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Eddie Van Halen passes away
#1
How high do you rank him on your all time rock guitarist list? He wasn't my absolute favorite, but I did love his guitar playing, and I would probably rank him #1, at least on uniqueness as a rock guitarist.  You could always immediately identify his playing, and no one has ever really sounded the same.
#2
Rock just lost one of its all-time greats. I always loved Van Halen no matter who was behind the microphone, and Eddie was the main reason why. Amazing talent, I always had him as a Top 5 guitarist.
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#3
You can tell an Eddie Van Halen sound and solo apart from others for sure. He is on my Mt. Rushmore of guitarist. I am one of the few that liked the Sammy Hagar era just as much as David Lee Roth, but Eddie Van Halen was always a constant force.
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#4
I’m right there with you on everything you said. I actually liked most of the songs from the Hagar era better, I just felt like even though Diamond Dave was a ton of fun, he was almost amateurish as a vocalist. But it was always Eddie that mattered most.
#5
More Cowbell nailed it in my book. Definitely top 5, maybe 3 ! Damn tobacco ...

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#6
He was an amazing guitarist. I like a lot of you all preferred Hagar over Roth.
#7
We hadn’t really discussed this enough. What were some of your all’s favorite Eddie songs? I’m taking about the guitar work, which even though I generally liked the songs better with Sammy, it seemed he did his best guitar work when David Lee was singing. My all-time favorite is ‘Little Guitars’, it’s not played on classic rock radio, so if you’re not familiar with it, take a listen. Others where I always loved his guitar parts included ‘Panama’, ‘Ain’t Talking Bout Love’, ‘Beautiful Girls’, ‘Hot for Teacher’, ‘Dance the Night Away,’ and probably about 100 more.
#8
Not their standard fare, but always loved this

#9
Yeah, love that stripped down sound on that song. You ever heard Sammy explain what this song means? Supposedly Eddie called him up and insisted he come over to work on a song while Sammy’s lady was right in the middle of, uh, let’s say helping him relieve some stress. So Sammy came up with these lyrics. Sounds logical to me.

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