The guy was a beautiful human being and a F'ing GENIUS. Edward was a real Man, who fell down and got back on his feet and kept swinging until the very end. God Bless him and Rest in Paradise.
@@SEKreiver- yeah it's so cool to hear Eddie riffin on Mississippi Queen, playing his version of those licks back to the man himself and both of them just loving it! It doesn't get any better. What a great show!
@@stevepomeroy-rockin-pa-realtor he meant that Leslie sat back and let Eddie rip. Not that you couldn't hear him... Reading comprehension, it's important.
I saw Wets, Bruce & Laing and Mountain way back in the late 70's...Leslie is so underrated, the man was shredding long before anyone else back then, a beast!
Leslie passed that following December following Ed passing Oct 6 2020! Still can’t get use to these guitar influences and music on me ! Not here anymore ! 😥 ⚡️space ace Ron⚡️
I just got off a gig where the techs patched me with a bum cable and I lost signal a few times. I got pissed off... Now I see EVH in the same situation and he doesn't care he just shreds along and has a good time!!! So inspiring
What a great bit of footage of two Titans of the Guitar. These two giants paved the way forward for many of today's new Rock & Metal guitar players. Both sadly missed music legends. RIP.
Holy crap is this good. West was a voice and axe combo like no other. To see these two - this is a sweet and unexpected treat. How much more 'new' EVH collab video we got coming? I'LL TAKE ALL I CAN GET!
I saw the tour with BTO and Leslie opening for VH, I was fortunate enough to see VH starting in 80’ for 8 times in a row in St.Louis. All were kick ass shows, 4 with Dave 4 with Sammy.
EVH was so good that night. Incredibly wide bluesy bends and vibrato. And it sounds (and looks?) like he was plugged into Marshalls based on the lack of 5150 buzzsaw tone.
Edward lodewijk van halen forever the greatest to ever do it R.I.P I am very fortunate to have seen him play a whole bunch of times never matched to this day or any other day god bless you eddie an thank you Leslie West for the awesome rock you brought to the word you an eddie have me has a fan for life sincerely Johnny jacobs AKA Plainview boy
Always loved both Leslie and Eddie. Both gone too soon. Ritchie Scarlet on bass is quite a talent also. Used to watch Ritchie in the clubs in south jersey with the Bonnie Parker Band back in the day. Check him out with Mountain, Ace Frehley and his solo work.
You will never see the likes of him ever again.... a Wildman with all the knowledge and talent,... ideas flowing like he invented every note... Hendrix was the beginning.... Eddie was the living end.
Yeah man...."never in my life" one of the baddest licks of all time.... I determined that the very first time i heard the lick....what, maybe 1973? Great song m
Great video thanks for posting.. I can only imagine not only Leslie but imagine the conversation between Eddie and Felix just on the classical level alone would’ve been amazing!!! RIP!
Thank you so much for this vid,,I am now over my rutt..,,,no where's my guitar,,,...holyfuckbud,,....if this doesn't spark inspiration,........nothing will........,,,,,,,,❤❤❤
That Michael Jackson comment is likely correct… The first time I ever heard Eddie play I didn’t know it was Eddie. It was on the Beat It Track on Thriller.
I knew MJ because he was all over the TV and radio when I was a kid. I remember watching and loving the J5 cartoon when I was about 4 or 5. It was a sorta Scooby doo with good music. I still love those songs today. I loved VH since the 1st time I heard Eruption in 78. Ed playing on Beat it was like 2 different types of awesomeness coming together! MJ and EVH were near the top of their game at that point so it kinda blew everyone's minds RIP - EVH, MJ, and LW.
