His passing has really hit me hard. I had the privilege of meeting and talking with Eddie 4-5 times. He used to come into my Families Liquor/Convenience store which was right down the street from his Coldwater Canyon house. He was always so humble and kind in our conversations. He even gave me one of his guitars on one of his visits. On another occasion my cousin and I who also worked at the family store saw Eddie at a gas station filling up his Black Lamborghini, we walked over to him and he remembered us from the store my cousin had a beer in his hand and Eddie asked if he could have a swig so we had a beer with Eddie while he showed us his Lambo. He always came across to me as someone completely unaware that he was a rockstar no ego whatsoever. I think what makes his passing so hard for me is knowing that he had the biggest childlike heart that just loved to create but was also so kind, gentle, humble and a decent human being. So many stories are coming out similar to mine showing Eddies kind, giving nature.
Damn! He *gave* you a guitar? Pics or it didn't happen, dude! Nah, I'm so jealous of all that lol ... congrats, seriously. I'd loved to have met the man once, much less all the rest. I have one of his picks (friend was a bouncer at one of the later Van Hagar concerts) - he gave it to me, knowing what a fan I was, and I cherish it to this day, knowing that even if it spent it's life in a box, it was at least NEAR enough to Eddie to have been considered for use by my guitar hero for 40+ years.
@@miketaris5404 Wonder if it’s the black Beretta in the Kramer ad pic Eddie’s holding or seems John McEnroes holding maybe. Seems there’s more pics of Ed with a black Beretta that may be the one he gave you. Very cool!
I saw this story on another Van Halen video - I believe it. Especially since you were 18 and selling them booze. He seemed like a very kind person deep down. I'd give an 18 year old on my block one of my guitars if I was famous. So cool.
It’s so nice that in this time we all can get away from the politics and sadness and think of something positive. The love of music from Edward Van Halen.
The intro is called Out The Window by EVH, part of the soundtrack he wrote for a movie called The Wild Life (1984). Re-used for Back To The Future, when Marty was inspiring his "peeping Tom" Dad to go bone his mom so he can exist.
I'm a bit younger (was 10 yrs old at Van Halen I's release), so I was in the second or third wave lol... I've heard countless fans recount similar stories, and read countless accounts from guitarists who were mightily influenced by the album, and the stories all sound nearly identical! I would have loved to have been maybe six or seven years older at the time so I could have *really* appreciated that momentous time... But I'll take what I got, obviously, and listen to/read all those stories with a big smile, thankful that rock guitar/music was blessed with such an incredible presence. RIP, Edward Van Halen... Long live the King of Rock Guitar, EVH. \m/ \m/ Edit: grammar
I am a still a long time guitarist ,now in my 70's. I never met any of V.H. but really liked the music. I liked Sammy's vocals more than Dave R. He seemed to be a dick ,very overly egotistic . I've been playing guitar since 1964. Mr. Black was accurate with his memories of how playing out live in Michigan and the Mid-Western states was. In 1964 & onward we played a lot of high school gigs,college gigs, a while later. Right after picking up a guitar I started gigging at private parties, we played at C./ O. railroad halls and a lot of other small local places. I remember fondly a lot of the early rock bands. My high school was going to book a bigger band for graduation , We wanted to book Hendrix & the Experience, or the Doors, B.O. C. and/or other hard rock acts. Us guys wanted to book harder rock acts . But the females had control of the school booking ,along with the teachers. They overruled all of us guys and booked 'The Grass Roots" in 1968. We were really bummed. But After graduation I started playing all over Mid Michigan. Bars , lounges , Colleges, parties . Anywhere we could play. After a while in early 1970's, we hit the road and started playing in other states. THEN THE DRAFT , that broke up a good band. Nam destroyed a lot of good musicians and bands. Anyway I finally retired from playing out about 5 years ago. My back was really bad and a lot of medical problems became severe. So My life in music came to an end. I lasted until my age ran against me and my health became more and more problematic. I still play(practice) at home most every day still sitting down . I still have some chops at almost 71 years old. But life never stops we do. Listening to V.H. is a big big part of my road trips I'll never forget, That and sleeping and playing at Holiday Inns, or Ramada Inns all over the mid-west Area. Sleeping in Band rooms there, and eating at Rally's restaurants all over. Sorry for running on ,probably pretty boring to all your other younger players.
People love to hate on DLR but I was always amazed that he could write melody and sing over those killer EVH riffs. If the singer had of been too over the top it wouldn’t of worked.
Even they said DLR had a LOT to do with the sound of the early days, I believe it and I'm a much bigger fan of the DLR era. I do recognize that Eddie had some great guitar parts on the Van Hagar albums though. Always loved the keys too that he would break out now and again.
Something else I haven’t heard mentioned yet was Ed’s backing vocals. Spot on harmonies with Michael and Wolf while playing. Try the harmony for Dance the Night Away while playing. Or Jamie’s Crying!
So whoever listens to this, go and listen to the Steve Rosen interview (just Google it as David Black suggests: "Steve Rosen" Van Halen Interview; it's the one called the "lost interview"). After that, listen to Van Halen 1, of course. But then listen to Van Halen II ... a couple of times. Maybe four or five. Hell, keep it on the permanent rotation if you want. I'm on my third listen and my fellow dudes ... I'm tripping *hard*. So much of what you'll hear on VH II, damn, you'll feel UNBELIEVABLY more in touch with it now - not only because of what the tone guys here talk about, but ESPECIALLY because of what Eddie talked about in his interview with Rosen. IT'S LIKE A TIME MACHINE BACK TO WHEN VAN HALEN II WAS RECORDED. Oh my God I haven't felt like this in 35 years, I used to be this way when I discovered anything new about EVH ... a new magazine article, hell, anything back in the pre-internet days ... I'm just blown away by this. Do it, you KNOW you won't regret it. Light Up the Sky is playing right now and oh man I'll quit now or I won't be able to stop typing ... EVH forever. May you rest in peace, you guitar god with no real peer, one of the kindest souls we've ever known of ... that was in anything like a similar spotlight. Farewell, our dear friend of the ages, for the ages. \m/ \m/
Really great show Marc with some amazing stories of the great man himself. I haven’t stopped listening to and playing Van Halen songs the last few months, it’s just timeless.
Van Halen hit when I was 12 and I'd just began guitar lessons a week or two before coming home one day to my rocker teenage sister telling me, " Sit down and listen to this !" . She put the Van Halen I Lp on our parents new stereo. Kids, HIFI STEREO was mastered in the 1950's, so we heard the same quality you hear now. Actually better imo... but the beloved 8-track tape was probably just as popular for VH I and VH II. Van Halen debut-'I' was a black 8-track and Van Halen II was a white 8-track. I bought *Van Halen - Women and Children First* on cassette in 1980 right before Summer camp...7 weeks of Summer Camp in Leelanau County MI, on Lke Michigan. The whole boys camp combined had maybe a dozen tapes, but the new VH WACF was the hit, most borrowed, and what we cranked at wake up "AND THE WILL ROCK". Second was *Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell* , then *The Cars Candy O* , *Rush All The World's A Stage* .
