Eddie Van Halen's isolated guitar tracks for "Hear About It Later", "Intruder," "Pretty Woman", Somebody get Me A Doctor", and the "Beat It" guitar solo. Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
Van Halen on Clapton
This is from the "30 on 30" article in Guitar World's current (March 2010) issue. As their 30th Anniversary celebration continues, they chose 30 of the greatest living guitarists to tell them who they would pick as the greatest guitarists of all time. Our man Eddie picked Eric Clapton, and Richie Kotzen chose Eddie. … [Read more...]
Righteous, Red, and Rockin’ Introducing the Sammy Hagar Red Rocker Les Paul
From Gibson.com: Sammy Hagar Red Rocker Les Paul Through a career that spans stints with Ronnie Montrose, Van Halen, and his own prominent solo work, Sammy Hagar has been the force behind a total of 60 million record sales and countless righteous riffs, and when the Red Rocker rocks, he chooses to rock Gibson. Now, in celebration of Hagar’s mammoth new band Chickenfoot, and … [Read more...]
EVH D-Tuna now available in Black & Gold, as well as Chrome
The EVH D-tuna is now available in two new colors - Black and Gold, as well as Chrome. The D-Tuna is Eddie Van Halen's revolutionary patented device that enables players to drop the E to D and back again, in an instant. The D-Tuna was designed to adapt to a double-locking tremolo, such as a Floyd Rose or Floyd Rose-licensed tremolo. The patented design allows for precise … [Read more...]
Chickenfoot update: 2nd album news, live DVD news & more
Here's a five-part Chickenfoot update as of February 7th: 1) READER's POLL WINNERS: Chickenfoot won "Best New Talent" in the 16th annual Guitar World Reader's Poll Results, published in the March 2010 issue. 2) NEW ALBUM UPDATE: Classic Rock magazine got an update from chickenfoot's manager, who dispelled a silly rumor and told them Chickenfoot will start recording … [Read more...]
Sammy Hagar soundboard concert from 1978
WolfgangsVault.com has a soundboard recording of an entire 1978 Sammy Hagar concert from Winterland (San Francisco). You can click the PLAY button to hear the first track ("Urban Guerilla/Red") or click "Play entire concert" Concert Summary This headlining gig by Sammy Hagar comes a few years after concluding his tenure in Montrose. At the end of a … [Read more...]
More isolated Van Halen tracks
"Feel Your Love Tonight" & "Loss Of Control" guitar tracks, and "Panama" backing track for guitar, which means all you hear is Drums, Bass, Vocals (and unfortunately the audience singing along from the Guitar Hero game). … [Read more...]
Audio from 1974: Earliest circulated recording of Eddie Van Halen playing guitar
This is the earliest know recording of Eddie Van Halen playing guitar. He is basically noodling and working out ideas. Recorded at home (in his parent's house) in 1974, when he was only 19 years old! The genesis of "Somebody Get Me A Doctor" and other great ideas. The guitar playing ends at 7:16, and then you can hear a short recording of David, Eddie and Michael hanging out … [Read more...]
30 Classics from the Legendary Guitar God Guitar Tablature book
A new Van Halen guitar tablature book has just been released - 30 Classics from the Legendary Guitar God Price: $24.95 This book contains authentic TAB transcriptions of Eddie Van Halen's legendary guitar work. Titles: Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love And the Cradle Will Rock . . . Atomic Punk Beautiful Girls Cathedral Dance the Night Away Eruption Everybody Wants … [Read more...]
Van Halen – Hot or Not?
File this under "Humor" (Or Attempted Humor, at least): A bloodthirsty roasted turkey, Turk, and mild-mannered midwestern man, Jim, comprise an unlikely duo. Episode 5 - Van Halen. … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, Eddie Van Halen: Wake-Up Video
From MTV: Band names are difficult. Some of them are naturally iconic and sound instantly classic, like U2, Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath. Others sound legendary only because the bands transcended them (yesterday, Chris Jericho pointed out that Audioslave really doesn't work without those particular band members, and is there really a sillier band name than the Beatles?). … [Read more...]
Happy Birthday, Eddie
Today, January 26, 2010, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen celebrates his 55th birthday. We thank him and the band for all the wonderful music they've given us (over 100 songs!) and for touring the world no less than 14 times to play it for us. Here's a soundboard recording of Eddie, Alex & Michael jamming. This was probably recorded during a full-stage rehearsal for Van Halen's … [Read more...]