"There's A Guy On the Phone Saying He's Eddie Van Halen"

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  • Опубліковано 25 лис 2020
  • After 30 years, Dweezil and Steve Vai finally work out the missing details of how EVH showed up at the Zappa compound.
    To hear the full episode subscribe here: bitly.com/DweezilVHPod
    A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation (www.mhopus.org) and Feeding America (feedingamerica.org).
    Presented by Walrus Audio

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  • @premierguitar
    @premierguitar  3 роки тому +7

    To hear the full episode subscribe here: bitly.com/DweezilVHPod

  • @FeelingShred
    @FeelingShred 3 роки тому +27

    I'm so glad there's only audio of this. Having no video stimulates more the imagination I think, in the sense that it feels like I'm there with them. Like that magic from the radio days.

  • @RotterStudios
    @RotterStudios 3 роки тому +46

    Eddie Van Halen is coming to your house in 10 minutes...the craziest thing of all time, but not so crazy when your dad is Frank Zappa.

  • @hotblackdesiato3451
    @hotblackdesiato3451 3 роки тому +41

    Dweezil: Can you hand me a guitar?
    Vai: Yah, here's a 7-string acoustic.
    I want to live in that world.

  • @bryanmannoia8410
    @bryanmannoia8410 3 роки тому +19

    fun listening to two of the best guitarists ever talking about yet another guitar guru. Frank would be proud of what a stellar band Dweezil has put together to keep his music alive.

    • @ZitherBeast
      @ZitherBeast 3 роки тому +1

      Caught the show last year, Zappa Does Zappa and was just blown away. Straight up kick ass show.

  • @RTC1655
    @RTC1655 3 роки тому +4

    Nothing beat childhood memories. They'll stay with you your entire life. Great story.

  • @jamesagwe2981
    @jamesagwe2981 3 роки тому +26

    Rest in power Eddie

  • @SquirrelTheater
    @SquirrelTheater 2 роки тому +3

    It was always my dream to meet EVH, but sadly I didn’t ever get the chance. 😔

  • @mindeloman
    @mindeloman 3 роки тому +10

    I'm someone who looks back 30 years and really thinks Eddie Van Halen saved my life. I was 13 years old with not much to live for......other than to play guitar like him. I'll spare the long and boring details. I'd just like to say: take care of your selves. Vai is 5 years younger than EVH and doesn't look a day over 45. EVH didn't start taking his health seriously until it was too late - and little doubt it had much to do with his second wife who must be an absolute saint of a person.

  • @theofficialseanodonnell7498
    @theofficialseanodonnell7498 3 роки тому +5

    Dweezil Zappa: an Italian virtuoso in his own right!

  • @balfaboy
    @balfaboy 3 роки тому +9

    Outstanding to hear you both and thank you for sharing this super cool story,. RIP EVH.

  • @jarodreddig63
    @jarodreddig63 3 роки тому +20

    Eddie is King.
    RIP EVH

  • @tugginalong
    @tugginalong 3 роки тому +3

    Pre-MTV, the only thing we had was Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert and Midnight Special.

  • @eduardomiotto
    @eduardomiotto 3 роки тому +3

    AWE! Big hugh from a HUGE Brazilian EVH fan!

  • @frankpaws
    @frankpaws 3 роки тому +3

    I remember going up to Dweezils house (formally Franks) in 1999. Such a cool guy. Walking toward the studio, rows of Frank 24 track tapes on the shelves. He had isn't little editing room to the right when you walk in. Just started showing me all the stuff he was working on. Of course, the main control room was up above, but he was doing everything in there was a Panasonic DA7 I think.
    I was so shy. Of course this came about 3 weeks after I was up at 5150 with Ed and Alex and was still in shock and was a big Dweezil fan though as well when I was a kid. He had that video with Moon singing, and that green guitar.
    Had only been in LA for 2 months and just couldn't even speak.
    Actually I did ask Dweezil if he could help me get a caster for a 5150 cabinet that the internal nut got loose and shredded the whole internal wood as it wobbled around. Never heard back, shocker.
    Eventually installed Ernie Ball casters with the removable wheels.

