Mr. Zappa. I can't thank you enough. Every episode has been phenomenal. While I understand that you cannot interview EVERYONE.  I truly feel that a talk with Terry Kilgore and or Chris Holmes (maybe even George Lynch) might bring to light more onto Mr. Van Halen's early development as a guitarist seeing that they were around the band during the club days.

Again...THANK YOU!!!

 

Dweezil

Hi David,

Thank you for, I'm glad you're enjoying the series. I have spoken with George Lynch, Neal Schon and Rick Nielsen about the early days of VH as well as Greg Renoff and Brain Kehew. I'm planning a special Early Years recap episode that will feature multiple guests in one episode and serve as a transition into the Sammy Hagar era for all of us.

There are many people I would love to talk to for this series but not enough hours in the day!

Best, DZ

Hey Dweezil,

Excellent stuff here, such a treat.  Steve Vai is phenomenal.  Such a classy guy and eloquent speaker.  You should do an episode with him dedicated to Frank. It would be so cool to hear the two of you taking about that!

Dweezil

If you listen to the Oakland unchained carefully I think it’s actually Ed who screws up and starts the verse riff too early, catches himself then corrects It. Compared to the album version that’s what I’m hearing. Listen again comparing it to FW and I think you’ll agree. Great stuff as always 

Dweezil

Hey Joseph, It’s funny, cause I checked that after the episode and noticed the same thing! Dave was on point and Ed jumped the gun! In the end it was still cool to hear to hear a different version!

This whole series is a dream.  I have learned so much about his playing from these discussions and love the live clips, isolated tracks, and unreleased stuff you've been playing to illustrate points.  Looking forward to the next episodes.

The episode with Billy was great. The exchange between Dweezil and Billy, which at times included differing insights, was great food for thought. Billy was right: Eddie's smile belies the absolute fire of his playing. I am glad this episode on Fair Warning was added to the series. The Nuno episode was painfully bad.