I still love Different Kind Of Truth, Ed's guitar sound is epic, but Alex's drum mix.....spectacular! "Me Wise Magic" and "Can't Get This Stuff No more" from Best Of - Vol.1 to me, had the best of their 90's sound with DLR up front, GREAT F-ing tunes!
Mark, Great show. Loved the "Fu** David Crosby....." comment; totally agree with that! Question: I noticed all the EVH gear and what appears to be left handed guitars? Lefty here as well why I ask.
I don’t understand this bagging on David Crosby. So he didn’t care for Van Halen, so what? He’s an older guy, he was born in 1941, he grew-up in the era before rock’n roll, he started his career before Jimi Hendrix, etc. He was probably more into The Grateful Dead or The Allman Brothers than this deedely-deedely-wang-wang stuff that landed in 1978, and all that hard rock/metal that came later. He probably didn’t care for EVH anymore than he cared for Motörhead or Pantera ... so what!?
@@ThemFuzzyMonsters There's not caring for music and there's been completely disrespectful. I'll defend his right to not like Van Halen all day and night...but i wouldn't defend his comments. Poorly timed ignorance.
2:24:44 I hear Ed's power in the legato of Spanish Fly. When I was 24-ish I could almost get that snappy legato on a nylon-string (where it is so hard, it is almost percussive) but now, (age 50-ish), I can practice forever and just not get there.
I hear you. When I turned 35 my entire body started falling apart slowly. That was nearly 20 years ago, you'd think I'd have dwindled away to nothing by now lol ...
What a wonderful, heartfelt & endlessly informative episode guys... I wasn't able to join live this week, but appreciate it every bit as much. As always, THANK you guys for your generosity for your time & knowledge, and thanks a million, Mark for hosting & producing the show. Love all you guys and because of guys like you... Rock will never die🙏🎼🎶🎵🎸🎹
Great show guys. Really enjoyed hearing all the EVH stories and nerd guitar stuff. My favorite EVH tone is VH2. Listen to the iso guitar for Somebody get Me A Doctor. Incredible. BTW Marc, booberry refers to Wolfie's blue striped bass . Cheers!
I am watching this episode on RUclips on my tv and love the show so much I wanted to share this story I was playing guitar in my punk rock band and was invited to play a giant keg party in rock port mass it was a massive party pick up truck full of kegs filled with ice and 2 kegs opened and running on the tailgate massive barbecue pit full P.A. Several bands playing Van Halen 1 had just come out and there was a young kid there his name was Archie Eddie Archie no one would let him play I was hanging out talking to him trading licks with him and he had all of Van Halen 1 down so finally I talked to the sound man I had a brand new Les Paul Custom Marshall half stack jcm 800 MXR distortion + With rubber cover over the volume knob so you could turn up volume with your foot Archie took my Les Paul and Played the entire Van Halen one every lick every trick the whole record by himself and about 300 hundred people sat on a giant lawn and watched Archie play Van Halen 1 by himself at was amazing to see ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Obviously IMVHO cause its frickin Dave Friedman saying it and who am I to disagree with such a genuinely godlike ears for tone and I'm not being facetious when I say that I really think Dave has more of a sense for guitar tone than probably anyone who has lived BUT I think fair warning sounds bigger than VH 2. I wish I knew more what he meant when he said that. Love the show my favorite on RUclips
Yes a thousand times.......the context of Eddies playing and sound is extremely important to his innovation and extraordinary style. Im 55, I was 13, just becoming a guitar player. Jenson speakers.....we all had them. 😂 I love it. Eddie was a legend to our generation, and deservingly so.
I am so lucky that VH was my first concert in 1979 and Ed played the Bumblebee. Like David Black said, they played everything from the first 2 albums...except “Women In Love”. I have never seen photos of Ed playing Franky from the second album tour. That’s news to me. I am with Dave Friedman about fave guitar tones. For me VH ll, then 1984 and then Fair Warning. I agree with Dave about the Phase 90 reissue it being quite right.
Saw something on the van halen lost weekend contest recently they winners were flown to a VH show in Detroit. I know Dave said his first VH show was the 1984 tour so I wonder if he was at the same show. They presented a cake to the winner on stage so maybe he remembers. Wish the Detroit part would have came up lol. Thanks guys this was one of the best shows so far but then again I say that after every episode 😀 cheers guys 🍻
His finger work in tone was one thing but how can anybody make up that many tunes that sounds so awesome and hook you right on in never a dull moment like you said summertime fun rock and roll
Dave black basically described it how it happened for me as well it was 1978 and i was only 14 My cousin had bought the first record and played me running with the devil and eruption. I was hooked instantly! shortly after me and him saw them at the Philadelphia spectrum open for sabbath.
I kept seeing them in small articles in magazines and hearing the whole album at a friend's house ...the very first time is bleary, it's memories of walking past a parked car in a driveway with " Runnin' with the devil" cranking and seeing the video of " You're No Good " on don Kirshner rock concert.....and the movie " over the edge" that had " you really got me " as part of one of the scenes
Since most of us are guitar nerds and it was not mentioned in the pic dave black took of eddie playing the frankie in 79 that neck on it is the original Charvel neck from the bee built by Grover jackson and karl sandoval when he was still employed by grover, Ed used that neck on frankie for part of the 79 tour then swapped it over to the guitar that was carved to look like a dragon biting a snake.(there are a few vids of this guitar here on YT) The Black/yellow(bee) was the only 100% Charvel eddie played. the rest were lynn ellsworth boogie body parts. The Bee body got a different neck and years later was buried with dime but the dragon biting a snake guitar with that neck are still around.
