****. EVH :(

[Zapranoth]

Damn, what a year.

I've been looking back at youtube videos of Van Halen, especially from the 80's and 90's.
Eddie looks so young and so full of life and joy.    Surely he and Eric Johnson would be the two greatest arch magi of the guitar world, of their generation...
What a loss.

[ER]

I agree. In fact I pictured him as still being young like in those '80s videos, and the fact he was sixty-five shocked me almost as much as hearing he had passed. I think he and Brian May were both probably better than Hendrix, and I predict Van Halen's legend is going to grow now to where he outshines both those men.

[chainsaw midget]

I agree. In fact I pictured him as still being young like in those '80s videos, and the fact he was sixty-five shocked me almost as much as hearing he had passed. I think he and Brian May were both probably better than Hendrix, and I predict Van Halen's legend is going to grow now to where he outshines both those men.

I've had that happen so many times with celebrities.  I picture them as they appear in whatever movie or show I knew them from and just get taken back by the fact that they actually managed to age. 

[RCMerchant]

I agree. In fact I pictured him as still being young like in those '80s videos, and the fact he was sixty-five shocked me almost as much as hearing he had passed. I think he and Brian May were both probably better than Hendrix, and I predict Van Halen's legend is going to grow now to where he outshines both those men.

No. I am a metal head  and punk rocker from way back when. There's better stuff. Eddie! He was a great technician.
Hendrix was much better. And Jimi didn't have many years- but he's still a legend.

http://youtu.be/fe82eYRjiBU
Jimi put soul in his git.

[Zapranoth]

Of his generation, RC.  Hendrix woulda been in his late 70's this year.

I think Hendrix is incredible... but we're into matters of taste.   I grew up listening to the 1984 album and the like...
I hear the chords Eddie plays in Summer Nights and I'm back in my teen years, good memories.

Diamond Dave, Van Hagar, it's all been good to me.  My brother likes the 5150 album best and I can't disagree there.

I love Eric Johnson too.   He didn't achieve fame in the way Van Halen did, but he's a f**king wizard.

I don't know what technician means... I guess it means, EVH didn't make music so much?   I vehemently disagree.

Know what I mean?

[RCMerchant]

^ I get your point!
A technichan is somebody who plays very good- but needs more soul.
You can do things to a git but- I don't know! I Think I'm wrong!
Eddie is a master.
And I misspelled all sortsa s**t!
Comparing is not fair.
I don't know who Eric Johnson is! I'm curios!
Listen to Dr.Know of the Bad Brains! You might like it!

http://youtu.be/2pUlNfdnsAM

Stranger things have happened in the universe! 

[Zapranoth]

Eric f**king Johnson.

His biggest hit was "Cliffs of Dover."  This is him in '93 playing it at someplace in Texas.
The intro is a few minutes of improv, and the bridge of the song is improv'd but the rest is generally the same.

Tone like an electric violin.

I heard him play in person two winters ago in Seattle and he can still play unbelievably well.

So here's the video to try.  He plays a slow intro and the song itself kicks in at 3:45... the bridge he just cuts loose and shreds.

http://youtu.be/smwQafhNU6E

[RCMerchant]

^ That's fantastic.