Dave on Guitar

[Seshmeister]

After seeing the latest bullshit from that Fat Oaf Hagar I thought I would put up the nice guitar bit from Roth Radio.

Hagar talks a lot about how he is a musician and Roth isn't and then goes on to show his typical mediocrity with a lame pentatonic party piece.

Personally I think this is much more accomplished...

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[vaijuju]

thanks, great pleasure to hear this! dave knows he's not a "guitar hero" just a guy who loves sings with a guitar.

[Panamark]

Probably the single most overlooked part of CVH.
Dave could actually play. Yet he never attempted
to be a backup guitarisst to Ed. Too much respect.

Cant say the same for hagar...

How could anyone start hitting shit power chords
while a maestro was at work ???

[Nitro Express]

Probably the single most overlooked part of CVH.
Dave could actually play. Yet he never attempted
to be a backup guitarisst to Ed. Too much respect.

Cant say the same for hagar...

How could anyone start hitting shit power chords
while a maestro was at work ???

You have no blues if you don't have vibes. You can technically play the notes and get ZZZZZZzzzzzzz. Dave has vibe. Sammy was stupid enough to think he could stroke some guitar on stage with Eddie. He looked like a poser. Dave would do his thing and let Eddie do his thing. Ice Cream Man being the perfect example. Sammy would be waddling around with a red guitar trying to play with Eddie.

[Onofrio]

That little clip is fuckin' great. Kinda makes you listen to Could This Be Magic with new ears, don't it?

[joe d'amato]

. . . that dave playing the acoustic intro on the studio version of take your whiskey home?

[Seshmeister]

I think most people assumed that Eddie played this until this radio thing.

"That's the big wheel on the front of that locomotive" made me smile.

It's a shame that by the time he did this on the radio there were very few of us left listening.

[vaijuju]

. . . that dave playing the acoustic intro on the studio version of take your whiskey home?

I don't think so but Dave played the intro of the full bug

[Seshmeister]

You have no blues if you don't have vibes. You can technically play the notes and get ZZZZZZzzzzzzz. Dave has vibe. Sammy was stupid enough to think he could stroke some guitar on stage with Eddie. He looked like a poser. Dave would do his thing and let Eddie do his thing. Ice Cream Man being the perfect example. Sammy would be waddling around with a red guitar trying to play with Eddie.

I think I was one of the millions who looked on just fucking aghast at that "Why Can't this be Love" video with Hagar playing the solo.

5150 was shit but that was the end.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

That was great....

OK, a show of hands, who else started singing along with Dave ???

[bluemustard]

aint it sweet..I remember that bit!

[bluemustard]

next thing he'll teach u to build guitars.
:P

[dazzlindino]

man ....after hearing this...I'm thinkin' Dave wrote a lot more of the guitar riffs than any of us will ever know......In the public eye, the man gets no credit for his contribution to CVH, songwriting, vocals and possibly many of the guitar ideas too.....Daves an awesome mother f&#37;^&er.

[Seshmeister]

Indeed.

As a failed musician it always annoys the fuck out of me when the Van Halen sisters talk about Roth's contribution as being the lyrics.

The vocal melody is at least 50&#37; of most songs and Roth's talent and more obscure influences are absolutely key to the success of Van Halen.

EEAS is more Van Halen to me than 5150.

[dazzlindino]

that is exactly what I was thinking about......EEAS vs Red Tampon...
Riffs oplenty on one.............................screech on the other