Thanks for the show guys! Very cathartic. Re: Ed's right hand picking, i was listening to VH 2 just yesterday and was awestruck when listening to Spanish Fly how aggressive his pick attack actually was. It told me so much about his playing. For some reason I hadn't heard it like that before. Great chat.
great show guys, my week has been so sad. I can't shake the feeling of how much Eddie was suffering 🙏and why wolf was so protective of him. All my best to the van halen family. ❤️
Our band had just got done playing a Winter Party at Omaha Roncalli High School in February 1978, a brrrr COLD February, i was the oldest in the band, in 78, I was 26. Our band radio was on the whole trip back to Sioux City Iowa. And this song blarred, WHOA? This a new Kinks? It was You Really Got Me! DJ didn't say...Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. that next Monday I went to my favorite record store, the owner I knew. I asked if he knew, "there's a new record that has that song on a sticker, contains the hit, You Really Got Me ..have no idea who they are". I bought it and asked Mike, "can we open it and play it?" "Sure" I SCREAMED!!!!! THAT'S IT!!!!!! Took it home, was life changing ❤️ That photo with that guitar 😯 Just WOW. So every guitar I had was store bought, my '71 Strat had taken a dive, and we had to play Rapid City Stevens High School in late '77, and I needed a guitar, so went to local store there, and had no choice but had to trade even up my '75 Martin D-35 Shade Top for an Ibanez Sunburst Strat copy, gorgeous... but the gig? It squealed like a pig, so treble off on my Marshall Super Lead and the guitar. Never played it then. So a week after the VH release, Feb '78...so I stripped that Sunburst and painted it white then taped off for black stripes... but I nailed it, back, I did my own pattern. A year later called Charvel and ordered 2 flat n wide necks from Wayne Charvel himself. "Sorry, don't do the CBS headstock anymore, all Strat necks are Leo timeframe" "Good I like them better" lol So in late '79, instead of painting over the black and white, I simply made another, using the second neck. After getting around 5-6 bodies and a couple more necks, Wayne asked me to be Charvel Midwest contact etc, sell outta my shop, "Carlin Guitarwerks". That lasted a few months till Grover took over, n I got a letter, still have, from Grover beginning of '80. "We have decided to go ahead and make production guitars, and to continue our partnership as Wayne had started, so we are requiring 6 full production guitars a year" But by then, I had made every guitar Eddie had created. Only for me too, never sold one. So Eddie was huge to me, and I'm still devastated!! 💔
Great episode again! Loved the rig walkthrough/analysis. If I may offer a suggestion for a future guest: I would love see Maddi Schieferstein on here, guitar tech for John Petrucci. Bet he has some great tech stories.
Thanks for sharing! If you have a minute, we recorded a cover of Van Halen. As fellow music fans, we'd love if you would check it out. It's on our channel. Don't go too hard on us :)
This guy explaining the rig and must have said “ I don’t remember “ at least a dozen time. A- How can you not remember the equipment you work on, and you’re looking at the pics. B - It’s EVH! I would have remembered EVERYTHING !!! 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Man, I absolutely love learning what I do from all of your shows. So fucking Cool. Thank You. I don't know if you will ever see this comment Dave, but man, would I ever appreciate it if you had the time to inspect my '59 Bassman and '85 Mark II Master Lead 50 watt Marshall for any issues. These are my tools that I enjoy Playing my Music through. Eddie must have really appreciated your work, I am sure... Mark, the intro of you guy's show sounds great too...
Awesome show guys!!!...Basketweave Marshall cabs are the best for sure!..I traded a 70 s something strat for a '68 bottom cab 20 yrs ago..similar to Eddie's...it rips!!!
ICB Eddie V H is GONE ! BUT HEY, so are most of my friends ! He lived to be a senior citizen, 65 (?)......I only saw him once, as the opening act for Black Sabbath in 1978 @ Nassau Coliseum, GREAT SHOW ! and Truth be told, they did not blow Sabbath off the stage, NO, they did not ! They both ROCKED ! It WAS A GREAT ROCK SHOW, THATS IT !
I'm totally in agreement with Marc for favorite records, Fair Warning and 1984 is THE TONE to me. I was a little surprised VH II was Friedman's favorite for tone.
David Black; you did not see Simon Phillips play live with Judas Priest because he NEVER toured with Priest! The only thing Simon Phillips ever did with Priest was the Sin After Sin album in 1977. So no, he didn’t trade off playing live gigs with Les Binks so that’s incorrect too. Lastly, if you saw Leppard on touring High and Dry, that wasn’t before Priest’s live album Unleashed in the East because High and Dry was 1980/81 and UITE was 1978. You have all your facts wrong here.
Another strong point of Van Halen: MICHAEL ANTHONY! His super tight playing, his huge voice and his enthusiasm and personality! I saw them just once live (‘Right here, right now’ in ‘92 I think) but I’ll never forget that concert!! They were all in top form at the time. Sammy was also the best singer they ever had/ could ever have. IMO David was more of a showman, be it a very good one. He also loves and knows a lot about all kinds of genres in music besides rock, wich I like a lot. They were a great American rock band! 🖖
Simon Phillip's played on Sun after Sin... awesome, man, cool gig... you guys and Europe are soo lucky w gigs. Maiden coming next wk, kreator only came to NZ for horses of chaos...
Just got around to this incredibly good conversation. Thanks! All things EVH are renewed. His blessings upon us are perpetual. Around 11:00 in the Steve Rosen interview is talk about the “Women In Love” beginning. No effects, doubled tracked perfection. Warmest condolences and happiest memories to EVH’s family and friends. :’-(
My number one favorite tone from Eddie was his first appearance on the David Letterman show when Letterman went to LA for a week. It was right before Roth left the band. David asked him if Dave got on his nerves. He had THE AMP ( from the looks and sounds) and a Kramer. It was the first time I had ever heard him talk. This was before the Internet. #2 is Diver Down. I don't care what anyone says, I love love love that album. His tone was really crisp and still heavy but clean. It was a really melodic album. I think Little Guitars, the part with the singing is Dave's best lyrics. It's one of my favorite songs ever. I always wondered if it was about a real girl and what she must be like if DLR fell in love with her. Everything about Hang em High is epic. I definitely agree with Pete about the sophistication in Eddie's playing especially his rhythm playing and his chord progressions. All the other bands and players took from him one aspect of his playing. No other guitarist plays rhythm like him. The High Life stuff is my #3 for tone. I'm so glad the full songs are out there.When I was younger , I rented the BETAMAX copy and ran my vcr thru my stereo, it had Beta Hi Fi, and I recorded all of the snippets onto a cassette. I remember playing it for people and they were blown away because no one really knew about it. And there was only one song from him on the official soundtrack. And SEDUCE!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘If you know, you know! David Black and Chris Holmes were my favorite parts of that movie ( Decline part 2). And Jeff Duncan's Jackson Kelly! 🤘
In an interview with Eddie, he was quoted as saying. He had bought a Marshall with a 220v power input. Had no idea the 220v power input was a european model. So he somehow modified the amp, enabling him to use the amp. Is there anybody who may have read this article to confirm my statement.
There is this video footage from opening for Black Sabbath: ruclips.net/video/BR4S1FqHZzQ/видео.html Seeing this just kills me. Yeah, they were on their way to the top of the world.
Live they played great with Sammy but the tunes were 70% unimaginative pop executed precisely. Dreams, Love Walks In, I can't stop Loving You, Right Now, Sammy was a wildly talented singer but the tunes were classed up Hagar corny and uninspired,. The 5150 riff was clearly not written for Sammy but he managed to add the lame vocals that just didn't go with the balls of that riff. Best of both worlds, summer nights are also guitar parts begging for a laid back bad ass singer and not some thespian Attention whore. Two different bands.