  • @princeofpcos9804
    @princeofpcos9804 2 роки тому +2

    Didn't know what Eddie sounded like when speaking is funny. Gotta remember this was when nobody knew what the guys from Kiss looked like!

  • @brownsfan7753
    @brownsfan7753 3 роки тому +1

    I love this story!! Thanks for sharing!!

  • @LordVikingLive
    @LordVikingLive 3 роки тому +12

    Ed's on the biggest stage now, playing the universe !!! Oh yeah !

  • @mattblatchley2061
    @mattblatchley2061 3 роки тому

    I am seriously contemplating finding room in my budget for this series of podcasts...unbelievably cool and wonderful timing

    • @dankaste9517
      @dankaste9517 3 роки тому +1

      I got the 5150 package. Soooo worth it. In this package, once all released will be 30 episodes. Each episode over an hour long. We'll worth it!!!

    • @mattblatchley2061
      @mattblatchley2061 3 роки тому

      @@dankaste9517 thanks for the comment...fer real

  • @dennisperin2989
    @dennisperin2989 3 роки тому +8

    EVH is a way of life! King Edward RIP

  • @joeriffanucci
    @joeriffanucci 3 роки тому +1

    I love this!!!!

  • @RedFlyRuledByTheRiff
    @RedFlyRuledByTheRiff 10 місяців тому

    Great story!🤘🤘🤘

  • @mr.gradencrowley
    @mr.gradencrowley 3 роки тому +1

    Love that acapella intro

  • @gkniffen
    @gkniffen 3 роки тому +6

    How cool is Dweezil?

    • @hotblackdesiato3451
      @hotblackdesiato3451 3 роки тому +3

      Sub-zero. EVH produced his first single when he was 12. Coolest kid in school.

  • @comment.highlighted
    @comment.highlighted 3 роки тому +10

    Van Halen was really Rock Royalty 🙂

  • @kevinharper2884
    @kevinharper2884 2 роки тому +2

    Only Steve Vai calls him Edward!! LMAO. I wish Steve would play more songs. He's amazing and can do it all but aside from the Star Wars sounds and all the wild sounds he can get I would like to hear him just thrash on some tunes!!!!

  • @larryhernandez5062
    @larryhernandez5062 3 роки тому +1

    Staying Frosty . . . Steve Vai .

  • @Bikewithlove
    @Bikewithlove 3 роки тому

    Wow Dweezil sounds young!

  • @gilbertocruz1683
    @gilbertocruz1683 3 роки тому +9

    You go OMG... it's Eddie Van Halen...Eddie goes...OMG... it's Frank Zappa

    • @atticussampson776
      @atticussampson776 3 роки тому

      @@centaurus5676 Do tell, I can't wait to hear this one.

    • @atticussampson776
      @atticussampson776 3 роки тому +1

      @@centaurus5676 How Frank was miles ahead of EVH as a musician. I'll wait, take your time.

    • @atticussampson776
      @atticussampson776 3 роки тому +1

      @@centaurus5676 I'm still waiting.

    • @SquirrelTheater
      @SquirrelTheater 2 роки тому +1

      IMHO, Zappa had nothing on EVH.

    • @user-cs6up8eq7s
      @user-cs6up8eq7s Рік тому

      ​@@atticussampson776I see it's been 2 years and he never answered you because he can't😂😂

  • @brucenator
    @brucenator 11 місяців тому

    I remember the year Van Halen (the album) came out and everyone, especially all the guitar players, were listening to Eruption. I went to Myrtle Beach and there was this guy walking around with a cassette tape trying to impress the girls, pretending like it was himself on the tape. When I said that's Van Halen, he tried to say that he had taken the bass, drum and vocal tracks from the album, but that he had overdubbed the guitar tracks and it was himself playing. What a dork!

  • @Star-Explorers
    @Star-Explorers 3 роки тому +2

    So was there some sort of music playing in the background when Eddie arrived? Like in the movies?

