

Vinnie Paul,  who played with Pantera, Damageplan, Rebel Meets Rebel and Hellyeah, died June 22 at his home in Las Vegas at the age of 54.

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