I was a freshman in high school when the 1st VH came out. They were huge. Didnt sound like anything else. Did not like Diver Down. and 1984 was over played. I did not like Jump and Panama was OK. I was hoping they were gonna go back to the style of the 1st 2 albums. But they never did. Hated the Hagar shit.
For me Van Halen came out in the perfect time because nothing was changing in the Genre ,all the bands were playing Priest and smelt over stuff ,and then I heard VanHalen for the First time and they really got Rock back into the charts because Like David Black was saying they wouldnt play BlackSabboth or Deo or anything to me worth listning that wasnt 10 or so years old RIP Eddie Van Halen you woke everyone up and chasing your playing and sound !!!1
I was born in Sept of 55 living in so cal. I first saw VH at the old Anaheim convention center in 1975 a something called Cars of The Stars Ed played louder than anyone. I lived 40 miles from Pasadena & when they played in the mid seventies somewhere it made it all the way to another county. After 1978 every party you went to there was someone saying , “ they knew them, partied with them or their sister screwed one of em” It was a running joke all summer
I seen Dave Black at a Sponge concert about 10 years ago. I recognized him from the Decline of Western Civilization documentary. And, I bought the Seduce album......
Love old Van Halen, have not listened to an entire album since Diver Down. 1984 was a kiss of death for the band for me. Roth and all of his Barnum and Bailey bullshit really turned me off. When Sammy joined it was never Van Halen, just Sammy with a new gig and Eddie as his guitar player. Saddened me when Eddie died, one of the best of all time and I do not see anyone inspiring generations of players like he did. Thanks for all the music and memories, RIP EVH.
I didn t hear, maybe I missed it.. Eddie used Kerr y wright speaker..cabs.. I know this because I was at Kerry s one day and Ed came by to check out his cabs part of Ed s sound.. I have stories.. Ed was always cool..
Having an issue where the MRCC is locking up when assigning input and outputs. Can you tell me if this is a known issue or am I routing incorrectly? I have some devices that I have connected by both USB and DIN. Could this be the cause of my issue?
I saw VH 1st, 2nd, 4th tour and was a both shows they filmed at the New Haven Colosseum for Live without a Net. Crazy. 1st night, Eddie's wireless went down and had to use a cable!
I agree with Pete thorn that the pickup on the first record was the Duncan custom. as Pete thorn stated duncan had ran a ad in guitar player for a "custom" pickup with Van halen's name next to it. Custom? for who" well he told you! Van Halen! Eddie was going to sue seymour over this so if it was a pickup eddie never used why get so upset? Pete thorn showcased the differences between a 14K ceramic and a alnico II Paf style. Here it is, ruclips.net/video/5HlmLdsqXZc/видео.html and here is that duncan advertisement i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr234/japanstrat/EVHCustom1979_zps73ef21c7.jpg?hotlinkfix=1602943180403
OK. So here is a photo I am seeing in a Spectre Sound video. The photo had to be doctored. Does anyone know why? Was Eddie not wanting something on the headstock shown or why was it messed with? Look at where the strings meet the body. Very misaligned. Now look at the perspective, it looks like he is bending the neck with his left hand. Ok. Those made me think it could be a lot of things. Here is the problem. Count the dots up past the 12th fret. Now......where is the 21st fret? Haha. Here is the time stamped to the pic. ruclips.net/video/6x4SBucQVDo/видео.html Love all the videos and this was a great walk through his gear and importance with people that knew and respected him. Well done. -Just looked at that right hand. Looks painted or something. Very odd.
Playin back yard parties , kegers , rent a venue n sell tickets type stuff is how groups in southern Indiana / louisville ky area come up tryin to make something in the music bizz . More fickle than any woman ever ..
@18:55 iii would have even edged out some of the Roth albums if it hadn't been for Cherone's shrieking. That vocal screaming style had been dead in popular music for years at the time, but even so it was just hard to listen to like a cow farting. The lyrics and music were great.
MARC, ED double tracked that intro to "women in love" he played it twice the second time they changed the pitch so it sounded harmonized, For you to do it use a pitch shifter set to a octave above on the tapping part. HERE IS A EXCERPT FROM GP MAG, GP: Did you double-track the harmonic intro to ‘Women In Love’? EVH: Yeah, I played it twice. It sounds like a Harmonizer, and live I get the same effect using the Harmonizer. I like that chime, clock-like sound.
@Marshall, I just heard that intro start up and continue as I read this post. Such perfection exists in the world of music Van Halen created and dwelled in. Thank you very much for this info.
His passing has really hit me hard. I had the privilege of meeting and talking with Eddie 4-5 times. He used to come into my Families Liquor/Convenience store which was right down the street from his Coldwater Canyon house. He was always so humble and kind in our conversations. He even gave me one of his guitars on one of his visits. On another occasion my cousin and I who also worked at the family store saw Eddie at a gas station filling up his Black Lamborghini, we walked over to him and he remembered us from the store my cousin had a beer in his hand and Eddie asked if he could have a swig so we had a beer with Eddie while he showed us his Lambo. He always came across to me as someone completely unaware that he was a rockstar no ego whatsoever. I think what makes his passing so hard for me is knowing that he had the biggest childlike heart that just loved to create but was also so kind, gentle, humble and a decent human being. So many stories are coming out similar to mine showing Eddies kind, giving nature.
Damn! He *gave* you a guitar? Pics or it didn't happen, dude! Nah, I'm so jealous of all that lol ... congrats, seriously. I'd loved to have met the man once, much less all the rest. I have one of his picks (friend was a bouncer at one of the later Van Hagar concerts) - he gave it to me, knowing what a fan I was, and I cherish it to this day, knowing that even if it spent it's life in a box, it was at least NEAR enough to Eddie to have been considered for use by my guitar hero for 40+ years.
Hope you still have that guitar 👍🏻
Great story
Yeah I'll put up some pics, its a jet black Kramer Beretta (with all black hardware)
@@miketaris5404 Wonder if it’s the black Beretta in the Kramer ad pic Eddie’s holding or seems John McEnroes holding maybe. Seems there’s more pics of Ed with a black Beretta that may be the one he gave you. Very cool!
I saw this story on another Van Halen video - I believe it. Especially since you were 18 and selling them booze. He seemed like a very kind person deep down. I'd give an 18 year old on my block one of my guitars if I was famous. So cool.
It’s so nice that in this time we all can get away from the politics and sadness and think of something positive. The love of music from Edward Van Halen.
The intro is called Out The Window by EVH, part of the soundtrack he wrote for a movie called The Wild Life (1984). Re-used for Back To The Future, when Marty was inspiring his "peeping Tom" Dad to go bone his mom so he can exist.
Nice one! All I knew was that I remember it being from Back to the Future that he played for his young father.
David Blacks descriptions of that time in history was so vivid and similar to my own.. I felt like I stepped back in time... Thank You!