  • @elarr8733
    @elarr8733 11 місяців тому

    First five times I saw Eddie speak (TV, UA-cam, etc), I was like...he sounds like that?

  • @richardeast3328
    @richardeast3328 3 роки тому +1

    If he called you it wasn't random.

  • @marioreyes1603
    @marioreyes1603 3 роки тому

    😂😂😂... Awesome!! 🙌💕💞💕

  • @massapower
    @massapower 3 роки тому

    2 Paesano's.... LUV IT !!

  • @stepitupandgo67
    @stepitupandgo67 3 роки тому

    fuckin awesome

  • @smcgloth
    @smcgloth 3 роки тому +8

    I've been watching this video for 5 minutes, and only now realize that Dweezil is the interviewer.

    • @TavisAllen
      @TavisAllen 3 роки тому

      (This is meant to be light-hearted.) So...lemme get this all sorted out; you're 97% through watching this video, which is really a podcast with a static image that has the name "Dweezil" up for easy viewing the whole time. The description (which apparently few people ever read) has the names Dweezil and Steve Vai in it. Lastly, the audio features only two voices to listen to. All I can say is, I hope you A: don't drive, and B: don't operate heavy machinery.

    • @woroGaming
      @woroGaming 3 роки тому

      I was wondering how his dad could know it was actually Van Halen when I realized, Dweezil Zappa.. So of course his dad is Frank Zappa, he probably would know how how to confirm its actually him.

    • @smcgloth
      @smcgloth 3 роки тому +2

      @@TavisAllen Ha! Well I can say that when I watched the video, I was I no condition to do either.

    • @TavisAllen
      @TavisAllen 3 роки тому +1

      @@smcgloth Right on, right on!

    • @atticussampson776
      @atticussampson776 3 роки тому +1

      @@TavisAllen In defense of sleepless Steve, he apparently doesn't sleep.

  • @bruceniblett959
    @bruceniblett959 3 роки тому +9

    Great interview. Why do Americans say they are Italian? I'm American. Why is it everyone who has Italian heritage has to tell you they are Italian. Because of the god father? My grandma was from Austria. My dad was in WW2. I don't get that.

    • @centaurus5676
      @centaurus5676 3 роки тому +1

      Probably because they are ashamed of being American!

    • @npc2071
      @npc2071 3 роки тому

      "American" doesnt mean anything. It's gibberish. Someone says they're Italian and you have a specific idea about them

    • @atticussampson776
      @atticussampson776 3 роки тому +1

      @@npc2071 Nah, gibberish would be your reply.

    • @noquarter9700
      @noquarter9700 3 роки тому +2

      @@atticussampson776 America is a giant gangbang between europeans settlers that eradicated natives. There's little to be proud of.

    • @516-andrew7
      @516-andrew7 3 роки тому

      ​It's all Gibberish here...
      @y tho : Not sure I like the answer... Should we check the stereotype dictionary? Ideas, like witches or Italians, come in good and bad. DaVinci and Mussolini?...
      @Bruce: Why would this bother you? Something against Italians? (You did not ask "Why do people state their heritage?")
      I'm an American, too - who is proud of my German heritage. And also the Dutch and French and all the rest of the parts that make me what I am. And I'm proud to say it - in the right company. My German background might come up in a convo... voici... if heritage related to the topic. Or when I'm with family. Or when relating to another fine German, Ladies and Gentlemen. (Ritz? Dimeola?) It's something shared, related to, with the intent of bringing two or more subjects closer. (Perhaps something between two subjects, recorded during an intimate moment of social intercourse, who are maybe of the same heritage, and who happened to allow an audience to listen?) You have to keep it all in context.
      There are also other names, other groupings, for commonalities (or things not so common) that people share and relate to others: The overall human factors; German (or Italian, or American) factors; Family Factors; Friend factors; Band-mate factors, etc. In my immediate family, there is what we call the "R" factor (which includes man-xplaining on steroids - which apparently I'm doing now...), and 'running on "R" time'... yeah, we could just say "Late", but it gives it that special, relatable, consistent identity or flavor to that lateness that only a brother could impart.
      You yourself could have been just a random unbranded earth human, a mutt... but you chose to take ownership of your American-ity. Should ~I~ ask why ~you~ mention it? Maybe the fact that you ~are~ a member of the wretched refuse gives you pride? (Except for the natives, we Americans are ~all~ members. And there's something definitely seriously wrong with us.) (Bill Murray says so.) (Bleh, bleh? Feel good!)
      That's just my take...

