Every so often, someone comes along who causes a paradigm shift in the music field, and I believe EVH was one of those people. Vai, Satriani and others took what he did and built on it taking it to even more interesting places musically.

I remember hearing him for the first time and was so impressed. In one of the club bands I played in, I remember covering a few of his tunes. As I approached what seemed to be a tall mountain of a task..... I began to realize that what he was doing was not really that difficult. After I figured out the first song of his that we covered, I was kinda amazed at how basic most of it was. Of course there were a few "fancy" EVH signature licks and the tapping he did that took a bit of work to get, but essentially, he plays a rhythm since he is the only guitar in a trio.

I was never a die hard EVH fan. I appreciated his work and covered some of VH's tunes.... fun days playing those songs in the beer joints. My favorite tune that we covered was Dance The Night Away.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 06/24/14 05:50 AM.
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