MTV brought so many artists alive, physically, to us! No internet! No magazines (in small Midwest towns anyway)! Growing up in the 80's, middle of nowhere, our favorite artists were so mysterious!
Just got the book, has been on my must read list for a while. I am so glad I did, really enjoying it! Making it interactive playing albums/songs as they are mentioned.
Finally got to finish watching these interviews! FANTASTIC job Geoff! I'm in the middle of the book. Every time I get a few pages under my belt, I have to go listen to a song. lol. Then I go down another rabbit hole like now, I want to go re-watch the Smithsonian interview. What a great quote by Miles Kennedy. Made me tear up again. Job well done and thank you for all you do. Long Live King Edward! xo
There's definitely a swing jazz deal from Jan and their younger years but the boogie shuffle i.e Bottoms Up is no doubt straight off the ZZ Top playback who where OBVIOUSLY a huge influence on VH.
This is the best , Jeff - you chose some excellent question to ask Chris & Brad - including one that I had always pondered , why didn't Marshall ever approach Edward to make a model based on his Plexi.?
Not only books about Eddie but a movie really, really needs to be made, but please find somebody that at least looks like Eddie not like the last Elvis movie i just couldn't equate, R.I.P. Eddie.
I would have liked to have known if in the last couple of years of concerts. were all of the amps in the wall of amplifiers being used or for looks and one stack just being used?
I know in 2015 in September near the end of the tour, they got Eddie to use in-ears. During Eruption he pulled them out. So I assume he still had a good bit going on behind him.
Late reply, but that amp wall was mostly for looks. Only three of the 4x12s were used/mic’ed. the center cab got a direct signal from a single 5150 III head in a rack offstage. Also, a tap from that 5150 III’s speaker output went to Ed’s Roland/Lexicon delays in stereo the HH power amp with stereo signal going to the right and left cabs. Essentially Ed used an EVH 5150 III half stack with a wet/dry/wet configuration with delays amped by the HH power amp.
Ed possibly was not completely happy with being defined by the guitar hero press in the DLR era & was also unhappy about David preventing him from putting stuff on those first 5 albums...So it might have been only natural for Ed to get more into song crafting & writing with keyboards with Sammy from 1986 onwards......Especially when Sammy opened up a much higher vocal range.....It was just growth in a different direction....Love Walks In,,,When Its Love and,,,Right Now & Not Enough are all GREAT ballads.
Bought the book while listening to this. Great stuff! Thanks for these VH stories. You are doing God's work Jeff!
I'd love to hear Ed's tuba solos
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MTV brought so many artists alive, physically, to us! No internet! No magazines (in small Midwest towns anyway)! Growing up in the 80's, middle of nowhere, our favorite artists were so mysterious!
Just got the book, has been on my must read list for a while. I am so glad I did, really enjoying it!
Making it interactive playing albums/songs as they are mentioned.
This was awesome 🙌🎸
I’d love to hear Ed’s cello playing too. Searched around but can’t find anything…
Great interviews 👍really enjoy the channel
It's really cool to see you be a part of these post Van Halen deep dive interviews
Thanks!!
These guys are awesome and the book is incredible! That’s an awesome guitar! You gotta come back on my show soon!
Yeah for sure! Lets do it!
Finally got to finish watching these interviews! FANTASTIC job Geoff! I'm in the middle of the book. Every time I get a few pages under my belt, I have to go listen to a song. lol. Then I go down another rabbit hole like now, I want to go re-watch the Smithsonian interview. What a great quote by Miles Kennedy. Made me tear up again. Job well done and thank you for all you do. Long Live King Edward! xo
Thanks!! Make sure and watch the previous video on The Smithsonian Experience
There's definitely a swing jazz deal from Jan and their younger years but the boogie shuffle i.e Bottoms Up is no doubt straight off the ZZ Top playback who where OBVIOUSLY a huge influence on VH.
Great Show
This is the best , Jeff - you chose some excellent question to ask Chris & Brad - including one that I had always pondered , why didn't Marshall ever approach Edward to make a model based on his Plexi.?
Not only books about Eddie but a movie really, really needs to be made, but please find somebody that at least looks like Eddie not like the last Elvis movie i just couldn't equate, R.I.P. Eddie.
Calm me crazy, but I think these guys may be selling a book
I would have liked to have known if in the last couple of years of concerts. were all of the amps in the wall of amplifiers being used or for looks and one stack just being used?
I know in 2015 in September near the end of the tour, they got Eddie to use in-ears. During Eruption he pulled them out. So I assume he still had a good bit going on behind him.
Late reply, but that amp wall was mostly for looks. Only three of the 4x12s were used/mic’ed. the center cab got a direct signal from a single 5150 III head in a rack offstage. Also, a tap from that 5150 III’s speaker output went to Ed’s Roland/Lexicon delays in stereo the HH power amp with stereo signal going to the right and left cabs. Essentially Ed used an EVH 5150 III half stack with a wet/dry/wet configuration with delays amped by the HH power amp.
Ed possibly was not completely happy with being defined by the guitar hero press in the DLR era & was also unhappy about David preventing him from putting stuff on those first 5 albums...So it might have been only natural for Ed to get more into song crafting & writing with keyboards with Sammy from 1986 onwards......Especially when Sammy opened up a much higher vocal range.....It was just growth in a different direction....Love Walks In,,,When Its Love and,,,Right Now & Not Enough are all GREAT ballads.
Nah, Their last album was the worst. There has to be something said about the contribution of Michael Anthony