Eddie Van Halen - Guitar Solo (Eruption / Spanish Fly / Cathedral) - 8/19/1995 - Toronto (Official) 

you idiot dad...Inspiration to drugs and alcoholism...

@@kimkong9622 Fuck off. Listen to the good, leave the bad. Eddie is one of my all time favorite guitarists. All legends have flaws. Don't dispute what made them legendary.

Kim Kong Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin all had vices as well, should they be ignored too? What a stupid insensitive thing to say.

Eddie was the inspiration to my son too......RIP...EVH

Playing so clean it kills coronavirus. RIP GOAT.

I think it was the fbi taken a SS break

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Totally agree

how dare you complain about getting free stuff

_laughs in RU-vid Premium_

Come on Jeff hang in there... Eddie has a great time at his new address ..new people to meet and a lot to discover. Knowing it will be just a matter of time before seeing his family and friends again. And the best thing.. everybody happy.

RIP bro rock will live forever

Same here crying as i write ✍ 😢

He left us music and performances that will stand the test of time

I've seen maybe a dozen on here and this one's the very best, just beats Live Without A Net IMHO

some of his solos truly portrayed the worst of human emotion, in such a beautiful way...

eddie didn't even amount to a wart on beethoven's ass. listen to eruption then listen to the third movement of beethoven's moonlight sonata. Blows eddie away in every respect.

@@brettsmith8956 Pretty sure he's talking about how Eddie pioneered the electric guitar for an entire generation of people who wanted to be like him and had a shit ton of musical talent. He's the most influential guitarist that ever lived and was just as good at guitar as Beethoven was on piano.

Paganini is probably a more apt classical comparison. Eddie was more a virtuoso like paganini and they both changed the way people played the instrument. A composer isn't really apples to apples.

@Jensen Morgan and then Eddie named his son Wolfgang

Eddie also, at the age of 9 and 2 years after immigrating to the US, won the first of 3 piano competitions in a row in Long Beach, CA

he was 23-24

Gifted and talented

Amen brother!

Amen

I agree, but watch out for Hendrix fans

I agree 120 percent

Jimmy hendrix not even close

Randy Rhoades is the only oneness who could even come close

It's; eddie

This is not a throw your beer concert. This is sit down shut up and listen.

Yawn

@@donaldcummings8407 Please, kind Sir, endulge us with a video of your better talent. We're waiting...

@@solomonlynn7456 Oh, that tired response..Hm..Okay personally I think Terry Kath (rip) eats EVH for lunch personally, tapping is a gimmick, nothing more ( 42 years of hindsight tells me that),if Eddie doesnt put "eruption" on that first album, that made everybody go apeshit for two seconds(which, btw a guitar player friend of mine, at the age of 15 at the time when this "solo" came out, figured it out in 45 minutes, yeah, real tough) he's not the "guitar god" everybody fawns over.Look, if he's your "hero" thats great..Have at it..But I like other guys better..I've been in plenty bands( I was a bass player) and played with enough Eddie wannabes that it got extremely boring .My motto: If you're a guitar player and have to resort to tapping during a solo, you've run out of ideas...Have a good day.. This will be my ONLY response.. I feel ZERO need to defend my comment further

he has short blonde hair here but ok

With all the positive things said about EVH and his playing the one thing I don't see said enough is how cool Ed always looked , with the exception being the "Samurai hair" IMO, Ed could go on stage or just be in public and he always looked cool just being Ed.

Yeah and that cigarette smoking is what killed him!! It's too bad - he was a true legend in his own time. There will never be another like him again! I have the memories of him to live with until I get so old that I can't remember my own name.

@@benparsons4979 His hair was originally blonde as a child but as he grew older it turned a very dark BROWN - not black. He dyed it or what was called frosting at the time but only on the tips.

Rock and roll stars come and go.. however, musicians play till they die.. EVH.. Thanks for the many years and memories. Rock In Peace.⚡🎸

It was one of my greatest Christmas presents ever my mom working for Valerie's and or with Valerie's and I should say and me meeting Valerie and Eddie here in Delaware back in 1984 when Alvin came out and that was my big Christmas surprise all day long I was being a real Chuck where the hell is this big Christmas surprise and they're up visiting some family and friends and I just saw her and then all of a sudden come around the corner from I guess well anything around the corner was bedroom and the toilet so he was either in one of them rooms was one of the guitar gods and I got three very guitars and a blue meanwhile especially when I got to see them in concert with my mom who was invited backstage I'm off off the side and then I got these try to find some better friends cuz one picture I took with Eddie and baby Wolfie was close to 30 years ago or no 19 83 December Christmas time and then I received two Thanksgiving to go about a week to week and a half a picture of Eddie very and Wolfie growing up I don't know you know if her aunt got in touch with her because I got a letter and picture from Valerie when I was younger going through some hard times and how's big fan of Eddie's Daddy and Ace really you know to me you know my guitar guys definitely know love AIDS you know design in his own ax if that ain't an awesome tap you know I mean what can you say I need to just really put not in my stomach when I heard he passed and then a nauseating actual nauseating knot but it's a memory of being able to shake and not spend no 5 or 10 minutes talking to a very articulated spoken guitar God and how he explained in no way of playing guitar and notes and I could go on but the sound of Eddie and his guitar will always be around as long as we have radios and keep playing his music that guitar sound will be in the airways for many many years too from today.

