Van Halen-RARE Song-The Fool And Me

Van Halen performs "The Fool And Me" in a rare gem from ChrisGossett.co... . Hear David Lee Roth and Edward Van Halen on this Robin Trower classic. Photography by official Van Halen photographer Neil Zlozower used with written permission. According to the Van Halen Encyclopedia "no known recordings of this exist" - well, here ya go. In 1998 when it was released apparently it wasn't had. I have it.

[@kevinkinnu341]

One of my favorite Trower songs. Excellent cover

[@tskrobola]

Man, EVH had Trower's style down cold! Really great homage.

[@philocleandes9302]

I agree.

[@leftyzappa]

This is straight late period Hendrix. 😸

[@Michael-----]

This is from a VH live show from 1975 at the Pasadena Hilton. Those cutting on it are clueless. This is the beginning of one the greatest bands that ever existed. Get over yourself and start enjoying life and realize this is GOLD!🤘✊✌

[@jironthunder7519]

i find gems like this and its salve on lifes wounds!

[@Michael-----]

@@jironthunder7519 Right on Jane. I hear you loud and clear✊ This sht makes you wanna fly. Life is good if you let it be.✌🤘

[@readilium3432]

It's Robin Trower fans who are dumping on this trash cover I think.

[@philocleandes9302]

@@readilium3432 I'm a huge Trower fan and I love it.

[@readilium3432]

@@philocleandes9302 Neat.

[@jettechdonatkins]

great tribute to Robin! Robin,Eddie,SRV and Frank Marino,my all time favs!! thanks for this!!

[@dougevans826]

mine too

[@43captrexkramer]

Welcome to the club, I would include Gary Moore in that group.

[@326vince]

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[@maxrico6660]

Me too brother! Right on!!

[@johnsolis7631]

Everybody played this tune back then.

[@richardmitchell8213]

I can definitely see why Eddie would want to cover this Trower classic. It's got some super tasty chops in it which Eddie tears into quite nicely.

[@MusicZombieGirl]

Excellent cover. Love Trower and VH ....

[@leswadley6792]

Wow; very nice! I really dig how Eddie can play any guitar players parts, but still sound like Eddie!

[@johnchioles4199]

RIP Eddie, your music never dies.

[@kristianjl]

Nice version. Saw Robin Trower do it two years ago when he was 66 - he's 68 now and can still kick it out for a 3 hour set.

[@deancollirocks6403]

Still the same 10 years later!!

[@trexx63]

Wowie! This is one sensational recording! From a big time Trower and Van Halen fan.

[@valuecalc]

The boys of Van Halen were in top form on this classic-Trower track!

[@badorphan]

Wow, this is like Eddie channeling Hendrix. Great stuff

[@philocleandes9302]

He's channeling Trower.

[@e.l.norton]

​@@philocleandes9302Sounds just like Hendrix.

[@JustKJ109]

​@@philocleandes9302it does sound like Hendrix Maybe Trowers copy Hendrix .

[@MrVirtsu]

Exactly 👍

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

I could always tell the difference between the two. Trower had a lot of Hendrix in his playing and in his tone but he had his own licks and his own phrasing. I wouldn't mistake Jimi for Trower or vice versa@@JustKJ109

[@ricadrew]

Never heard this and I'm a huge VH and Trower fan. Can't imagine Robin not loving this rendition! Eddie of course nails the guitar sound, while adding his own signiture stuff, as well as Mike and Alex ,making this great, but the biggest suprise to me is DLR's vocals on this!

[@tonyrobbins1665]

This is the first and only time I ever heard EVH sound like hendrix !

[@Jason247]

The thing that I’m most impressed with here, besides Eddie’s playing as usual, is that I’m hearing him play through a univibe!

[@vonholland64]

I be willing to bet it’s just a setting on his phase 90. I can kinda get a univibe sound on my phase 90. What do you think ??

[@kalejoe6599]

Most definitely a phase 90, you can make a phaser do a pretty good impression of a univibe, EVH apparently learned this through Terry Kilgore who was using a phase 90 to cover Robin trower songs much like this one.

[@robertjr.3579]

This is an awesome cover of the great Robin Trower's "The Fool and Me". Van Halen killing it, staying true to the original but making it their own. BTW, it does sound like Dave is singing "the Fool In Me" which is appropriate for Dave.

