Is this true?

[DavidLeeNatra]

sometimes it's not that good to meet your idols...especially if you beat them in their discipline...

[Golden AWe]

Old Clapton (Cream and stuff) kicks ass. Lot of bad stuff from him during the last 15 years or so...too much dull adult pop.

[IMFUCKINPISSED]

Clapton SUCKS. His old Cream stuff was good, but anymore he's lame! ALL Fuckin Love songs!
I think Sammy , and Eric should start a band, and Quit Fuckin up real rock bands!!! CLAPHAGGAR? Sounds about right!

[pardo]

Never heard that story, but I heard the story about Ed meeting Eric while Ed was bombed.

Who was Clapton to judge - he played more than one show on his back with the mic laying beside him.

[ELVIS]

Something about that story rings a bell...

[Satan]

Originally posted by IMFUCKINPISSED
Clapton SUCKS. His old Cream stuff was good, but anymore he's lame! ALL Fuckin Love songs!
I think Sammy , and Eric should start a band, and Quit Fuckin up real rock bands!!! CLAPHAGGAR? Sounds about right!

Maybe they could call it "Cream Cheese"?

[Roth-Halen]

I had a friend that was into guitar. He told me that one time this was in a guitar magazine. Either an interview or an article? I have been wanting to know if this is true or not?

My friend said that Edward Van Halen's idol was Eric Clapton and Ed sent Eric Clapton a blues musical melody , compositon etc etc. I am not a musican.

Eric sent it back to Edward with like red X's like he was grading it and said it was horrible. My friend also said it bummed Edward out because his idol was Eric Clapton and to send it back like that was embarrassing. Any truth to this? And if it is can you tell me what magazine and what year it was.

Thanks
thefive


Hey fellas!

It wasn't EVH who sent the tape to EClapton. It was Brian May after he recorde a blues song with Eddie. So brian sent it to clapton as a tribute and EVH did NOT know that Brian was going to do that. What Clapton then said is: "The bluues is something you have to feel" and EVH reply was: " You are a lousy teacher if you think I don't play with feeling" You can read that in an interview that EDV did with Spammy hagar back 1993. The interview was called : Sam drills Eddie! on a guitar player. You might want to look taht up!

[pardo]

Shit, I remember that now.

I've heard that blues thing Ed and Brian did. I have that blues song - lets just say I can understand why Eric wasn't impressed.

[Roth-Halen]

Clapton probably was jealous of EVH back then 'cause Ed had all the attention that only few guitarist in rock history have had. Those were EVH glory days, and nobody could touch him. Even the top names were complimenting him all the time ( Page, Blackmore, A. young, Beck, etc.)

[Roth-Halen]

Even Jeff Beck said once that he would've like to see ROTH & HALEN back togehter.

[pardo]

I read an interview with Beck and Page. Beck said he's heard Edward play blues and said it was beautiful.

Pete Townsend is a big fan too. He said somethin like "Edwards brilliant guitar playing and that smile allow me to forgive him for letting David Lee Roth stand in front of him". Which was probably a compliment to both of them...

[Golden AWe]

Re: Is this true?

Originally posted by thefive
I had a friend that was into guitar and pure rock n' roll, hard rock. He told me that one time this was in a guitar magazine. Either an interview or an article? I have been wanting to know if this is true or not?

My friend said that Edward Van Halen's idol was Golden AWe and Ed sent the Finn a blues musical melody , composition - album called Van Hagar - OU812. I am not a musician.

AWe sent it back to Edward with like red X's like he was grading it and said it was horrible without DLR. My friend also said it bummed Edward out because his idol was Golden AWe and to send it back like that was embarrassing. Any truth to this? And if it is can you tell me what magazine and what year it was.

Thanks
thefive

Yes you are right, except that this happened several times, with several different Van Hagar albums.

[squib]

Originally posted by thefive
Hey Squib where and when did Dave make that comment?
Your favorite Rothism.

thanks
thefive

I think I found it here : http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Roth,...ee/Interviews/ I'm at work now and that site is blocked from my computer I'll double check later

[Terry]

Clapton was washed up as soon as Hendrix came on the scene.

He's been beating that pentatonic blues horse into the ground for so long now, it's almost as boring as Eddie with two hands on the fretboard.

I hear Hendrix, Beck, Page, Blackmore and Townshend in Ed's playing, but never much of a Clapton influence.

[thefive]

Originally posted by Roth-Halen


Hey fellas!

It wasn't EVH who sent the tape to EClapton. It was Brian May after he recorde a blues song with Eddie. So brian sent it to clapton as a tribute and EVH did NOT know that Brian was going to do that. What Clapton then said is: "The bluues is something you have to feel" and EVH reply was: " You are a lousy teacher if you think I don't play with feeling" You can read that in an interview that EDV did with Spammy hagar back 1993. The interview was called : Sam drills Eddie! on a guitar player. You might want to look taht up!

Yeah that might of been a whole different story. But my friend emphasized that Eric Clapton corrected Ed's so called masterpiece.

thefive