I'm a bit younger (was 10 yrs old at Van Halen I's release), so I was in the second or third wave lol... I've heard countless fans recount similar stories, and read countless accounts from guitarists who were mightily influenced by the album, and the stories all sound nearly identical! I would have loved to have been maybe six or seven years older at the time so I could have *really* appreciated that momentous time... But I'll take what I got, obviously, and listen to/read all those stories with a big smile, thankful that rock guitar/music was blessed with such an incredible presence. RIP, Edward Van Halen... Long live the King of Rock Guitar, EVH. \m/ \m/
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I am a still a long time guitarist ,now in my 70's. I never met any of V.H. but really liked the music. I liked Sammy's vocals more than Dave R. He seemed to be a dick ,very overly egotistic . I've been playing guitar since 1964. Mr. Black was accurate with his memories of how playing out live in Michigan and the Mid-Western states was. In 1964 & onward we played a lot of high school gigs,college gigs, a while later. Right after picking up a guitar I started gigging at private parties, we played at C./ O. railroad halls and a lot of other small local places. I remember fondly a lot of the early rock bands. My high school was going to book a bigger band for graduation , We wanted to book Hendrix & the Experience, or the Doors, B.O. C. and/or other hard rock acts. Us guys wanted to book harder rock acts . But the females had control of the school booking ,along with the teachers. They overruled all of us guys and booked 'The Grass Roots" in 1968. We were really bummed. But After graduation I started playing all over Mid Michigan. Bars , lounges , Colleges, parties . Anywhere we could play. After a while in early 1970's, we hit the road and started playing in other states. THEN THE DRAFT , that broke up a good band. Nam destroyed a lot of good musicians and bands. Anyway I finally retired from playing out about 5 years ago. My back was really bad and a lot of medical problems became severe. So My life in music came to an end. I lasted until my age ran against me and my health became more and more problematic. I still play(practice) at home most every day still sitting down . I still have some chops at almost 71 years old. But life never stops we do. Listening to V.H. is a big big part of my road trips I'll never forget, That and sleeping and playing at Holiday Inns, or Ramada Inns all over the mid-west Area. Sleeping in Band rooms there, and eating at Rally's restaurants all over. Sorry for running on ,probably pretty boring to all your other younger players.
People love to hate on DLR but I was always amazed that he could write melody and sing over those killer EVH riffs.
If the singer had of been too over the top it wouldn’t of worked.
Even they said DLR had a LOT to do with the sound of the early days, I believe it and I'm a much bigger fan of the DLR era. I do recognize that Eddie had some great guitar parts on the Van Hagar albums though. Always loved the keys too that he would break out now and again.
Something else I haven’t heard mentioned yet was Ed’s backing vocals. Spot on harmonies with Michael and Wolf while playing. Try the harmony for Dance the Night Away while playing. Or Jamie’s Crying!
THIS is the greatest NERD FEST , EVER and the reason Al Gore invented The RUclipss. THANKS, GUYS !
Agreed 🤘🏽
That’s awesome! 👍🤣
Thnx Al!!!
The charities split should be done 51/50% ...
Thank you for the music, Edward...💗💗💗
So whoever listens to this, go and listen to the Steve Rosen interview (just Google it as David Black suggests:
"Steve Rosen" Van Halen Interview; it's the one called the "lost interview"). After that, listen to Van Halen 1, of course. But then listen to Van Halen II ... a couple of times. Maybe four or five. Hell, keep it on the permanent rotation if you want. I'm on my third listen and my fellow dudes ... I'm tripping *hard*.
So much of what you'll hear on VH II, damn, you'll feel UNBELIEVABLY more in touch with it now - not only because of what the tone guys here talk about, but ESPECIALLY because of what Eddie talked about in his interview with Rosen. IT'S LIKE A TIME MACHINE BACK TO WHEN VAN HALEN II WAS RECORDED. Oh my God I haven't felt like this in 35 years, I used to be this way when I discovered anything new about EVH ... a new magazine article, hell, anything back in the pre-internet days ... I'm just blown away by this. Do it, you KNOW you won't regret it. Light Up the Sky is playing right now and oh man I'll quit now or I won't be able to stop typing ...
EVH forever. May you rest in peace, you guitar god with no real peer, one of the kindest souls we've ever known of ... that was in anything like a similar spotlight. Farewell, our dear friend of the ages, for the ages. \m/ \m/
I swung by his childhood home in Pasadena yesterday
Really great show Marc with some amazing stories of the great man himself. I haven’t stopped listening to and playing Van Halen songs the last few months, it’s just timeless.
This livestream should be in a museum
Van Halen hit when I was 12 and I'd just began guitar lessons a week or two before coming home one day to my rocker teenage sister telling me, " Sit down and listen to this !" . She put the Van Halen I Lp on our parents new stereo. Kids, HIFI STEREO was mastered in the 1950's, so we heard the same quality you hear now. Actually better imo... but the beloved 8-track tape was probably just as popular for VH I and VH II. Van Halen debut-'I' was a black 8-track and Van Halen II was a white 8-track. I bought *Van Halen - Women and Children First* on cassette in 1980 right before Summer camp...7 weeks of Summer Camp in Leelanau County MI, on Lke Michigan. The whole boys camp combined had maybe a dozen tapes, but the new VH WACF was the hit, most borrowed, and what we cranked at wake up "AND THE WILL ROCK". Second was *Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell* , then *The Cars Candy O* , *Rush All The World's A Stage* .
Nice choices! :)
I’m still Devastated by Eddie’s passing 😥💔
It hit me hard and always will.
Gone but you re never forgotten Eddie Van Halen, thanx for the songs and melodys you’ve made, thats always left in my mind till i die
The best 3 hours on RUclips. Thanks so much guys...Long Live The King 👑
I still love Different Kind Of Truth, Ed's guitar sound is epic, but Alex's drum mix.....spectacular! "Me Wise Magic" and "Can't Get This Stuff No more" from Best Of - Vol.1 to me, had the best of their 90's sound with DLR up front, GREAT F-ing tunes!
it was 1978 when i heard eruption/you really got me on the radio...that was it after that...revolutionary guitar playing...god rest the king...
Mark,
Great show. Loved the "Fu** David Crosby....." comment; totally agree with that!
Question: I noticed all the EVH gear and what appears to be left handed guitars? Lefty here as well why I ask.
Thanks and yes all that is my lefty gear!
Great! Always good to see another lefty with killer gear.
Great show....Eddie Van Halen will be sorely missed!
I don’t understand this bagging on David Crosby. So he didn’t care for Van Halen, so what?
He’s an older guy, he was born in 1941, he grew-up in the era before rock’n roll, he started his career before Jimi Hendrix, etc.
He was probably more into The Grateful Dead or The Allman Brothers than this deedely-deedely-wang-wang stuff that landed in 1978, and all that hard rock/metal that came later.
He probably didn’t care for EVH anymore than he cared for Motörhead or Pantera ... so what!?
