ERUPTION - Eddie Van Halen. Cover KDA. Greatest Guitar Solos #2 + commentary

[@drblacko]

Great job Eddie, good to see you smashing this solo again...wait a minute...

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

The highest compliment, thank you very much!

[@hectorgonzalez9170]

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar You do know that there's over a thousand tutorials of this song and guitarist right. LOL. JUST SAYING.

[@genericstain]

I’m just a young dude and I feel gobsmacked. I sincerely can’t imagine how this feels to you, Kelly. You did this track a great service. Thank you as always.

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

I'm pretty upset right now. Can't stop thinking about it. He meant so much to me as a player. I idolized that guy for so bloody long when I was young.

[@ricohgill6523]

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar I checked your channel after seeing the Ice Cream Man video to see where we're up to with the Top 100. Ultra weird coincidence that this was your most recent one of those, on top of the coincidence you mentioned about your daughter getting into EVH getting you back into guitar.

[@wilhelmrogue1]

Another FANATASTIC rendition by our man Kelly...them fingers were a blur sir...well done!

[@Holipsism]

When I found out about EVH passing I immediately came to your channel and this video. R.I.P. EVH

[@hughwphamill]

In. Cred. Ible. Love the pick flick at the end. Dude you are so talented it's scary!

[@markb.3412]

Glad your hands healed up! I'm also not a big fan of tapping, but you certainly channeled Eddie here in this one, amazing. Your versatility is astounding to me.

[@TheJimmyandrea]

RIP Eddie ! Great guitar work Kelly! Our first road trip concert... Van Halen in Halifax.,.Fair Warning tour!

[@JuiceboxDesmond]

I learned of Eddie's death minutes after watching this video. RIP to one of the greatest of the greats.

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Yeah, just heard myself. A bit crushed right at the moment.

[@jdiggitty]

Great playing as always Kelly. Love your commentary.

[@siddthekid5046]

Knockin' on the door! Brilliant playing as always

[@hetfield3000]

Great playing as always. Clicked for the commentary on learning the solo more than the solo itself as always interesting. Keep the great vids coming 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks man! No tutorial of any kind in the commentary on this one. There's a thousand tutorials out there for Eruption. Don't need another one.

[@googleaccount9256]

Holy shit Mr. Kelly gets it done again!

[@slimbeauharpo4687]

Just amazing as always ! Thank you for your talent and your knowledge. Great to hear you play sir and great to hear history of music. Thank you again

[@Badro29]

His music lives on.

[@cameronclark595]

Dude! That was absolutely f****** INSANE!

[@robertmchugo2166]

Bought the album in ‘78 without hearing any tracks! When Eruption came on.......OMG🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎼🎼🎼😀. Then that MASSIVE tone/riff for You Really Got Me. I was totally hooked. Fantastic rendition once again Kelly......nailed it, and transported me back to 78. Totally agree with your comments re Ritchie Blackmore by the way. But why on Earth is Eruption only number 2?

[@chris16durban]

Awesome! Still hoping to see you cover some Buckethead at some point :)

[@mavainfigatomareva]

If any of you guys have never heard Shadow of the Hierophant by Mr. Steve Hackett, please do it now. You will be striked by the amazingly similar tapped passages right in the middle of the song. And that was 1975! Cheers

[@micahstolfus5169]

Great job! Tone was on point as well!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

A bit too overdriven if you ask me. This was an early take that I kind of screwed up the video, but I was happy with the playing. I re-did it a number of times and dialed back the drive, but ended up going with this take after I fixed up the grain in the video. Forgot to go back and dial back the gain before editing.

[@mikestarr7377]

Love your channel - you have mad chops - keep on rocking, the subs will come! Thanks for this....

[@aphotosyntheticworld]

Pretty damn wild that your whole path led to covering this days before Eddie passed.

[@ShaylandMoise]

I agree with you on the dislike of two handed tapping; however... have you listed to Minus the Bear? They do really interesting stuff with a LOT of tapping.