@@tommilitello198 😂. No. Admittedly. I was 12 and grew up in the rural South. I had no idea who/what that was, I just knew I loved it. A few months later VH 1984 Dropped and “Jump” was on the radio all day. I saved my money and bought the cassette. I was hooked! I bought all of the tapes after that. At 15 I got to go see the 5150 tour. I didn’t find out until years later that the Beat it guitar was Eddie. It’s sort of my Pepsi Challenge story. A blind litmus test. I loved his music before I knew the history. 🤘
This was the beginning of a bad time in Eddies life - I love Leslie and everything he did, but I grieve over this period of Eddies life - I try to avoid the 2001 to 2008 period because he was obviously struggling mightily
Idk anything and am not a doctor so purely spitballing here .. but about evh’s cancer… he swears it was the metal pics, but i wonder if it wasnt the direct cause, but some kind of a conductor while be surrounded by EMF waves so often. Compounding it was his chain smoking from an early age and alcoholism is toxic and sugar feeds cancer. I know it doesnt matter now n i do not mean to be flippantly opining here, just genuine curiosity bc i still am somewhat in shock years later. EVH was jst so full of life and electricity seemed to flow from his fingertips. And he always looked so healthy until he bottomed out in the 90s with his addictions taking hold. Even though it has been known that Ed could flare with his temper and get a bit intense when he did, when he was performing, he always had that million dollar smile he would flash you while encapsulating everything that is entailed by the true meaning of “just play”.
Probably esophageal cancer, I knew a plumber that smoked got this, started a chain effect of cancer..Pix weren't the only thing he put in his mouth, chain smoker..
The guy was a beautiful human being and a F'ing GENIUS. Edward was a real Man, who fell down and got back on his feet and kept swinging until the very end. God Bless him and Rest in Paradise.
Well said. RIP EVH🤟
Well put! He was a fighter as is Al!
EDWARD I did it my way
This
Is this satire?
Man the world isn’t the same without these guys
Mutual admiration society going on. RIP to both of these legends.
It's almost like this video was sent to us by Leslie West and Eddie van halen from the beyond and they're saying "still jammin mfs!!" 😎🤘🎸
Randy Rhoads was also a big Leslie West fan. Leslie influenced a lot of people. More than hes given credit for
This was definitely epic!! Had no idea Eddie liked Leslie and to see them jamming together is fuckin amazing !!! RIP Eddie and Leslie!!!
Van Halen used to play "Mississippi Queen" live. Randy Rhoads was a huge fan as well.
@@SEKreiver- yeah it's so cool to hear Eddie riffin on Mississippi Queen, playing his version of those licks back to the man himself and both of them just loving it! It doesn't get any better. What a great show!
I miss Ed so much, I can’t imagine Al’s pain…lost my own bro 15 years ago.
This jam is epic! Love Mountain and VH….just awesome!
2021 me and my 2 brothers all got the disease. I'm the only one that made it. I think about them every day...
I could watch shit like this all day every day.
Me too bud
Leslie West was my first concert, I was 14 and Blackfoot opened. Amazing player!!
Wow! I've seen many eddie performances but this duo between these two legends is one for the ages!! Rip rockers .....you were the greatest!!
Man evh was smoking here lelslie was loving watching his pal tearing it up. Insane tone
Great footage of two legends no longer with us. Thanks for sharing!
Ed's playing is so advanced it just shines through!
All you can do is let Ed go and Leslie knew that.
Advanced? Completely drunk, worst guitar performance ever on stage.
Talk out your 🍑 much? This wouldn't even break the top 1,000 worst performances on stage. @@rayerscarpensael2300
Nice try. Leslie is way to low in the mix. You would have really heard Leslie other wise.
@@stevepomeroy-rockin-pa-realtor he meant that Leslie sat back and let Eddie rip. Not that you couldn't hear him... Reading comprehension, it's important.
Awesome!!! This is amazing footage!!! Love seeing these guys jam!!!
Wouldn't it have been mindblowing to be there that night and get an EVH surprise. So cool.
I would have lost it.
Two guys helped each other out ! one clean and ready to go again, then Ed's turn they both did it !
They're both gone, but I can see them up there doing exactly this. RIP Ed and Les.
The GOAT and the Mountain man....hell yeah...GREAT VIDEO. THANK YOU!!!!
I saw Wets, Bruce & Laing and Mountain way back in the late 70's...Leslie is so underrated, the man was shredding long before anyone else back then, a beast!
How eff’ing epic that had to be for those in attendance. WOW.
I was there and it was EPIC and painfully LOUD!
On VH's 5150 tour I saw West sitting in with BTO, the opener.
This is GREAT!!!
Leslie passed that following December following Ed passing Oct 6 2020! Still can’t get use to these guitar influences and music on me ! Not here anymore ! 😥 ⚡️space ace Ron⚡️
@@carlygtr554 yep following December !
