MARIA: WELCOME BACK.
WE'VE GOT A MUSIC LEGEND WITH US
THIS MORNING.
NOW HE'S ROCKING THE ART WORLD.
DEF LEPPARD DRUMMER RICK ALLEN
TOURING THE NORTHEAST WITH A
COLLECTION OF AMAZING PAINTINGS.
PART OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE
SALES WILL GO TO HELP VETERANS.
JOINING US RIGHTS NOW IS DEF
LEPPARD DRUMMER AND ARTIST, RICK
ALLEN.
RICK, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU.
MARIA: WE'VE GOT SOME OF YOUR
ART ON SET HERE INCLUDING THE
JOHN LENNON PIECE FROM YOUR
LEGENDS SERIES.
WE'VE GOT THE DRUM RIGHT HERE ON
SET.
BEAUTIFUL WORK.
WHEN DID YOU START PAINTING?
>> WHEN I WAS YOUNG AND THEN I
DISCOVERED MUSIC AROUND ABOUT 10
YEARS OLD AND THEN I STARTED
PAINTING WITH MY 8-YEAR-OLD LIKE
THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, SO SHE
WASN'T 8 THEN BUT --
MARIA: SHE'S ALSO A PAINTER.
>> YEAH.
I JUST LOVED SEEING WHERE SHE
WENT WHEN SHE PAINTED, VERY IN
THE MOMENT, NO RULES, AND I WAS
LIKE THAT'S WHERE I GO WHEN I
PLAY MUSIC.
SO I WANTED TO DO THAT WITH HER.
AND JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST PAINT
WITHOUT ANY RULES AND THIS IS
KIND OF WHAT I CAME UP WITH.
MARIA: I LOVE THAT.
DAGEN: ARE THE PAINTINGS FOR
SALE?
THEY'RE ON TOUR WITH YOU ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
WHERE CAN PEOPLE BUY THEM?
I KNOW YOU'RE GIVING A PORTION
TO PROCEEDS TO VETERANS.
>> FANTASTIC.
YEAH, ALL THE ARTWORK IS
EXCLUSIVE WITH WENTWORTH AND
THEY HAVE GALLERIES ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY.
I WORK WITH THEM EXCLUSIVELY.
IT TAKES ALL THE LEGWORK OUT OF
IT FOR ME, THAT I CAN RELY ON
THEM TO PRESENT THE WORK AND
THEN FOR YEARS NOW RAVEN DRUM
FOUNDATION, WE'VE BEEN WORKING
WITH OUR WOUNDED VETERANS.
SO IT'S THE LEAST I CAN DO
BECAUSE OF MY OWN EXPERIENCE OF
EXTREME TRAUMA.
MARIA: TELL US ABOUT THE
LEGENDS SERIES.
>> I STARTED OUT WITH STEVE
CLARK AND STEVE CLARK, HE WAS
WITH DEF LEPPARD AND HE PASSED,
SADLY.
BUT GREAT FRIEND AND I THOUGHT
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO
START AND THEN I MOVED ON TO
PAINT JOHN LENNON AND THEN I DID
JIMMY HENDRICKS.
MY LATEST ONE THAT I'M REALLY
PROUD OF IS DAVID BOWIE.
>>
MUSICCAN BE SUCH A PROFOUND POIT
MUSICCAN BE SUCH A PROFOUND POIO
MUSICCAN BE SUCH A PROFOUND POIF
CONNECTION TO PEOPLE.
WHAT HAS THE EXPERIENCE BEEN
LIKE FOR YOU FROM CREATING MUSIC
TO CREATING ART.
YOUR WORK HAS SO MUCH MEANING,
GIVING BACK TO VETERANS YOU
THROUGH THAT ENTERPRISE.
>> THAT'S REALLY COOL.
I THINK IT'S REALLY BEING
CREATIVE IS INTERCHANGEABLE, YOU
KNOW.
I THINK IF YOU CAN MAKE MUSIC,
YOU CAN PROBABLY TAKE A
PHOTOGRAPH OR YOU CAN WRITE
POETRY OR YOU CAN PAINT.
AND FOR ME, IT WAS JUST A MATTER
OF RETRAINING THAT MUSCLE MEMORY
AND JUST A FEW TECHNIQUES AND
THEN YOU I WAS ABLE TO EXPRESS
MYSELF IN A DIFFERENT WAY.
MUCH THE SAME AS I DO WITH THE
MUSIC.
DAGEN: HOW MUCH WILL ONE OF
THESE PAINTINGS SET US BACK?
>> I HAVE NO CLUE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I WANT TO KNOW.
HOW MUCH DO I NEED TO FORK OVER
FOR A PINTING?
>> IT'S A -- FOR A PAINTING.
>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
I'LL ASK.
>> YOUR MUSIC HAS BEEN WORTH
EVERY PENNY.
YOU MENTIONED PHOTOGRAPH.
TO ME, THAT'S REALLY THE SONG
THAT I THINK FOR A
THAT I THINK FOR LOT OF US
INTRODUCED US TO DEF LEPPARD.
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE GREATEST
DEF LEPPARD SONGS, YOUR
FAVORITES, WHERE DOES THAT RANK?
>> THAT RANKS REALLY HIGH UP.
BUT FOR ME, THE ONE THAT SEEMS
TO PUT ME IN A FANTASTIC PLACE
IS THE SONG HYSTERIA.
THAT SONG TO ME JUST CONSISTENTC
THAT SONG TO ME JUST CONSISTENTN
THAT SONG TO ME JUST CONSISTENTU
THAT SONG TO ME JUST CONSISTENTE
THAT SONG TO ME JUST CONSISTENTS
THAT SONG TO ME JUST CONSISTENTU
THAT SONG TO ME JUST CONSISTENTP
A SENSE OF WELL-BEING.
MARIA: CAN YOU GO BACK TO YOUR
COMMITMENT TO VETERANS.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR
EXPERIENCE.
>> I CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT IT, WITHOUT GOING INTO THE
GORY DETAILS.
I LOST MY ARM IN A CAR ACCIDENT
AND I ACTUALLY -- I WAS DRIVING
A LEFT-HAND DRIVE CAR IN ENGLAND
AND I OVERSHOT THIS CORNER AND
ACTUALLY THE SEAT BELT CAME
UNDONE AND THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY
TOOK MY ARM AND THEN I LEFT THE
CAR THROUGH THE SUNROOF AND
LANDED IN A FIELD.
BUT THE THING THAT ACTUALLY KEPT
ME ALIVE WAS THE FACT THAT I
REMAINED CONSCIOUS.
SO MY WHOLE BODY TENSED AND I
DIDN'T ACTUALLY START TO LOSE
BLOOD UNTIL I GOT TO THE
HOSPITAL AND REALLY UNDER THE
ANESTHETIC.
MARIA: YOUR COMMITMENT TO
VETERANS, TELL US HOW THAT
STARTED.
>> REALLY MY FIRST TRIP TO
WALTER REED IN THE D.C. AREA AND
I SAW SO MUCH SUFFERING, LIMBS
LOST AND JUST -- BUT I SAW A LOT
OF HOPE AND IT WAS THEN THAT I
CALLED MY WIFE AND I SAID YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE TO RECOMMIT AND
REFOCUS, SO WE CREATED PROJECT
RESILIENCY WHICH IS UNDER RAVEN
DRUM FOUNDATION AND THEN THAT
WAS OUR WAY OF REALLY FOCUSING
OUR ATTENTION AND REALLY PUTTING
RESOURCES INTO THAT.
MARIA: WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LIFE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING BACK, RICK.
CONGRATULATIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.