[@nasticanasta]

robert Jr. love Dave, I think he was always the best singer for VH, he is not a blues rock singer at all, this is a terrible cover....it's too bad Eddie doesn't play like this all the time

[@jordanfarquharson5345]

@Kenneth Liburd When did Eddie say that he didn't like Hendrix?

[@chriscockrell5939]

Staying true but making it their own ..Umm ok

[@jennifermoney3429]

Thank you so much for posting this little gem...actually HUGE GEM!

[@michaelcraig9449]

Great Robin Trower song!

[@georgebrooks7809]

great song

[@ericsherman3378]

Where I live in Western Washington a month after I turned 21 I bought tickets to see Robin Trower at a place called the Ballard Fire house I took my dad who told me stories about seeing Robin Trower on tour with Jethro Tull in the early 70’s. And WOW! I was beyond amazed that I got to see such a great legendary guitarist in a Bar of all places.

[@raderke]

Saw Trower live right after Bridge of Sighs came out....amazing....took my daughter to see him about 5 years ago...he was still amazing......

[@MrMultimurrell]

Yes Trower in the '70's was a big deal...Saw him at Seattle's Paramount in '73...

[@jeffrojacobs8094]

Robin Trower, I remember it well. Nice VH version.

[@MikeSmedleyOLDSCHOOLSTRIPERS]

Ed was a teenager here. They did HUNDREDS of covers back then. Recorded with a boombox. 😂

[@RAREFORMDESIGNS]

I think he was 20 in 1975.

[@redwave3520]

James Dewar is the ONLY one who can sing this song!

[@alext9067]

Yep.

[@ElverGobbi]

And Paul Rodgers, of course...

[@daleweston8470]

Be true to your school. The Old One. Nice try VH.

[@timhuggins7069]

Roth vocals don't give this song justice. Nobody can compare to Dewar.

[@jordanfarquharson5345]

@@ElverGobbi Paul Rodgers never sang this song.

[@svenamsterdam3501]

Still the best live band I've ever seen. Nobody's come close...🎉🎶🎸🎛🎵🎛🎙🎸🎶🎸🎶🎸🎶

[@trout5374]

Fantastic guitar solo

[@WestShoreMan]

These were the club days and so much fun!

[@ClarkEdgeworth]

Yeah! One of my all time favorites by Robin Trower.

[@eyarbroughzone]

EVH is bringing it! He sounds great in this version.

[@KingReyhanShippey]

Rock N Fuckin Roll.

[@RockinReeseBoyd]

This is a Robin Trower Tune! Cool cover though.

[@andrewwilson888]

Within a note or two, you hear that Trower feel. All in a day's work for a young EVH playing covers in the LA bar scene.

[@stringbender11672]

wow Ed did a super job emulating Trower's tone/playing. EVH #1

[@cookmoore3736]

Totally! I heard Rob Trower perform it and each time I think Eddie stole the sound effects Robin created. Quite a lotta technology use! Thank you so much for this!!! It's so cool they played so many perfect covers-influence on the sleeve, inventiveness.

[@danfoss1535]

This is when he surpassed Hendrix and Clapton/Cream. That's an experience I wasn't expecting tonight!

[@VaiJedi]

I have this on a bootleg called "golden ballroom" and it rocks....great video montage too!

[@blueshound611]

wow, always been a big Robin Trower fan but also love Van Halen, this is awesome, so much great other stuff that i've never heard, fantastic

[@davidbaron8330]

Very cool. Thanks for posting this. Eddie stays pretty faithful to the original -- at least for a while. Good stuff!

[@jeffreydense4311]

First class shredding, but ditto the James Dewar remark. One of the great rock vocalist ever!

[@WestShoreMan]

this is like the only Trower copy I can remember from VH back in the day. Kick ass!

[@Tiger-ip1me]

Nice REAL Nice. Like the Studio Version but this was Really Cool. Thanks Dave and Eddie .

[@miked6426]

Love this tune.

[@WestShoreMan]

Keep in mind this was more than 30 years ago. Both Robin and Ed are incredable!

[@the_atomic_punk487]

50

[@pabloricasso1768]

hendrix sound... thanks Eddie, rest in peace, listen since

[@giftedplanksify]

Pretty close to the original!!! Sorry Dave you should of just sat this one out!