December 23, 2 months after Ed.
This is incredible footage. Two of the greats!
WOW! Fantastic to see this interview and footage!
Well hello Johnny! Rock on!
I just got off a gig where the techs patched me with a bum cable and I lost signal a few times. I got pissed off... Now I see EVH in the same situation and he doesn't care he just shreds along and has a good time!!! So inspiring
Two of the greatest. Two of my absolute favourites. RIP.❤
What a great bit of footage of two Titans of the Guitar. These two giants paved the way forward for many of today's new Rock & Metal guitar players. Both sadly missed music legends. RIP.
Leslie is one of the greats too for you young guitar players coming up .. RIP Eddie and Leslie
So happy to see this back on UA-cam!! 👍🏻
Back in 95 i saw VH at Jones beach on Long Island and Leslie came out and Played Mississippi Queen. It was awesome. Two legends gone.
WHAT A FIND!!!
Holy crap is this good. West was a voice and axe combo like no other. To see these two - this is a sweet and unexpected treat. How much more 'new' EVH collab video we got coming? I'LL TAKE ALL I CAN GET!
Authenticity - they saw to the core of each other through their love of music. Glad I clicked, thanks for sharing! 💕🤘
I saw the tour with BTO and Leslie opening for VH, I was fortunate enough to see VH starting in 80’ for 8 times in a row in St.Louis. All were kick ass shows, 4 with Dave 4 with Sammy.
I miss the old barn. The checkerdome was a fantastic venue. First time I ever smelled weed. Haha.
EVH was so good that night. Incredibly wide bluesy bends and vibrato. And it sounds (and looks?) like he was plugged into Marshalls based on the lack of 5150 buzzsaw tone.
Two legends power guys my favorites along with Clapton. Awesome
Very cool, 2 badasses
Legends both! Epic jam from the King and Leslie. RIP❤
Thank for posting, this is some epic shit right here
These shared moments mean everything
Love those guys RIP
Thank you for posting! Made my day 😀
BEAUTIFUL
Fantastic! Great video 😃👍
Love these two. Missed so much. ❤
That was awesome! Thanks Johnny Beane for telling me on his show.
Thank You 🙏
Both
Great video love eddie and leslie west
Wow Leslie West what a huge beautiful interview.
EVH was that talented
The love between these two legends. ❤️
This is So Badass 💯🔥
Leslie was a huge influence on my playing along with Duane Allman and Rory Gallagher.
Edward lodewijk van halen forever the greatest to ever do it R.I.P I am very fortunate to have seen him play a whole bunch of times never matched to this day or any other day god bless you eddie an thank you Leslie West for the awesome rock you brought to the word you an eddie have me has a fan for life sincerely Johnny jacobs AKA Plainview boy
❤❤❤❤❤love both of them ❤❤❤
Love em both more than you can know
wow!!!!!!! So cool to see this!!!!!!!
Always loved both Leslie and Eddie. Both gone too soon. Ritchie Scarlet on bass is quite a talent also. Used to watch Ritchie in the clubs in south jersey with the Bonnie Parker Band back in the day. Check him out with Mountain, Ace Frehley and his solo work.
Thanks for this. Cool video. Good to see him play with a friend and a smile. found this on johnny beane's channel.
This is so awesome!!!
GREAT JOB ALL...THANX 4 MAKING Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO the music worldwide.
LOVE YOU ALL...!!!....MUCH LOVE.!!
Awesome!
Bow to the guitar gods🙏
You will never see the likes of him ever again.... a Wildman with all the knowledge and talent,... ideas flowing like he invented every note... Hendrix was the beginning.... Eddie was the living end.
BAM !!!!!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍😎
THANK YOU
Wow, this is some of Eddie's best playing imo. More subdued and bluesy.
@Johnny Beane TV sent me, miss them both so very much❤️🤘awesome footage of two legends 🤘
It’s crazy that Leslie passed away about two months after Ed
Yeah man...."never in my life" one of the baddest licks of all time.... I determined that the very first time i heard the lick....what, maybe 1973? Great song m
Great video thanks for posting.. I can only imagine not only Leslie but imagine the conversation between Eddie and Felix just on the classical level alone would’ve been amazing!!! RIP!
Awesome shootage !
Wow
That was fucking incredible!
