wow he was .. YOUNG. And - that i know of - he wasn't one of those ridiculous abusers that rock has.
VH was very, VERY influential in the world of music, and i'm not just saying that. His contribution to music cannot be overstated; Eruption is still a rite of passage for every guitar player, and a number of his solos are considered fundamental knowledge for a professional guitarist.
.. and, i hate to say this, but he did help legitimize "modern" rock with his Michael Jackson collaboration.
Me, as a guitar player, VH had such a delicate, exquisite touch, which very, very few can replicate, and i think he will be remembered as one of the few greats.
please enjoy kent carl levi playing ATBL - maybe the only 'tuber that i've hear get to the same level as VH:
Didn't even "hire" him, Quincy Jones called EVH and he came and did it for free. Actually rearranged the song to what it is now. Got paid nothing.Wow, sucks like the rest of this year sucks, BTW included in your link is Eddie's solo on Micheal Jackson's
"Beat it", MJ was smart to hire him, no one else could have added what he did, pushed that song like a MOFO.
Happy birthday to me
Guy was a jerk, but I loved him for teaching me so much. Legends aren't supposed to die.
Yeah, he had a musical ego and couldn't work with anyone...that's what I mean by "jerk". In normal life he was just a regular guy that liked fun (he did have a legendary temper though).Happy Birthday!
I know people think he was a jerk over the whole David Lee Roth/Sammy Hagar thing, but in reading about him a lot of people said he was a pretty nice dude. Even took a picture for a fan at a Tool concert who apparently didn't know he was Eddie Van Halen.
Craig Gass (comedian) lived with Eddie for awhile. It's a hilarious story.Yeah, he had a musical ego and couldn't work with anyone...that's what I mean by "jerk". In normal life he was just a regular guy that liked fun (he did have a legendary temper though).
Eddie was an amazing talent, but I always thought Roth was a hack who wrecked the music for me. I'm in the minority that thought the Hagar version was better.
Eddie was an amazing talent, but I always thought Roth was a hack who wrecked the music for me. I'm in the minority that thought the Hagar version was better.
Craig Gass (comedian) lived with Eddie for awhile. It's a hilarious story.
I think outside of music, he was supposedly a nice guy. Musically, I think he was a perfectionist and probably did have a bit of an attitude/ego. One of my favorite stories.
.Eddie Van Halen allegedly pulled a gun on Fred Durst - just to get his guitar gear back
“The greatest guitar player ever plays with the worst band ever,” Durst reportedly said of aborted EVH jam sessionwww.guitarworld.com
you should check out Marc Maron's interview with DLR, and even Joe Rognan's with DLR...that dude, of course, has some stories about the VH family--apparently the patriarch was just a fucking genius.
and for all the DLR haters, just listen to that guy speak real for about 5 minutes. Your mind will be blown. That guy is, quite strangely, a living Aristotle or some this. Yeah, I know, that sounds lame, but I don't say things lightly. That guy is a fricking savant. He must be the coolest dude to talk to, about just about anything, because he's a fricking life genius.
He is, but lots of times he makes no sense...and I think that's on purpose, trying to be funny/entertaining.you should check out Marc Maron's interview with DLR, and even Joe Rognan's with DLR...that dude, of course, has some stories about the VH family--apparently the patriarch was just a fucking genius.
and for all the DLR haters, just listen to that guy speak real for about 5 minutes. Your mind will be blown. That guy is, quite strangely, a living Aristotle or some this. Yeah, I know, that sounds lame, but I don't say things lightly. That guy is a fricking savant. He must be the coolest dude to talk to, about just about anything, because he's a fricking life genius.
Listen to "Big Bad Bill is Sweet William Now" off Diver Down. Jan Van Halen plays clarinet on that one. Killer solo.I'll have to give them a listen. I know Eddie's father was a master clarinet and saxophone. Pretty crazy talented family.
Yeah, he had a musical ego and couldn't work with anyone...that's what I mean by "jerk". In normal life he was just a regular guy that liked fun (he did have a legendary temper though).
I read he developed tapping because he saw Jimmy Page play the Heartbreaker solo live and he couldn't do the part shown here:Yeah I guess people in general that talented tend to let it inflate their heads
I don’t know how true it is but I was watching an interview with him were he basically said he invented that style of play
and VH invented that kind of rock music.
He couldn’t afford stuff so he bought parts for this guitar and that and built his own.
Pretty astonishing but he bought his own drum kit at first. Came home to find his brother playing it. Got pissed but said you know Alex is better at it then me so I’ll just take his guitar and play lol
wow he was .. YOUNG. And - that i know of - he wasn't one of those ridiculous abusers that rock has.
VH was very, VERY influential in the world of music, and i'm not just saying that. His contribution to music cannot be overstated; Eruption is still a rite of passage for every guitar player, and a number of his solos are considered fundamental knowledge for a professional guitarist.
.. and, i hate to say this, but he did help legitimize "modern" rock with his Michael Jackson collaboration.
Me, as a guitar player, VH had such a delicate, exquisite touch, which very, very few can replicate, and i think he will be remembered as one of the few greats.
please enjoy kent carl levi playing ATBL - maybe the only 'tuber that i've hear get to the same level as VH:
I read he developed tapping because he saw Jimmy Page play the Heartbreaker solo live and he couldn't do the part shown here:
The ironic thing is his failure to do something his hero could do led to the creation of something his hero couldn't do
Pretty freaking sure it matters to his family and friends.No disrespect to EVH but the dude wasn't young. He was on the back end of his life. Why don't people just face the truth? 65 isn't young.
IMO, it's because many people have difficulty with old age and death. Still a tragedy, but he lived life on his terms. It wouldn't matter if he died at 45 or 65. He got to live a life that most of us could only dream. Nothing wrong with that IMO.
I think you misunderstand- Eddie and Alex went to a Zeppelin concert at the LA Forum around 1972 and they saw Page do a pull-off slide move down the neck. Eddie couldn't do that, so he simulated it with tapping. The rest is history. He's stated this in many interviews.Not totally true. Page used it to show off. Eddie realized it was like having a 6th finger on your hand and used it as an advantage to being able to play something you couldn't normally. It wasn't because Eddie couldn't play it.
How Eddie Van Halen 'scared the hell out of a million guitarists'
How Eddie Van Halen changed the sound of rock music forever, one riff at a time.www.bbc.com
Additionally, neither Page or Eddie created tapping. There were forms of it used by Jazz artist early on. Then Blues players in the 60's started using it.
Eddie just took it to a whole other level and used it for soloing and it caught on like crazy.
No disrespect to EVH but the dude wasn't young. He was on the back end of his life. Why don't people just face the truth? 65 isn't young.
IMO, it's because many people have difficulty with old age and death. Still a tragedy, but he lived life on his terms. It wouldn't matter if he died at 45 or 65. He got to live a life that most of us could only dream. Nothing wrong with that IMO.
Prettys sure he didn't say he couldn't do it. I've never seen him say that.I read he developed tapping because he saw Jimmy Page play the Heartbreaker solo live and he couldn't do the part shown here:
The ironic thing is his failure to do something his hero could do led to the creation of something his hero couldn't do
wut?No disrespect to EVH but the dude wasn't young. He was on the back end of his life. Why don't people just face the truth? 65 isn't young.
IMO, it's because many people have difficulty with old age and death. Still a tragedy, but he lived life on his terms. It wouldn't matter if he died at 45 or 65. He got to live a life that most of us could only dream. Nothing wrong with that IMO.
It's not the age with EVH, it's the mileage.wut?
65 is young, for working class. if you're a millionaire, you should expect to live to your 90s.