[@oherrera6072]

Definitely

[@slownezy69]

Eddie should've sat out too. Sorry but thats rough... UGH!!!

[@chipispowdercoatingcharles8444]

Unbelievable I love it

[@oherrera6072]

This is a great Tribute to R.T by EVH like other great 🎸players to cover his songs like Pat Travers & Michael Schenker. 🤘🎸

[@philocleandes9302]

I can't believe Trower is still touring. I am going to see him this spring in Virginia.

[@babydaddy1930]

Great upload, early V.H. doing Trower justice.....

[@hereticpariah6_66]

Wow 😳 I like this a Lot! Trower was my first concert! ...tbh... i was sooooooooooo _fried_ i only remember parts of the show...

[@alphadogstudio]

I never understood how Van Halen could say he didn't like Hendrix "because he used a lot effects and I couldn't afford them" every old recording I've heard of EVH he has a ton of effects Flanger and the ever present Phase90. Not an insult, just an observation.

[@Buzzode]

Besides Clapton , Eddie kept alot of his influence in mysterious ways and threw people off his trail so to speak , He always downplayed a Hendrix influence by saying he couldn’t afford all the effects , which most people know Eddie used his fair share of effects even in the club days and Hendrix didn’t use that many more effects ( basically a Wah , Fuzz Face , Octave , Univibe ) … Even with Eddie’s Techniques and Gear I’m sure he had his reasons for misleading the public ? Eddie and Alex Definitely Consumed and Listened to Lots and Lots of Music and if you dig deep enough you can find them … Long Live EVH , I put him at the Top Always

[@bryanwall5616]

Eddie did say he couldn't afford a fuzz box or wa wa pedal.

[@stevenculver6416]

I have also said for years that eddie never really talked about his true influences that he held under the radar. I guess its all subjective anyway but i hear the influences i believe he guarded and didn't want to admit to for some reason. ​@Buzzode

[@robertb7315]

This is a Robin Trower tune. Didn’t know Eddie saw Robin as an influence - cool

[@EricUnderwood-v2x]

I was at that Concert at the Big A in Anaheim California! Sammy Hagar/ Van Halen / Sabbath and Boston.... on the infield for Sammy and Van Halen! Eric Underwood Class of 81 Downey High school California USA ♥️🇺🇲

[@nickpavlovich2312]

TROWER POWER 1974

[@rockhardrockmetalpop]

Awesome post indeed...love Trower and of course, Eddie.

[@willowwisp6401]

At 3:29, is THAT Sammy Hagar. The band DIED to me when DLR left.

[@leonardgarcia5320]

EVH had Trower's tone down pat...

[@origmnd]

Does van Halen have these sound boards ?? Why don't they release them?

[@wendylucka2397]

DLR sounds like he's doing karaoke. EVH does a great job of course! Still had to listen. And thanks for posting.

[@melvinkern5658]

Ok but missing that soulful vocal. Hard to follow James Dewar!

[@MillerGenuineDraft1980]

No kidding a great track from Bridge Of Sighs. James Dewar was a great singer, perfect for Robin Trower

[@tubewrestler]

love Dave's voice and the guitar .. Van Halen is unique

[@Taptricko]

Nice work from Eddie but I prefer the Trower Tone over the Brown Sound. Really makes me miss James Dewar.

[@mattmclean1306]

A BLUESY SPIN OF VAN HALEN, INTERESTING. THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF IT. COOL RECORDING. FIRST TIME EVER HEARD THIS. VERY COOL.

[@petey604]

That was great!

[@lastdaysguitar]

A great Robin Trower classic.

[@RestrictedAirspacePodcast]

HELL yeah great COVER of Trower! love it

[@MrNostromo2112]

Love Van Halen - but Trower did this song far and away better than this.

[@guitarbob63]

Let's see how Trower would handle a Van Halen tune.

[@ZZUBZERO]

@@guitarbob63 And I LOVE Trower!

[@Vincentdeep]

Goddamn, I never knew this VH never ceases to amaze me!