@@rayrussellsr2550 WTF is this word salad? Get back on your meds ...

@@RiotNrrrdUTube Chill dude. It’s obviously an old person computering. And if you can’t use context clues to figure out what he’s trying to communicate, well... I guess try harder.

Can Tua Tagovailoa lead the Dolphins to the playoffs?

@@blairjohnson6014 LOL ... look at his avatar dude, he’s lucky if he’s 40.

Let’s be real here, even if he had gone to some parties in his teens things probably would’ve turned out the same way

@@LOLLYPOPPE I don´t know, people who practice like him are few, Jimi Hendrix used to go to the cinema with the guitar

@@brunohistoriayletras And I read that Vinnie said his brother Dimebag Darell used to take his guitar to the restroom lol 😂🎸🚽

isn't eddies brother the drummer for van halen??

@@nooneknows413 I think so.

I saw him when I was 15 at the US Festival in 1983. One of the greatest days of my life.

@The Tru it was epic to see it live front stage.

Your comment is a year old but I do feel sad that you won’t be able to see him. I got to see him a lot. I got to be 3 rows right in front of him once and I can tell you, it was not just an awesome show just to see him, it was a very special experience to hear him talk, yell and all while playing. You can literally feel him when you’re that close. It was surreal. You were taken to another mental dimension hearing these solos live in person.

I seen him live in Vancouver. Everything you can think of and more. He was the only one out playing before the concert. I had vip tickets and some unbuyable swag. $680.00 a ticket. A security guard came and asked him to extinguish his cigarette as there was no smoking. He replied. " You do not make enough money and it is not worth your time" He kept smoking and played. Goosebumps I tell you. His son Wolfgang played that night. Replaced Michael Anthony. How do you do that? Talented bastard just like his dad and uncle! Didn't miss a beat.

@@chrisburnett8584 so Eddie simultaneously Jedi mind-tricked the guard and gave him exactly the wording he needed to use, if he was required to explain himself to his superiors 🤣

There’s a video of “not enough” for this same show, and towards the end of the song this same kid is shown singing to the song. Makes you wonder if that kid and the girl with him has seen this video and others from this show.

We have been so privileged to have him in our lifetime

'eternity' ? don't be stupid. He will be forgotten inside 10 years. Duane Eddy was, The Ventures were and so on.

Hey Doug, why don't you take a log and shove it, iv been a fan of van halen for about 17 years

@@DougHinVA Oh no he will be remembered for sure, unlike you. What have you accomplished like this man? Nothing. Fuck off you nobody, no has and never will be.

@@DougHinVA @Doug H Ironically van halen debut has been released in 1976 and it's still a reference for so many people around the globe, Eddie as a person and a guitar player it's now a bigger legend than before, if that's your definition of not being remembered ....

he was a very good guy

No doubt! Along side other legends!

Actually, it’s David Lee Roth that said that, evidenced in the description. Roth rejoined Van Halen in 2007.

​@KaidenHinton-ll9vi that is 100% Sammy. Two totally different voices.

Same to me

Pete Venkman So lucky!😩

me to just wish i coulda seen them.live

@@zackthemartian yes yes

E.L. are you dead?

Well said.

lol it sings like Yoko Ono "sings" she screeched on record years before Ed screeched on guitar like this. F.

He's master level, even more so.

I swear I saw this exact same comment on a Jimi Hendrix vid

TwisterChrisable Great point! He actually plays melodies whereas a lot of guitarist just throw a lot of notes real fast. Eddie actually plays songs on his solos. So he actually makes the guitar sing. God bless you

one?he was tgoat

I also started listening when I was 13. I’m 15 now and I wish I was around for this.