@@ThemFuzzyMonsters There's not caring for music and there's been completely disrespectful. I'll defend his right to not like Van Halen all day and night...but i wouldn't defend his comments. Poorly timed ignorance.
This was awesome thank you. Eddie forever
2:24:44 I hear Ed's power in the legato of Spanish Fly. When I was 24-ish I could almost get that snappy legato on a nylon-string (where it is so hard, it is almost percussive) but now, (age 50-ish), I can practice forever and just not get there.
I hear you. When I turned 35 my entire body started falling apart slowly. That was nearly 20 years ago, you'd think I'd have dwindled away to nothing by now lol ...
Total EVH geekfest. Outstanding! Thanks, guys!
DAVID BLACK STILL ROCK'S AND SO DOE'S SEDUCE,,ROCK ON 🤘🖤☠
Fantastic show as usual guys. Great tribute to EVH as well.
What a wonderful, heartfelt & endlessly informative episode guys... I wasn't able to join live this week, but appreciate it every bit as much. As always, THANK you guys for your generosity for your time & knowledge, and thanks a million, Mark for hosting & producing the show. Love all you guys and because of guys like you... Rock will never die🙏🎼🎶🎵🎸🎹
Damn I wish Pete was at G.I.T. the same time I was...I think I missed him by a year
(I was there March 89-March 90)...good times
Finally someone got it right! Edaward not Eddie Van Halen.
Great show guys. Really enjoyed hearing all the EVH stories and nerd guitar stuff.
My favorite EVH tone is VH2. Listen to the iso guitar for Somebody get Me A Doctor. Incredible.
BTW Marc, booberry refers to Wolfie's blue striped bass . Cheers!
Loved the No Bozos shirt 😂 That white Kramer Baretta ad 🔥
Cool, thanks!
Agreed. Nasty tone
Great show guys & some fantastic peraonal trips down memory lane....Happy Trails Eddie 🤘🏼
I am watching this episode on RUclips on my tv and love the show so much I wanted to share this story I was playing guitar in my punk rock band and was invited to play a giant keg party in rock port mass it was a massive party pick up truck full of kegs filled with ice and 2 kegs opened and running on the tailgate massive barbecue pit full P.A. Several bands playing Van Halen 1 had just come out and there was a young kid there his name was Archie Eddie Archie no one would let him play I was hanging out talking to him trading licks with him and he had all of Van Halen 1 down so finally I talked to the sound man I had a brand new Les Paul Custom Marshall half stack jcm 800 MXR distortion + With rubber cover over the volume knob so you could turn up volume with your foot Archie took my Les Paul and Played the entire Van Halen one every lick every trick the whole record by himself and about 300 hundred people sat on a giant lawn and watched Archie play Van Halen 1 by himself at was amazing to see ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Obviously IMVHO cause its frickin Dave Friedman saying it and who am I to disagree with such a genuinely godlike ears for tone and I'm not being facetious when I say that I really think Dave has more of a sense for guitar tone than probably anyone who has lived BUT I think fair warning sounds bigger than VH 2. I wish I knew more what he meant when he said that. Love the show my favorite on RUclips
There’s the Boss GE-10 but people forget sometimes about the 10 band half or micro rack Boss made as well. Guys from Slayer used those
Yes a thousand times.......the context of Eddies playing and sound is extremely important to his innovation and extraordinary style. Im 55, I was 13, just becoming a guitar player. Jenson speakers.....we all had them. 😂 I love it. Eddie was a legend to our generation, and deservingly so.
I am so lucky that VH was my first concert in 1979 and Ed played the Bumblebee. Like David Black said, they played everything from the first 2 albums...except “Women In Love”. I have never seen photos of Ed playing Franky from the second album tour. That’s news to me. I am with Dave Friedman about fave guitar tones. For me VH ll, then 1984 and then Fair Warning. I agree with Dave about the Phase 90 reissue it being quite right.
Thanks so much for doing this show. Was a fine tribute and a real treat to watch. RIP Eddie
Saw something on the van halen lost weekend contest recently they winners were flown to a VH show in Detroit. I know Dave said his first VH show was the 1984 tour so I wonder if he was at the same show. They presented a cake to the winner on stage so maybe he remembers. Wish the Detroit part would have came up lol. Thanks guys this was one of the best shows so far but then again I say that after every episode 😀 cheers guys 🍻
His finger work in tone was one thing but how can anybody make up that many tunes that sounds so awesome and hook you right on in never a dull moment like you said summertime fun rock and roll
Dave black basically described it how it happened for me as well it was 1978 and i was only 14
My cousin had bought the first record and played me running with the devil and eruption.
I was hooked instantly! shortly after me and him saw them at the Philadelphia spectrum open for sabbath.
I kept seeing them in small articles in magazines and hearing the whole album at a friend's house ...the very first time is bleary, it's memories of walking past a parked car in a driveway with " Runnin' with the devil" cranking and seeing the video of " You're No Good " on don Kirshner rock concert.....and the movie " over the edge" that had " you really got me " as part of one of the scenes
Also , ZZ Top and Allan Holdsworth .... Mr Van Halen had great taste !!!
Hearing Pete talk about Ed towards the end , about his struggles and his positive focus. That shit made me cry. I love Ed, we all did.
Since most of us are guitar nerds and it was not mentioned in the pic dave black took of eddie playing the frankie in 79 that neck on it is the original Charvel neck from the bee built by Grover jackson and karl sandoval when he was still employed by grover,
Ed used that neck on frankie for part of the 79 tour then swapped it over to the guitar that was carved to look like a dragon biting a snake.(there are a few vids of this guitar here on YT)
The Black/yellow(bee) was the only 100% Charvel eddie played. the rest were lynn ellsworth boogie body parts.
The Bee body got a different neck and years later was buried with dime but the dragon biting a snake guitar with that neck are still around.
GUYS THE SHOW WAS AWESOME AND THE STORYS WERE GREAT . THANK YOU !
Guilty.... bought a used Luxe pedal after watching this lol. I have been using an old HR-2 so hopefully this being 20 years newer it will be better.
Thanks for the show guys! Very cathartic. Re: Ed's right hand picking, i was listening to VH 2 just yesterday and was awestruck when listening to Spanish Fly how aggressive his pick attack actually was. It told me so much about his playing. For some reason I hadn't heard it like that before. Great chat.
great show guys, my week has been so sad. I can't shake the feeling of how much Eddie was suffering 🙏and why wolf was so protective of him. All my best to the van halen family. ❤️
Great inside info on Van Halen from Dave .
What a great dedication video, RIP EVH.
EVH Blues breaker, from Brian May Starfleat....
Your right marc epic show 👍👍👍
Is that a hat David is wearing?
