The Influence and Legacy of Eddie Van Halen

Описание: The influence of Eddie Van Halen on the guitar world cannot be overestimated. We bring together three awesome guitar players: Steve Allsworth, Mike Goodman and Ben Castle to discuss, dissect and pay homage to the playing, writing and approach of Eddie Van Halen.

Short on time? Use these links to get to the key points:
00:00 Intro
00:42 Ben Castle Intro
01:33 Steve Allsworth Intro
02:35 Discovering Eddie Van Halen
08:44 Steve Vai and Eddie become friends
09:28 I'm The One and Hot For Teacher
11:30 Drop Dead Legs and Unchained
14:59 It's Keith Richards on steroids
16:28 Eddie in tune & Steve Vai's guitar
18:40 Shaun Baxter interview with Eddie
20:52 Falling down stairs and landing on your feet!
23:33 Eddie's music teacher story
24:36 Breaking down the Beat It solo
30:29 Getting from Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page to Eddie Van Halen
34:40 Thanks
35:20 The Beat It Solo

Following our online Festival Of Guitar 2020 in partnership with BOSS, we are delighted to offer a host of tutorials, interviews, performances and q&a sessions with some of the world's top exponents of guitar!

Massive gratitude goes to Ben, Steve and Mike for their contribution to the Festival of Guitar. We hope to catch up again with all of them again in the very near future!

We also want to take a moment to recognise the support of our friends at BOSS: https://www.boss.info/uk/

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