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Don McGahn

By Clifford Hall

ON A COLD December day as the U.S. House of Representatives was taking a vote on whether or not to impeach the President, I was settling in for my interview with Don McGahn. But I didn’t have any questions about McGahn’s old boss; I was trying to find out how the former Chief Counsel to the White House ended up rocking the solo of Van Halen’s “Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love” at the MGM National Harbor with Winger last November.

Don McGahn with a few close friends, including his 1988 Les Paul Custom — “It’s well-worn; most of the paint is off the back of the neck… this is done by years of playing live"
TOM WILLIAMS

“Once you play with one guy at that level, word spreads. One turns into two, two into four, and the next thing you know, Winger’s in town and you’re playing [Winger guitarist] Reb Beach’s guitar and people are saying, ‘How did that happen?’”

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