Alter Bridge: 10 Trivia Facts Only Super-Fans Will Know

9. What's The Link Between Johann Sebastian Bach And The Blackbird Album?

A learned musician and jazz teacher, singer Myles Kennedy has paid respects to many older musical influences over the years.

There's playing the introduction to The Beatles' Blackbird before the band go into their own, and one of the many vocal techniques Kennedy uses to keep his voice in shape is "mask resonance"; thinking of your vocal projection as that of a mask, before channelling breathing through the nose to help with overall volume and clarity - hence why some people tend to think he can sound nasal at times.

That said, the chorus of Blackbird's 'Wayward One' also carries the core melody of Johann Sebastian Bach's Bouree In E Minor; a piece you may not know by name, but you certainly will once you've heard it:

The composition was also paid tribute in Tenacious D's Classico, but Alter Bridge's version modernises it, somewhat making the comparisons more subtle, but definitely noticeable when played one after another.