Our band had just got done playing a Winter Party at Omaha Roncalli High School in February 1978, a brrrr COLD February, i was the oldest in the band, in 78, I was 26. Our band radio was on the whole trip back to Sioux City Iowa. And this song blarred, WHOA? This a new Kinks? It was You Really Got Me! DJ didn't say...Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. that next Monday I went to my favorite record store, the owner I knew. I asked if he knew, "there's a new record that has that song on a sticker, contains the hit, You Really Got Me ..have no idea who they are". I bought it and asked Mike, "can we open it and play it?" "Sure"
I SCREAMED!!!!! THAT'S IT!!!!!!
Took it home, was life changing ❤️
That photo with that guitar 😯 Just WOW. So every guitar I had was store bought, my '71 Strat had taken a dive, and we had to play Rapid City Stevens High School in late '77, and I needed a guitar, so went to local store there, and had no choice but had to trade even up my '75 Martin D-35 Shade Top for an Ibanez Sunburst Strat copy, gorgeous... but the gig? It squealed like a pig, so treble off on my Marshall Super Lead and the guitar. Never played it then.
So a week after the VH release, Feb '78...so I stripped that Sunburst and painted it white then taped off for black stripes... but I nailed it, back, I did my own pattern. A year later called Charvel and ordered 2 flat n wide necks from Wayne Charvel himself. "Sorry, don't do the CBS headstock anymore, all Strat necks are Leo timeframe" "Good I like them better" lol
So in late '79, instead of painting over the black and white, I simply made another, using the second neck.
After getting around 5-6 bodies and a couple more necks, Wayne asked me to be Charvel Midwest contact etc, sell outta my shop, "Carlin Guitarwerks". That lasted a few months till Grover took over, n I got a letter, still have, from Grover beginning of '80. "We have decided to go ahead and make production guitars, and to continue our partnership as Wayne had started, so we are requiring 6 full production guitars a year"
But by then, I had made every guitar Eddie had created. Only for me too, never sold one.
So Eddie was huge to me, and I'm still devastated!! 💔
Great episode again! Loved the rig walkthrough/analysis.
If I may offer a suggestion for a future guest: I would love see Maddi Schieferstein on here, guitar tech for John Petrucci. Bet he has some great tech stories.
The intro was from the scene in Back To The Future
Great video with some great information about a legendary guitarist. 👍🤘
The "influence" and "guided by" one or the other, has to do with what the singer can do with his voice.
I'm 15% in and I love this episode already. Keep keeping on guys, one day I'll be on the show lol, a man can dream!
Thanks for sharing! If you have a minute, we recorded a cover of Van Halen. As fellow music fans, we'd love if you would check it out. It's on our channel. Don't go too hard on us :)
Great show as ever guys - long live the king
This guy explaining the rig and must have said “ I don’t remember “ at least a dozen time.
A- How can you not remember the equipment you work on, and you’re looking at the pics.
B - It’s EVH! I would have remembered EVERYTHING !!!
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Man, I absolutely love learning what I do from all of your shows. So fucking Cool. Thank You.
I don't know if you will ever see this comment Dave, but man, would I ever appreciate it if you had the time to inspect my '59 Bassman and '85 Mark II Master Lead 50 watt Marshall for any issues. These are my tools that I enjoy Playing my Music through. Eddie must have really appreciated your work, I am sure...
Mark, the intro of you guy's show sounds great too...
Awesome show guys!!!...Basketweave Marshall cabs are the best for sure!..I traded a 70 s something strat for a '68 bottom cab 20 yrs ago..similar to Eddie's...it rips!!!
Thank you thank you thank you! Epic show and dedication!
back to the future
Imagine Joe Lyn- Turner, Graham Bonet or Robin McCauly singing instead of Van Hagar... nickname wldnt be as sweet....
ICB Eddie V H is GONE ! BUT HEY, so are most of my friends ! He lived to be a senior citizen, 65 (?)......I only saw him once, as the opening act for Black Sabbath in 1978 @ Nassau Coliseum, GREAT SHOW ! and Truth be told, they did not blow Sabbath off the stage, NO, they did not ! They both ROCKED ! It WAS A GREAT ROCK SHOW, THATS IT !
Marc was that guitar in the intro EVH from Back to the Future?
Yes it is!
Eddie went from a “Supposed” Arrando, to the fender EVH III, But that’s a EL34 to a 6L6.....
Explain that.
Do a show on it.
I'm totally in agreement with Marc for favorite records, Fair Warning and 1984 is THE TONE to me. I was a little surprised VH II was Friedman's favorite for tone.
David Black; you did not see Simon Phillips play live with Judas Priest because he NEVER toured with Priest! The only thing Simon Phillips ever did with Priest was the Sin After Sin album in 1977. So no, he didn’t trade off playing live gigs with Les Binks so that’s incorrect too. Lastly, if you saw Leppard on touring High and Dry, that wasn’t before Priest’s live album Unleashed in the East because High and Dry was 1980/81 and UITE was 1978. You have all your facts wrong here.
Another strong point of Van Halen:
MICHAEL ANTHONY!
His super tight playing, his huge voice and his enthusiasm and personality!
I saw them just once live (‘Right here, right now’ in ‘92 I think) but I’ll never forget that concert!!
They were all in top form at the time. Sammy was also the best singer they ever had/ could ever have.
IMO David was more of a showman, be it a very good one. He also loves and knows a lot about all kinds of genres in music besides rock, wich I like a lot.
They were a great American rock band!
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David Black, your recall of the photo you took of Ed is just awesome, brings a tear to my eye! Great fucking live stream!
Simon Phillip's played on Sun after Sin... awesome, man, cool gig... you guys and Europe are soo lucky w gigs. Maiden coming next wk, kreator only came to NZ for horses of chaos...
Just got around to this incredibly good conversation. Thanks!
All things EVH are renewed. His blessings upon us are perpetual.
Around 11:00 in the Steve Rosen interview is talk about the “Women In Love” beginning. No effects, doubled tracked perfection.
Warmest condolences and happiest memories to EVH’s family and friends. :’-(
My number one favorite tone from Eddie was his first appearance on the David Letterman show when Letterman went to LA for a week. It was right before Roth left the band. David asked him if Dave got on his nerves. He had THE AMP ( from the looks and sounds) and a Kramer. It was the first time I had ever heard him talk. This was before the Internet. #2 is Diver Down. I don't care what anyone says, I love love love that album. His tone was really crisp and still heavy but clean. It was a really melodic album. I think Little Guitars, the part with the singing is Dave's best lyrics. It's one of my favorite songs ever. I always wondered if it was about a real girl and what she must be like if DLR fell in love with her. Everything about Hang em High is epic. I definitely agree with Pete about the sophistication in Eddie's playing especially his rhythm playing and his chord progressions. All the other bands and players took from him one aspect of his playing. No other guitarist plays rhythm like him. The High Life stuff is my #3 for tone. I'm so glad the full songs are out there.When I was younger , I rented the BETAMAX copy and ran my vcr thru my stereo, it had Beta Hi Fi, and I recorded all of the snippets onto a cassette. I remember playing it for people and they were blown away because no one really knew about it. And there was only one song from him on the official soundtrack.
