By Steve Newton Back in August of 1996 Zakk Wylde called me up from a payphone in Toronto to promote his debut solo album, Book of Shadows. One of the more touching tunes on that release was "Throwin' It All Away", a song inspired by his friendship with Blind Melon vocalist Shannon Hoon, who had … Continue reading That time Zakk Wylde told me that he wrote “Throwin’ It All Away” through the eyes of Shannon Hoon’s daughter