[@luciddremz]

@GottaLoveEddie Local garage band when I was growing up going to parites...saw them perform at parks...wow that guy is so cute and have never heard anyone play like that before!!! And who is the long haired drama king??? Yep, we would never have guessed they would have made it to the top...I still love em. Fond memories of this band from Arcadia :) Get it together again guys, the world is waiting!!!!

[@jakeclermont6631]

Wow amazing. Very Robin Trower influenced

[@jeffreybrady927]

Awesome they should have done an album together Fantastic Trower tone

[@gossett2006]

@Mattlangston You got it. My channel has over 25 more unreleased, rare songs by Van Halen.

[@dkdex1]

trower all the way

[@PAPIHOMEY]

I was doing the same...lookin' for Robin...stumbled on this!

[@davidobrien8389]

Great job Eddie, nobody would dare cover this except him.

[@Fla_Law_Dog]

Would love to hear the backstory on this. Were u at the show? How did u come to be in possession of this rare gem?

[@gossett2006]

I would have been 5 in 1976 so I was not there. Lol. I got this back around 2006. More was availabale to download. Now if you check I have a LOT of stuff that is actually even harder to find. Like the 2012 songs were longer. I have those. I have a friend of the producer Andy Shanks and the engineer Ross Hogarth. I know Neil Zlozower, the band photographer from 78 to 84 amd use his art with permission. Luck.

[@luciddremz]

@GottaLoveEddie Yes and Dad was a very rich retina eye surgeon, has or had a couple of awesome houses in Pasadena and Bradbury. He managed them in the beginning. There are plaques in thanks to donations in a couple of hospitals here and a picture of David when he was a nurses aide. I had to take a double take when I saw a picture of David as a nurses aide hanging in the hall of a local hospital lol. Michael still lives locally and is seen out & about. Think Ed's in Maliu. Not sure @ the other 2

[@Trolling4Jesus]

Eddie does Trower excellently! Dave though....he was never as good as Dewar. But then again, not many are.

[@yogiguitar1]

awesome!

[@toddwhite1036]

Wow, how cool!!

[@ISamuelII]

Not bad with the instruments. Who are these kids?

[@ronaldelliott4373]

Trower, I didn’t think I could appreciate Eddie any more than I already do.

[@backslash68]

Can I just say that DLR sings very good here?

[@timhuggins7069]

It amazes me that Eddie does a pretty goid cover of a great TROWER song and all some people can post is how Eddie can sound so much like Hendrix. Idiots.

[@henri_.leal68]

Cool asf Trower cover. VH had his style pinned down

[@dustypickups]

The title of this Trower tune is "The Fool AND Me"

[@LeeRashkoff-ob9fx]

3:46 Eddie kicking ass saw Robin notice a little while ago he kicked ass also

[@johnevatt3173]

Instraments spot on. Not an easy one to do

[@hummarstraful]

What I love about this is it proves that Van Halen evolved into the great band they were. They were always good but they weren't great. That happened later. But it should give a real insight into the time it takes to develop a band in the something special.

[@7thkansascav468]

I like Van Halen but I'm a major Robin Trower/James Dewar fan, I can see why this recording is "rare".

[@mstallsmith4109]

Sweet cover by my favorite band VH

[@UberJeffro]

THAT is totally Bad Ass!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@Entrepreneurr]

Trower Rules! Trower does not do Van Halen covers!

[@bigfunkytx]

awesome

[@ashkanbarfipour7486]

Jimi dewar is the best.david lee roth is the ordinary vocalist for me.from iran.r.i.p dewar.long alive for trower.

[@jonathanvanderzee9481]

Need to go listen to more Trower to purge my ears.

[@carlcertain3158]

Hell yeah 😅

[@jazzhawkus]

Im feeling this man! Love Robin Tower but I do like Van Halen quite a bit too

[@moresnare]

I like all the bass licks Eddie had to show Michael how to play.

[@MusicZombieGirl]

Pretty cool. EVH paying respect to RT. 💋

[@paulscape72]

cool - never heard this - I thought Id heard every VH bootleg. Love to hear VH do day of the eagle by Trower

[@Movie-Collectibles]

We Keep Our Spirit Free! 👍🏼🦅🕊️

[@hammer44head]

Sounds great, David's no Dewar in singing, but the music is right there, hope they find a Too Rolling Stoned somewhere in the Van Halen ether.