Eddie Van Halen, Richie Sambora - All Star Garage Band

[DaveTheSoulOfVH]

All Star Garage Band, Oct 21, 1996


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[VAiN]

I have this on DVD and think it's a pretty terrible show. The songs really aren't geared toward Eddie's style and seem kind of thrown together.

[Don Corleone]

I've also seen a clip of Ed fucking up I fought the law.

I wish I knew why Ed is seemingly unable/unwilling to reel in his playing at times for the sake of a song.

Ego out of control?

[katie]

This was not a good period for Ed (When was?)

Off his face as usual..

[hideyoursheep]

They needed to rehearse this?

Didn't seem to do Ed any good..

Sounds like the whole damned thing was from the hip...

Then he forgot what the fuck to do!

[Panamark]

Notice in the solo on Get Back they are all looking
around like WTF ??
If Eddie wasnt going to play the original solo,
may as well let it rip with a bit of tapping
and a nice divebomb at the end !! :D

Sounds like he was caught in two minds...

[DaveTheSoulOfVH]

Back in 1997, Eddie Van Halen and Sheryl Crow joined VH1’s All Star Garage Band for a performance of the Rolling Stones classic, “Bitch”. This wasn’t on Youtube until yesterday.

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[DaveTheSoulOfVH]

Bryan Adams & EVH

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[yah]

Some interesting moments here but obviously poorly rehearsed

[ZahZoo]

Ed's like a fish outta water on those performances mostly...

[indeedido]

No doubt

[davehagarfan]

Outside of Van Halen...Ed is a fish out of water...nobody wants to hear a bunch of washed up 80s finger tapping on a Stones classic

[Terry]

Ed's like a fish outta water on those performances mostly...

His style doesn't automatically lend itself to certain tunes...the only time he really knocked cover tunes out of the park was when Dave was in the band. "Knocked out" meaning a throwing a great performance or twist on the original, and making it his own to a degree.

As a contrast, Van Hagar's LZ "Rock and Roll" cover was functional, but nothing about it ever made me think it was as good as or better than the original. Whereas CVH's version of "You Really Got Me" is a cover I actually prefer to the original.

[FORD]

Some interesting moments here but obviously poorly rehearsed

Rehearsal can sometimes mean a lot more than you think......

Mick Taylor put in a surprise appearance at the Stones concert in Kansas City on the 1981 tour. You would think this would be the best of all the Stones boots from that tour, considering how great the Stones sounded on all the tours Mick T. played on.

Instead, it's a fucking train wreck. You end up with him and Woody on the same stage, neither of them really sure what to play, because they're both doing the same job, and it seems to even throw Keith off his game a little.

I'm sure the KC fans at the time thought it was a great thing to see all of them on the same stage, but as a live recording, it's a fucking mess.

But even so, infinitely more entertaining than ANYTHING involving Richie Sambora or Bryan Adams!

[ZahZoo]

His style doesn't automatically lend itself to certain tunes...the only time he really knocked cover tunes out of the park was when Dave was in the band. "Knocked out" meaning a throwing a great performance or twist on the original, and making it his own to a degree.

As a contrast, Van Hagar's LZ "Rock and Roll" cover was functional, but nothing about it ever made me think it was as good as or better than the original. Whereas CVH's version of "You Really Got Me" is a cover I actually prefer to the original.

True... before signing they performed a lot of great covers and also peppered a few gems in their records. Clearly Ed could master and excell at more conventional rock guitar playing at previous points in his career.

Me thinks... far too much hermit isolation in 5150 and too many brain cells and guitar chops left in the bottom of the bottle is where Ed left the musical path...