[@bdogjr7779]

Awesome KDA《☆》Nailed it Brother🤓👍🏾Blackmore sure does deserve more credit. My only nitpick is ; He never duplicates any solos in live shows. He seems to do them differently in every live show. I think he is doing an acoustic thing in a medieval time setting along with his wife now but more credit for sure :*: Greetings from⛾Florida🤳my friend🤓🗣🔊☮✌👍🏾

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

I'm no fan of his medieval folk music. Always thought that was an awfully weird direction to take his immense talents. I blame his wife. His output and contribution to guitar in the 70s and 80s however is simply outstanding.

[@bdogjr7779]

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar 《☆》Man on the silver mountain has to be the most Stratocaster sounding in your face riff this side of sweet home Alabama ever written🤓🗣🔊☮✌👍🏾

[@ThePickyBugger]

Great Stuff again. Really enjoyed this one. Now do In memory of Elizabeth Reed. :)

[@udaykumarbr1231]

Great playing there !

[@theautisticavenger]

Well done!

[@kopmatt07]

🙌🙌🙌 This is superb. Hope your hand’s doing ok after that.

[@keegan1948]

That was fucking awesome, really nailed it! Was kinda hoping to hear 1 lick of You Really Got Me at the end, but it sounded like you were doing something totally different. Not sure if that was from a different version or your own take on it? As for tapping, I remember a classical guitar teacher I had in community college who was adamant saying that EVH was not the first one to tap on a guitar and that there were a number of classical Spanish players who had been doing it before WWII. I couldnt give any more details about it, but EVH was (and is) a pretty big fan of classical music so I wouldnt be surprised. You mentioned every generation has 1 guitarist that really changes the game and I think a really cool new project for you would to be a list of guitar pieces that have been performed by modern guitarist from the last 10-15 years. There's always slander of how music is dead, but that is just not true at all. Rodrigo Y Gabriela, The Black Keys, Jack White and a lot of other musicians from a Post-John Mayer view point would be really cool for a lot of contemporary guitar work. If that makes sense I think you'd be the one to do it.

[@ari1234a]

Next Kelly Dean, "Spanish Fly" ?

[@twisantigo]

Great job!

[@han36solo]

Great cover and really interesting comments as always!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks mate! Good to hear from you as always.

[@curtpozzi5527]

You covered Eruption, then added a dash of Gary Moore's intro to The End Of The World! Those are my to faves as far as solos!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

I picked up that lick years ago. Had forgotten that it was Gary Moore. And I love Gary Moore.

[@nickzilla656]

It's interesting to hear that Eddie wrote it as a warmup. I'd always thought the song was show off-y to the point of being an act of public masturbation, so knowing that he didn't really mean it to be a thing makes me like him (and it) a bit more.

[@kojam1]

Like u, I think ppl were blow'd away back in the day when we all finally learned it was his warm up. You have to remember NOBODY was even close to that level of guitar. To see this kid do this and say it was only a warm-up and wasn't intended to be on the album. Pardon?!

[@Pedro_MVS_Lima]

"During the 80s, it just got so overdone". Well yes, it was the 80s!

[@souryadiptadasgupta5974]

This solo was from 1978 though

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

It was all the players Eddie influenced.

[@Pedro_MVS_Lima]

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar Well, joking aside, I'm very thankful for his influence, even if I never appreciated his sound. One of the reasons for this might be the overdoing you mentioned, but mostly it's just a matter of personal preference, no criticism. I'm glad so many have taken that influence and re-expressed it, that's how people get things done. Speaking of which, I hope mankind will be given an opportunity for that when you tackle #1 on the list, I also look forward for your commentary on that one. Thanks for everything you're doing, Kelly, keep it up!

[@RickDanner]

amazing

[@pomod]

Another great performance. Man there was a part during those weedily weedily bits at 1:45 or so when your fingers were moving faster than the video frame rate - it was like you were hovering. Gonna miss these when your done. Another potential honourable mention (though I'm a huge Ramones fan) - you should do Allan Holdsworths first solo from this 1974 Soft Machine performance. www.dailymotion.com/video/x2h38le I think Eddie was a big fan.

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

I upped my camera game and started recording in 60fps. Problem is, I overestimated how good my new camera was and recorded in a rather low light situation, causing a really grainy video. I had to run the finished product through some filters to clean it up. It may have blurred the image a bit. Or maybe it was the speed, haha. I'd like to think it was the speed.