Honestly, it’s never gonna happen again. There will never be the combination of technical proficiency with the brash, go fuck yourself, fuck the world attitude that we see here. Technical proficiency will always be around. There’s plenty of musical geniuses out there. But that combo of musical genius, with that attitude that says, I don’t give a fuck what anybody did before me or what anyone does after me, I’m gonna rip this shit. I think the fact he pounded down packs of cigarettes per day and still said in interviews “naw cigarettes aren’t bad for you, I got cancer from metal and copper guitar picks in my mouth”😂 there’s more to this human than musical talent and that’s what made him great. Not just shredding, shredding while simultaneously not giving one fuck what anybody thinks.

@@chrisezelle8876 I would agree with that

There may not be another Eddie but there are some really good innovative guitarists out there today you just gotta know where to look

Idk about that. There will always be somebody. Have you seen Tosin Abasi play? I consider him the EVH of the millennial generation.

Yeah, Guitar Gods don't come along very often.

Agreed

Allan Holdsworth was in the 70's before EVH in other bands, look him up. Even the likes of Eddie, Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Yngwie, etc. Were all blown away by Allan's amazing skill and phrasing.

Tippo Exactly and sorry but I have to correct you on One name, it’s Yngwie not Yngqie

@@JohnJohnson-op4gq no doubt allan was doing it before eddie one of my fav jazz guys but Eddie made it mainstream

Threalis Maradona for sure

And I was doing girls in the 90s playing his stuff while stuffing ....born in 79 btw

I dunno, Live Without a Net version is better

Aw, we still have the records, videos, movies and memories. As long as we the people wanna rock? His high standards will be enjoyed and lived up to.

I swear im gonna break down if he doesn't make it, gods speed

His cancer came back.

MikeHawk Hurtz he’s been cancer free for years. Had 1/3 of his tongue removed but it’s in his throat now.

MikeHawk Hurtz from what I’ve read,he’s been going back and forth to Germany for treatment so time will tell I suppose

Cathedral actually starts at 6:33

​@@tobarraglyeah, but the intro is at 05:35

I thank god there were cameras. I’m 15

Yeah sadly Balance era wasn't their best in the background. Ed and Sammy wasn't really in a good term and his hip injury i still remember on one of the video while Ed had to use stool (i think it's around final leg of the tour) and he don't move much because of the injury

Eddie was the greatest guitarist to ever walk God's earth. RIP Eddie Van Halen

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He got sober for Balance tour.

Copykon's Music he’s 41 here. He was smarter than the rest of us using 8 gauge strings, tuned down and no stiff guitars since we have to bend the strings. No texting in 95 which affect a lot of people thumbs dequervein’s tendinitis. He didn’t sit at a computer getting carpal tunnel syndrome either. He’s still playing afaik with no hand issues. He also seemed to be the originator of jeans with holes.

Burning Rescuing Spirits! GoGo V And had his hair and DLR, and Dave could still sing...

Peavey first

Kevin Prima he’s not talking about his frakenstrat, and his frakenstrat was a charvel body . Are you embarrassed? You should be. You just made a fool out of yourself lol

Juan Valdez I'm imbarrassed looking at Eddie and Dave today! Clowns. Look at him^ Not a metal rocker anymore and DLR can't sing and shaved his head too. Clowns. Glad Megedeth, Ozzy, Aerosmith, many many bands didn't sellout.

@@juanvaldez5422 as far as Wolfgang models go Music Man was first, then Peavey, then EVH (Fender).

Yes...Self taught. Wasn't it George Harrison that said, and I'm paraphrasing, but "self taught means no bad habits to break"? Unfortunately, I have had just enough guitar lessons to screw me up for the rest of my life. I don't think I "play" the guitar. I just masturbate a piece mahogany and rosewood and shoot my riffs all over the bedroom wall!

EVH is no doubt a great guitarist, but SRV was on another level...

@@savagesooner4891 SRV was great but EVH, Hendrix and Alex Lifeson were on a higher level in my opinion. They were more versatile overall than SRV

If he was self taught than his talent was a gift from God. 🙏🏽🌎👌👏🏻✨

Ritchie Blackmore did a very embryonic version of this technique on Fools and Space Truckin' on Made In Japan.

I know that is right!

This man innovated so much

Then you obviously don't know Ricky King, so please reconsider your statement. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-7Wr8fl5Yu0c.html

@@WatneKante hahaaahaaaaaa :D

Yep...

I will totally second that!!!! Greatest of my lifetime for sure 1972 - to present

R.I.P, Eddie. salute

Yep mine to, eddie not only played guitar in a superior way but he played every part of every guitar he picked up, he innovated which not many other guitarists did, a guitarist like jimi hendrix who is another one of my favorites but he played guitar how it was meant to be played, never really changed it, basic style, eddie created a new style and a complete new way to play, that's why in my opinion he's the best

Nope. There are at least 3 other better ones. This is still great though