  • @markesquivelarvizu6942
    @markesquivelarvizu6942 3 роки тому +1

    Didn't Frank and Ed have the same theory teacher?

    • @ajs32z
      @ajs32z 3 роки тому +1

      Truman Fisher at Pasadena City College.

  • @Dave-xb3xe
    @Dave-xb3xe 3 роки тому

    Anyone that dislikes this video ought to be put down.

  • @edwardkennedy5500
    @edwardkennedy5500 3 роки тому +6

    I believe the EVH brand is in good hands but it all depends on Fender's involvement. Fender continues to manufacture one after the other. EVH guitars will be the most faked guitar in history

    • @vikingman4614
      @vikingman4614 3 роки тому

      A genuine EVH guitar has a high level of quality control its why they are expensive.
      The factory makes sure everything in the guitar is perfectly intimated and leveled.

  • @stevemcnamara2584
    @stevemcnamara2584 3 роки тому

    EDIT: @Michael Ralston points out the obvious :-) so I've deleted this comment!

    • @mikeralston777
      @mikeralston777 3 роки тому

      Dweezil is telling the story, not Vai.🤔

    • @stevemcnamara2584
      @stevemcnamara2584 3 роки тому

      @@mikeralston777 Whew! Thanks, that makes sense. Since Dweezil's the host (and I obviously don't know their particular voices), I assumed -- mistakenly -- that the "guest" was telling the story (as guests often do). It's interesting that neither Dweezil nor Steve ever say "Frank" instead of "my dad" taking over the phone call -- probably would have clued me in! :-)

  • @PooNinja
    @PooNinja 3 роки тому

    🤘🏽

  • @shopclown
    @shopclown 3 роки тому +2

    Its pathetic he's charging for these podcast get a clue.There are other ways to make money on interviews without haveing people pay.

    • @centaurus5676
      @centaurus5676 3 роки тому

      Not as if he's short of money either! Just greed!

  • @petemitchell6788
    @petemitchell6788 3 роки тому

    Lame

  • @kevinkaatz883
    @kevinkaatz883 3 роки тому +3

    Can't stand Dweezil, dude bullied me in elementary school. Remeber it like it was yesterday. I dont c why he's so special, as a million guitarist can do better. Oh, I know - Dude only famous cause daddy. On the contrary, brother & sister were cool. Oakwood elementary school

    • @bgandjsco1
      @bgandjsco1 3 роки тому

      Really ? I'm surprised ,i figured with the name DWEEZIL he would be the one getting bullied. PS didn't Wolfgang Van Halen go to Oakwood too.

    • @stringtheoryguitars4952
      @stringtheoryguitars4952 3 роки тому +2

      I'm sorry to hear that, but I bet you a million that nowadays he'd apologize and say he feels terrible about what he did. I was bullied myself, so in turn I bullied other kids also. It wasn't right, but 40 years later we can get together and have a laugh, and it's super cathartic. Boys will be boys, but men must be men. Try reaching out to Dweezil and at least give him one chance to clean it up. It might be one of the best things that ever happens for you both. God bless.

    • @vikingman4614
      @vikingman4614 3 роки тому +2

      Dweezil became an amazing guitar player around 2008
      He was no longer that below average guitar player with the green guitar.

    • @centaurus5676
      @centaurus5676 3 роки тому +1

      Spoilt bastards are usually the school bully!

    • @toneconsultant
      @toneconsultant 3 роки тому +7

      Bullied by a guy named Dweezil who had a sis named Moon unit? I wouldn’t let that get out.