Vexed
1:01 Wed Oct 7
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Ah, fuckin 'ell.
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South West Hammer
2:27 Wed Oct 7
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Hard to imagine that ‘Eruption’ was released 42 years ago, if I’d have practised every day since I first heard it in 1978 I’d still not get close. Sad news indeed.
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El Scorchio
3:30 Wed Oct 7
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Genius guitarist who influenced a generation. Shame. 65 not really all that old these days but a heavy smoker. Cancer is a cunt.
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DiCaniosLefty
3:36 Wed Oct 7
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RIP Eddie, absolute genius on the guitar.
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Bungo
9:45 Wed Oct 7
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geoffpikey 12:38 Wed Oct 7
Good post. He did inspire thousands to copy what he did, but almost universally they took the flash bits and totally overused them, and completely missed the subtlety and musical aspect of the rest of his playing.
Fair Warning is probably my favourite VH album, and even those first two tracks Mean Street and Dirty Movies show just how different he and VH the band were from the Sunset Strip wannabees.
History of electric guitar playing? - Hank, Eric, Jimi and Eddie. Pretty much all of it there with those four.
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Bungo
10:10 Wed Oct 7
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geoffpikey 12:59 Wed Oct 7
PS If you're not a fan of the post Roth era, I would still give a listen to the instrumental Baluchiterium from the Balance album. Really nice groove and just Eddie, Alex and Michael playing together.
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Far Cough
10:13 Wed Oct 7
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They tried to get Patty Smyth as a singer when DLR left, she turned them down, good move Patty
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yngwies Cat
10:53 Wed Oct 7
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That middle bit in Panama is just brilliant.
Always loved his tone.
Pretty much like all their stuff.
Just so gutted as it was the one big rock band I never got see live.
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El Scorchio
11:34 Wed Oct 7
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Yeah his sound is fantastic! One of the ones that made me want to start learning the guitar when I was little.
Am I even 1% as good? Am I fuck!
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Northern Sold
1:31 Wed Oct 7
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Not my cup of tea …all a bit `waynes World party time… excellent’…
But … RIP anyway…
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Percy Dalton
4:11 Wed Oct 7
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Different era to mine.
As Northern said not my favourite guitarist either sounds more electronic than actually playing the guitar.
Obviously that's just my opinion but not in the same league as Gary Moore or Joe Bonamassa.
Still died to young.RIP.
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Swiss.
4:44 Wed Oct 7
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Worst music in the world but sad to see anyone die. RIP Eddie.
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Eerie Descent
5:03 Wed Oct 7
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I take it this one was a sexual experience with a pop star you didn't enjoy so much, Swiss?
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geoffpikey
5:58 Wed Oct 7
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" not in the same league as Gary Moore"
Oh, goodness dear Lord almighty. Are you on drugs?
Next up: Bobby Moore saw Christian Dailly as the player he aspired to be.
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Bungo
6:01 Wed Oct 7
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El Scorchio 11:34 Wed Oct 7
That sounds familiar.
I was about a year into learning how to play when Van Halen came out. I listened, put my jaw back in place and went straight back to learning some AC/DC tunes.
Hey ho.
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Far Cough
6:07 Wed Oct 7
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I'm not sure but I don't think Eddie invented tapping but he probably popularised it?
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Bungo
6:17 Wed Oct 7
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Far Cough 6:07 Wed Oct 7
Yup. Several claim to have used the technique pre-VH but one that definitely did (it's on film), is Steve Hackett on a few early Genesis songs such as the Fountain of Salmacis.
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yngwies Cat
12:17 Thu Oct 8
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Spanish fly :-)
He loved his harmonics.
I just loved the Jacko story how he turned up at the session laid down laid down the solo. His then manager finds out and asks if got paid or signed anything,which he didn't, he just wanted to play couldn't be arsed with the business side.
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El Scorchio
2:36 Thu Oct 8
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Bungo 6:01
Absolutely! At least you know that you'll be able to more or less get through AC/DC or Angus stuff when you try, but EVH solos? Fuck that.... Just watching him do it makes it look so easy and effortless as well and some of the sounds he could make a guitar make were out of this world. Criminally talented, he was.
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El Scorchio
2:40 Thu Oct 8
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Was looking at his obit on BBC yesterday and there was quite a good video on the tapping thing actually. He doesn't claim to have invented it. But there's a nice anecdote about it and some casually incredible shredding...
https://youtu.be/3CwDKqfMX3o
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Far Cough
2:50 Thu Oct 8
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Another guitar wizard that doesn't get a lot of attention is Phil Collen
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