April 2008 issue of GUITAR WORLD magazine...
EVH & WOLFGANG Van Halen interviewed together for the first time....
well...lets cut right to the good stuff...i.e. the stuff concerning DAVID LEE ROTH....
regarding EVH's asking WOLF to be the bass player in the band...
EVH:"It's like DAVE says, "Three parts original, one part inevitable." And it was inevitable."
later...
EVH:"We rehearsed probably six months before Dave showed up. We were almost over-rehearsed. We got to the point where we were goofing around."
WOLF:"That's when we started playing "Little Dreamer" in double time."
EVH:"When Dave walked in it blew his freakin' mind!"
WOLF:"That night was magical. That was the first time I heard vocals with everything."
EVH:"Dave couldn't believe how good you are."
and so on......
On WOLF discovering the REAL VAN HALEN...
EVH:"It blew my mind that I totally forgot to turn him on to all of the music that I've written. All he knew was what he heard on the radio."
WOLF:"Like "JUMP" and that was it."
EVH:"I'll never forget when we were coming home from Castle Park. "HOT FOR TEACHER" came on the radio and Wolf was going, "Who is that singing?" I said, "that's Dave."
on WHY WOLF digs CLASSIC VAN HALEN....
WOLF:"Yeah, but I'm not sure when I started. I love it for the same reason everybody else loves it. It's awesome. It's just good music. It last. It was made a while ago, and it still lives today."
on the best moment of the tour so far....
EVH:"For me it's the fact that I get to play with my son, my brother, and Dave. Every night is special."
Hmmmmm...not that I put a ton of stock in ANYTHING EVH says....just KEWL to see DAVE mentioned in GUITAR WORLD....
nothing aboot bass player or the Spam....
it has the obligatory bits aboot gear and such...being that it is GUITAR WORLD...but an interesting read for the CLASSIC VAN HALEN fan.....