[@cameronclark595]

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar yeah, you were exceeding the frame rate. While it's great that you upped your camera game, 'tis a shame that your guitar playing has left your camera to blame.

[@sergebraida5622]

Awesome awesome awesome! In my opinion this should be #1!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

I agree Serge.

[@stratman9449]

hey Kelly...i think i'm getting int this EvH "hype"or what...cheers.....🤣 and i think its safe to assume, that the sales of distortion / fuzz and reverb/echo pedals went through the roof back then.....haha.... and also....i'm no friend of tapping (neither on the fretboard nor with the tap dancing shoes....😅)

[@chadfrank7787]

Amazing!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks Chad!

[@dcyeager7285]

Respect. And I’ll back you up on your sentiments of Ritchie Blackmore and two handed tapping.

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

I looked at a number of "greatest guitar players of all time" lists. Some of them get it right and have Ritchie in the top ten, but when I see others that have him down at number 35 or 45 it just boggles my mind. From 1970 to 78 nobody could touch Blackmore for speed, technicality and style. He created neo classical for crying out loud. The style that took off in the eighties with practically everyone.

[@jon.wilson]

Supposedly the mistake is a tap on the wrong fret around 1:25 on your video or around 1:06 on the original recording. Unnoticeable to us, but it probably irritates Eddie since it's his baby.

[@fall-of-rome]

holy shit dude.. respect

[@twanto]

I hate Van Halen. But I love your playing and you rocked it. Nice work!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks man!

[@dyslexicapricot4881]

Why?

[@dennishussey2217]

The open string riffs at the end, were they from an EVH concert or some other recording?

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

No that's me. A lick I picked up in my youth. Have no idea who originated it, but I've always liked it. Used to play it in my own guitar solo on the clubs. Start slow and pick up speed until it was as fast as I could play it. Cool lick. Not that hard actually. Lots of open strings, but it sounds really great.

[@Kay100Jay]

@@KellyDeanAllenGuitar Love your project and playing and some great stuff on your channel. The lick was popularised by Gary Moore and was one of his show stopper/party pieces along with Dirty Fingers/White Knuckles. I preferred Gary in his Black Rose, G Force and Back on the Streets period still love hearing when he gets up to speed on those two string things that he does so well. He used to go up on a riser to do this solo! kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWqyoGuljM5rq8U&list=PLA2-nXsHvm3I51UXSZlPVtmb3utouPUgD&t=49 After your fantastic top 100 may I humbly suggest a peek at Michael Schenker's playing on Obsession by UFO. He had great tone and solos at his peak. Only You Can Rock Me, Pack it up and Go, Hot n Ready are all fantastic examples. For me Looking Out for No 1 is one of the most perfect solos. Spot on tone and lovely simple descending melody leading up to a singing high note end.

[@nickybhoof]

brilliant, holy shit.

[@chowderman2989]

holy shit. fucking A, man.

[@josephke20]

G.... ZUS.... hope someone was standing by with a bucket of water...

[@kojam1]

I remember the 1st time I heard it when it came out. I thought, "WHAT THE HELL'S IS THIS?! WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?!?!?! HOW'S THAT POSSIBLE?!?!?! WHAT TYPE OF TRICKS ARE THEY USING, COMPUTERS?!" Messed me up for a long time! Everybody had been doing um-papa-um-papa on the guitar and this alien from out of space came down and started to use the guitar to do alien-talk back to his home planet! It was not of this earth! Too right about tapping being overdone in the 80's and 90's. There were sooooo many dudes who were complete utter ripoffs of Ed. It was shameful! But I loved it! LOL. I won't name any names because I don't want to open up an long debates. One dude ripped off Eruption, then on another album ripped off Spanish Fly. I couldn't believe he would do that! None came close to Ed though because they completely overlooked the most important facet to Ed's playing...HIS RHYTHM!!! It's so 'in the pocket'! OMG!

[@scotcherton]

eczema sucks, I feel your pain.

[@greenodark]

Nice one, old fart!

[@KellyDeanAllenGuitar]

Thanks sonny!

[@expocat11]

Too much flanger