Incredible
A shadow of his former self sad but great footage...Rip Edward !
すっごいエドが楽しそう😢❤
奇しくも同じ時期にこの世界が失った、世界の宝物のようなふたりのレジェンダリーなギグですよねー
共有して下さって本当に本当にありがとう❤
エドいつまでも愛してるよ
Two great Metal Giants.
Zero metal has ever been played by these men. They are rock and roll guitarists. F metal.
Please lord before I die let me see the video of them playing Mississippi queen
This is awesome. Does he say he was in rehab in Milwaukee at the beginning of the video. RIP two of the greatest. Leslie West is so underrated!
Music Saves
This gives life,,,.......holyfuckbud,....peace,..
Somewhere in heaven............................
This blows away his tone on the 2004 tour
Pretty awesome just wish I could hear Leslie's guitar.
RIP both of you.
And they both passed away in 2020 just a couple of months from each other 🙏 🙏
“The spontaneity of it…”
Thank you so much for this vid,,I am now over my rutt..,,,no where's my guitar,,,...holyfuckbud,,....if this doesn't spark inspiration,........nothing will........,,,,,,,,❤❤❤
I remember when this happened and always wondered if it was filmed.
Wow
Johnny Beane sent me 🤘
Amazing stuff huh!
❤🎉vanhalen
Two greats that influenced a ton of guitar players.
That Michael Jackson comment is likely correct… The first time I ever heard Eddie play I didn’t know it was Eddie. It was on the Beat It Track on Thriller.
So, maybe MJ made him famous...
Everyone I knew like MJ way before VH came along. They were both destined to happen.
I knew MJ because he was all over the TV and radio when I was a kid. I remember watching and loving the J5 cartoon when I was about 4 or 5. It was a sorta Scooby doo with good music. I still love those songs today. I loved VH since the 1st time I heard Eruption in 78. Ed playing on Beat it was like 2 different types of awesomeness coming together!
MJ and EVH were near the top of their game at that point so it kinda blew everyone's minds
RIP - EVH, MJ, and LW.
If you didn’t know that was Eddie playing you didn’t listen to him much.I knew it was Eddie before I knew it was Michael Jackson lol
@@tommilitello198 😂. No. Admittedly. I was 12 and grew up in the rural South. I had no idea who/what that was, I just knew I loved it. A few months later VH 1984 Dropped and “Jump” was on the radio all day. I saved my money and bought the cassette. I was hooked! I bought all of the tapes after that. At 15 I got to go see the 5150 tour. I didn’t find out until years later that the Beat it guitar was Eddie. It’s sort of my Pepsi Challenge story. A blind litmus test. I loved his music before I knew the history. 🤘
I knew it was him playing I thought how could that be. Brought his first Full Stack 5150 he designed I had to sell it all afterwards were better
Leslie West was a giant. And Ed died way way too soon.
🖤🖤🖤
Johnny Beane is like must see interview.
💯
And that's what really killed him 0:42
Johnny Beane sent me. Great footage
Thank you!
💜☝️🥰👍🕊️
This was the beginning of a bad time in Eddies life - I love Leslie and everything he did, but I grieve over this period of Eddies life - I try to avoid the 2001 to 2008 period because he was obviously struggling mightily
Idk anything and am not a doctor so purely spitballing here .. but about evh’s cancer… he swears it was the metal pics, but i wonder if it wasnt the direct cause, but some kind of a conductor while be surrounded by EMF waves so often.
Compounding it was his chain smoking from an early age and alcoholism is toxic and sugar feeds cancer.
I know it doesnt matter now n i do not mean to be flippantly opining here, just genuine curiosity bc i still am somewhat in shock years later.
EVH was jst so full of life and electricity seemed to flow from his fingertips. And he always looked so healthy until he bottomed out in the 90s with his addictions taking hold.
Even though it has been known that Ed could flare with his temper and get a bit intense when he did, when he was performing, he always had that million dollar smile he would flash you while encapsulating everything that is entailed by the true meaning of “just play”.
I think the pic comment was just dark humor.
@@ChiefLightyear hmm could be but def got me to thinking
Probably esophageal cancer, I knew a plumber that smoked got this, started a chain effect of cancer..Pix weren't the only thing he put in his mouth, chain smoker..