And SEDUCE!!!🤘🤘🤘🤘If you know, you know! David Black and Chris Holmes were my favorite parts of that movie ( Decline part 2). And Jeff Duncan's Jackson Kelly! 🤘
The mix on the sde 3000 delays were 31% mix on both. 398ms 30 feedback and 798ms. 20 feedback.
In an interview with Eddie, he was quoted as saying. He had bought a Marshall with a 220v power input. Had no idea the 220v power input was a european model. So he somehow modified the amp, enabling him to use the amp. Is there anybody who may have read this article to confirm my statement.
There is this video footage from opening for Black Sabbath: ruclips.net/video/BR4S1FqHZzQ/видео.html Seeing this just kills me. Yeah, they were on their way to the top of the world.
Live they played great with Sammy but the tunes were 70% unimaginative pop executed precisely. Dreams, Love Walks In, I can't stop Loving You, Right Now, Sammy was a wildly talented singer but the tunes were classed up Hagar corny and uninspired,. The 5150 riff was clearly not written for Sammy but he managed to add the lame vocals that just didn't go with the balls of that riff. Best of both worlds, summer nights are also guitar parts begging for a laid back bad ass singer and not some thespian Attention whore. Two different bands.
Thank you all for this!
Never forget from Diver Down Intruder..... which is just AMAZING
I was a freshman in high school when the 1st VH came out. They were huge. Didnt sound like anything else. Did not like Diver Down. and 1984 was over played. I did not like Jump and Panama was OK. I was hoping they were gonna go back to the style of the 1st 2 albums. But they never did. Hated the Hagar shit.
For me Van Halen came out in the perfect time because nothing was changing in the Genre ,all the bands were playing Priest and smelt over stuff ,and then I heard VanHalen for the First time and they really got Rock back into the charts because Like David Black was saying they wouldnt play BlackSabboth or Deo or anything to me worth listning that wasnt 10 or so years old RIP Eddie Van Halen you woke everyone up and chasing your playing and sound !!!1
I was born in Sept of 55 living in so cal. I first saw VH at the old Anaheim convention center in 1975 a something called Cars of The Stars
Ed played louder than anyone.
I lived 40 miles from Pasadena & when they played in the mid seventies somewhere it made it all the way to another county.
After 1978 every party you went to there was someone saying , “ they knew them, partied with them or their sister screwed one of em”
It was a running joke all summer
I love "Runnin' With The Devil" and that on that goes "One More, Comin' Up"
I seen Dave Black at a Sponge concert about 10 years ago. I recognized him from the Decline of Western Civilization documentary. And, I bought the Seduce album......
I also seen Seduce at the Emerald Theatre in Mt Clemens.... a while back.
Love old Van Halen, have not listened to an entire album since Diver Down. 1984 was a kiss of death for the band for me. Roth and all of his Barnum and Bailey bullshit really turned me off. When Sammy joined it was never Van Halen, just Sammy with a new gig and Eddie as his guitar player. Saddened me when Eddie died, one of the best of all time and I do not see anyone inspiring generations of players like he did. Thanks for all the music and memories, RIP EVH.
I didn t hear, maybe I missed it.. Eddie used Kerr y wright speaker..cabs.. I know this because I was at Kerry s one day and Ed came by to check out his cabs part of Ed s sound.. I have stories.. Ed was always cool..
Would love to hear more stories brotha. So lucky you got to see the man in person cheers 🍻 good sir
@@WyattWillis88 Hells yes, I'd love to read anybody's EVH stories so long as they're true and (relatively) unembellished! Gimme gimme more lol ...
Having an issue where the MRCC is locking up when assigning input and outputs. Can you tell me if this is a known issue or am I routing incorrectly? I have some devices that I have connected by both USB and DIN. Could this be the cause of my issue?
I saw VH 1st, 2nd, 4th tour and was a both shows they filmed at the New Haven Colosseum for Live without a Net. Crazy. 1st night, Eddie's wireless went down and had to use a cable!
This show was great can y’all do another with the same crew of fellas. Maybe some other stories and such would come about…::
I agree with Pete thorn that the pickup on the first record was the Duncan custom.
as Pete thorn stated duncan had ran a ad in guitar player for a "custom" pickup with Van halen's name next to it.
Custom? for who" well he told you! Van Halen!
Eddie was going to sue seymour over this so if it was a pickup eddie never used why get so upset?
Pete thorn showcased the differences between a 14K ceramic and a alnico II Paf style.
Here it is,
ruclips.net/video/5HlmLdsqXZc/видео.html
and here is that duncan advertisement
i487.photobucket.com/albums/rr234/japanstrat/EVHCustom1979_zps73ef21c7.jpg?hotlinkfix=1602943180403
OK. So here is a photo I am seeing in a Spectre Sound video. The photo had to be doctored. Does anyone know why? Was Eddie not wanting something on the headstock shown or why was it messed with? Look at where the strings meet the body. Very misaligned. Now look at the perspective, it looks like he is bending the neck with his left hand. Ok. Those made me think it could be a lot of things. Here is the problem. Count the dots up past the 12th fret. Now......where is the 21st fret? Haha. Here is the time stamped to the pic. ruclips.net/video/6x4SBucQVDo/видео.html Love all the videos and this was a great walk through his gear and importance with people that knew and respected him. Well done. -Just looked at that right hand. Looks painted or something. Very odd.
Playin back yard parties , kegers , rent a venue n sell tickets type stuff is how groups in southern Indiana / louisville ky area come up tryin to make something in the music bizz . More fickle than any woman ever ..
Focused on staying clean is rough, you have to change your life completly and start over
@18:55 iii would have even edged out some of the Roth albums if it hadn't been for Cherone's shrieking. That vocal screaming style had been dead in popular music for years at the time, but even so it was just hard to listen to like a cow farting. The lyrics and music were great.
What about Rudy Lieren? What happened to him? Is he dead? Or Tommy Broaderick?
This is great!! Thank you!!! Miss you, Eddie...
Thank you too!
MARC, ED double tracked that intro to "women in love" he played it twice
the second time they changed the pitch so it sounded harmonized,
For you to do it use a pitch shifter set to a octave above on the tapping part.
HERE IS A EXCERPT FROM GP MAG,
GP: Did you double-track the harmonic intro to ‘Women In Love’?
EVH: Yeah, I played it twice. It sounds like a Harmonizer, and live I get the same effect using the Harmonizer. I like that chime, clock-like sound.
Thanks!
@Marshall, I just heard that intro start up and continue as I read this post. Such perfection exists in the world of music Van Halen created and dwelled in. Thank you very much for this info.
@@CoachingChaos ED was one of a kind!