Van Halen -- Knoxville, TN -- 2.16.1992 

That's an awesome story! Eddie was my guitar hero and seemed like a great guy. Your story verifies that. He just never bought into the whole rock star vibe, he just wanted to make music.

I was a kid at this time, but I'm shocked that they were able to play here, though this is before this city sold its soul to corporate machines. UT accepted so many students that they had to demolish everything to build overpriced apartments.

That's Awesome.

The people who smuggled in camcorders to shows during our time growing up, are the real heroes. Right on to you and the wife! And long live VH and the Sam years! 🤘🏼

51 is still young, ask an 80 year old!

I Was There That Night At Thompson-Bowling Arena In Knoxville, Tennessee As Well Jeff Hensley. I Was Just 17 Years Old That Frosty, Cold Night In Knoxville In 1991. WOW Dude! Where The Hell Did The Time Go My Friend? 30 Years Just Flew By. I'm 47 Now! I Drove From Erwin, Tennessee About 100 Miles From Knoxville That Night To See The Late Great Edward Van Halen In Action, And I Had The Amazing Opportunity To Meet The G.O.A.T. Of The Electric Guitar Face To Face And it Was An Experience That I Will Cherish Until The Day That I Stop Breathing! Damnit Man, I Still Can't Believe He's Gone. Eddie Single Handedly Changed The Face Of The Electric Guitar. He Was The Lord Of The Strings! He Was The BEST. Period.

Totally agree! Glad I was at an age that could experience it , and I sure as F did, haha!! So many great memories!! It was a great time to be alive!!!!

What was the venue in Knoxville

Thompson- Boling Arena

I was only 6 at this time. I do remember this venue actually having real bands here. It's mainly whatever latest, faceless country pop singer that has a hit now lol. I saw Tom Petty here as kid. It was a year or 2 later I think. I've lived here too long.

Too bad this city sucks nowadays. I've lived here most of my life.

You saw them when my wife was one day old 🤣

Pete Townshend use to wear those, he called them "boiler suits" they look like gas station attendant uniforms to me..i guess its all the same

Like a super hero!

That was orange though.

@@ColtraneTaylorPink

Very shaky and constant zooming is good?

Ahh yes, when that venue booked rock, and not just pop country crap. This city is such a shadow of its former self. It's still cool if you're an alcoholic with bad taste lol.

Yeah, I’m a HUGE Sam fan, and my wonderful husband thought he could recruit me. 😳 Yeah right. (My first concert was Monsters of Rock at LA Coliseum at 16. Gimme a break. Sammy will always be the king in my eyes) Anyway, it was about 10 years ago, and in our section, we were a urrounded by Roth fans. Diehard. I literally got into it with a few. So VH hits the stage and Wolfie, Eddie n Alex were great.... they were tight, TIGHT! Wolfie held his own. ❤️. (But I adore Mikey). So, where do I start with DLR. Oof. He reminded me of a lounge singer. Horrible doesn’t begin to describe it. With the babbling about god knows what in between songs, his attempt at karate moves in the air, he interacted with no one. I always noticed that with Dave. That Van Halen was DLR and everyone else was just his backup band. We were There for him. I’ve even went back to watch old videos of them, and it’s the same. So odd. Then, I Googled, Best of Both Worlds. In my opinion, that video is the 80’s. It’s how you felt at any show, of any band you love and finally get to see Live. Yes, they’re aware they are being taped, but there is no comparison. DLR was all about him. (I did like the DLR era though, and love a few songs. And he was a great single showman!) Nevertheless, this particular show, about in the middle, a screen pops up. And it’s DLR in a field with his dogs. WTF? Am I at a VH show, or watching behind the scenes of Little House on the Prairie? I sat down. (I’ve never sat at a show in my life.) And I look around me. About 75% of everyone around us were sitting too. It was upsetting. Looking back now at that show, I truly think that Ed and Al just wanted to perform with their nephew, son, while they had the chance and on their terms. They knew things would probably get worse than better and had a small window to do it. (I think that was the only time I respected DLR. last January he did say VH was over touring but didn’t say why and that’s Ed’s story, not his.) And that’s pretty cool in my book. We miss you Ed.

@@therealwilfreddierkes9980 thats awesome I was was at Monsters at the Coliseum. Do u remember when everyone broke down the fence and stormed the stage? My friend and I went from the top of the arena to about 25 rows back right in time for the Scorpions. Great memories!

@@therealwilfreddierkes9980 Don’t ridicule the clown, just appreciate his “makeup”. DLR made VH - Van Halen. He was a craftsman in the studio, a party host on stage. Love and embrace both EVH bands. They each brought so much to our rock n roll

@@Taylor-hu2no no they had to do take after take and splice together vocals to get something useful out of Dave. They didn’t want Dave in the band in the beginning because he couldn’t sing. Not Even Ted Templeton. But after saying all that. I still love all the Dave era stuff, it’s just that Sammy was a real singer. And they sounded better than ever with him.

yep! surgically working on that geeetar.

All of the keyboards were sequenced. That’s why Al wears the headphones during those songs. This allows the band to stay in time with the click track.

make it last - from the first montrose record!

@@epfrisco8910 thanks! i love sammy and vh but i don't know montrose very well

Then don’t pansy.

Given that this is 90's quality footage, I've heard worse live audio of older concerts on RU-vid.