Remembering Eddie Van Halen With Don Dokken 

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Monsters of Rick Tour 1988. Edward didn’t have Wolfgang until 1991.

And Eddie Van Halen‘s own words, he claims he did not invent tapping or even name it. He just used it and incorporated in his playing. He also said that he was one of the first cats to integrate into his music, using harmonics and tapping in a musical kind of way and not just as a technique that was thrown in there… RIP, Eddie… Sorely missed, but never forgotten… He lives on, and the music that he inspired me to play every day… Anyway, keep on rocking

Very interesting video about the early days of VH. Thank you very much!

Greatest decade of music in my lifetime was....1979 to 1989...I was 9 to 19yrs old and what a great time to be alive,,,,,,music will NEVER top that decade,,,,,,,NEVER

Gotta love Don... Eddie drove an Opel Kadett with no passenger seat and the passenger side tied shut with a guitar string...and Wolf wasn't born yet in 1988

Love Don dokken !

Starwood was on Santa Monic Blvd. The Whisky is on Sunset Blvd. We’ll let this one slide cause we love ya, Don 😂

Your stories are killer Don you've had some great life ❤

Van Halen played two club shows with Quiet Riot in late 1979? I kind of doubt that.

These are such great stories.

That's the Don I knew in the 90's - he was - is- a sweet guy.

Great story!

Good interview

LOVE these kind of stories!

Is Don purposely running a memory test on all of us?! Following his timeline is impossible

LOL @ the duct tape story...LEGEND!!!!

Great story. Don's a duck tape guy like me LOL.

Ace Frehley was doing it back in 1977

Cool story.

Great story,Thanks for sharing ROCK THE FUCK ON DON DOKKEN

" I still have the flyer , it says Van Halen Quiet Riot and Dokken" .. wait.... at Randy Rhoads farewell shows at the Starwood? Van Halen was huge 2-3 years before Randy joined ozzy, Halen wasn't playing the Starwood at that point......

Don tells some decent stories, quite entertaining

I wasn't there but Van Halen didn't play at the Starwood for Randy's last 2 shows with Quiet Riot. VH had did 2 world tours by then & didn't play clubs anymore. He's probably confused. And we all know QR & VH only ever played one gig together & that was in Glendale. So I would love to see this flier he mentioned. I'm sure Dokken played with QR but not VH.

Like me made it home with 2 flats

Don's got his timeline all screwed up.

I thought Randy's farewell shows were at the whisky

Ed had Guardian Angel 😇

Played to 120,000. LOL!! That tour didn’t draw enough to turn a profit. They barely broke even

Chris Holmes told the duct tapes tire story? but he said they were on Santa Monica Blvd? probably coming from the Starwood or somewhere?

Fantasy land

Steve Hackett of Genesis was doing tapping long before EVH.

I dont care if Don doesnt remember the right details, but I love his stories. Rock n roll is 35% myth anyway.

0:30 Don is waay off..... Randy Rhoads " farewell shows " with Quiet Riot. at the Starwood and the flyer said " Van Halen Quiet Riot Dokken " ???? nope. ... ...not even close.... Randys last 2 shows with Quiet Riot were, basically .... OCT 1979 , Starwood.. ..then Randy went to England , recorded BLIZZARD with OzzY in Early 1980.. Randy came BACK to California in May, 1980,...,for a break before OzzY Tour RR reunited and .Played Starwood with Quiet Riot for 2 "final final " shows, MAY 29- 30 , 1980 DOKKEN opened... ..in Oct 1979, Van Halen was finishing up their 2nd world tour and had 2 Platinum albums ,, by May, 1980, Van Halen just Released their 3rd Platinum album, "Women and Children First" and were already 2 months into their 3rd world tour, ..on May 29- - 30, 1980, Van Halen Played Hamburg Germany VH was nowhere near playing back in Hollywood with Quiet Riot And Dokken at the damn starwood in oct 79 or May 80 the only real time EVH and RR were on the same Bill was Glendale College. Saturday April 23, 1977. 3 months later in August Van Halen went to record Van Halen ! RR RIP EVH

Alvin Lee did the 2 hand tapping well before Eddie

Always, always.... always have duct tape

Don can’t keep track of his lies even in the same conversation. He had a 72 Van his guitar was always on Hock. Then next sentence is literally I had a 57 chevy Nomad back then. What a clown enough of this wannabe Legend. George Lynch was why people went to see Dokken.

Drugs are baaaadd…

Also, Dokken is either delusional or lying about several things in this. Eddie didn't invent 2 hands on the neck. Steve Hacket was doing it in the early 70's, You can see here on u tube Ace Frehley doing it but using a pick in 1974 & Eddie said he never said he invented it & the monsters tour was in 88, Wolf was born till 91, so wtf is he talking about? Not done watching yet so I may comment again.

Really Don? Ed invented taping? Thats new to me.