Rudy Sarzo: Randy Rhoads Avoided Playing Guitar Like Eddie Van Halen in Ozzy Osbourne

Rudy Sarzo: Randy Rhoads Avoided Playing Guitar Like Eddie Van Halen in Ozzy Osbourne
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[@CassiusMorrisOfficial]

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[@SpirtOfFire1992]

Randy is the greatest guitarist of all time

[@mikehunt576]

Randys guitar strap was even copied from eddie, so blah blah

[@SS-gn1wj]

Rudy doesn't seem to get the recognition that he deserves, the guy is awesome.

[@snakegee157]

The only thing Randy did that EVH did was tapping. But the biggest difference was that Randy’s solo style was classically based & Eddies solos were blues based.

[@CHARLESMAKEPEACE]

they were both great in their respective style, but i have never heard anything close to some of the solos that randy constructed. From start to finish, not only his solos, but his music flows with ease and comprehensiveness that takes you on a journey of guitar bliss. Ever since i first heard randy when i was 10 to this very day, i dont think there are too many guitarists that can match his style.

[@johnlujan8706]

Rest well, Randy Rhodes! Thank you for the great music 🎶 🎵

[@Trenchant463]

Without a doubt - Randy had his own sound and phrasing. Not even for a split second did I ever hear Randy's playing sounding like it was derivative of EVH riffs. Randy could not only improvise on the spot, but also compose monster solos.

[@CassiusMorrisOfficial]

😎🤘🤘

[@billgerazounis5610]

Agreed 100%

[@shanewilson199]

I’ll be honest, I prefer RR’s solos to EVH’s. The thing about EVH for me are the unbelievable riff… unchained springs to mind as a great example. RR’s solos were epic and for mine more thoughtful. Apples and oranges to me, both tasty, healthy, with a lot in common but distinctive as well.

[@billgerazounis5610]

@@shanewilson199 To me, Eddie is fun party rock, with fun, cool tricks. Randy is a sophisticated musician, pushing boundaries, triple tracking solos, layers and arrangements… And not interested in constantly repeating himself… Which, quite honestly, Eddie, largely did. Eddie is important in the development of rock guitar… Randy was a colossal leap for what rock and metal guitar could be. Eddie is more squeals, these kinds of repeated tapping patterns, and whammy dives… Everything Randy did was very thoughtful, Way more advanced with both the edge of rock guitar, but with a real understanding of theory, and endless options of how to approach and grow as a musician.

[@patrickshannon4516]

They were different guitarist but in about the same category as far as talent goes.

[@georgemarquardt4435]

You are a fortunate man to have spoken with Mr sarzo

[@ronnie_5150]

I could listen to Rudy talk for hours. The man has such a storied, history of modern rock career. Amazing. :)

[@Plowguitarist]

Not denying anything Rudy just said, but we all know Randy used tapping techniques and was classically trained just as Eddie was. So there were scales and modes, and techniques they both used that were extremely similar. Randy was able to have a signature sound just as Eddie did. But everybody during that era did. I really miss that era of music where everyone had a unique signature sound. You could listen for seconds and know who the artist was back then. You don’t find that at all anymore.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

I try to listen to new rock and metal and it is like no one cares it they sound different with their tone, whereas during that guitar hero ERA the great ones wanted to sound like no one else.

[@Plowguitarist]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Agree completely

[@JokersWild70]

The difference was Randy could read and write music, whereas Eddie could not. Randy knew different modes and scales, and Eddie played by feel and what sounded good to his ears. Eddie was the first to admit that he didn't know what a scale was. Randy could articulate his playing because he understood music theory and also taught many, many students. Neither was wrong, and they both sounded great with their own sound, but Randy did admit that Eddie was an influence and certainly learned the tapping technique to show to his students when so many of them wanted to learn "Eruption" at the time when it came out and Randy was still teaching

[@ncsludgefactory5445]

​@JokersWild70 randy was a better man and player than Eddie ever was

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@ncsludgefactory5445 a lot of people believe randy had the edge for sure , thise two Blizzard of ozz albums are masterpieces. And then he translated them live, making them better.

[@strangeuniverse1199]

Black Sabbath did great after Ozzy left. It seems they were stuck in the mud with Ozzy as their singer in the late 70's. When Ozzy hooked up with Randy in his new band, Randy gave him new confidence. Randy was a great teacher and the best thing that could have happened to Ozzy at the time in the early 80's.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

ozzy gettng fired was one of the greatest days in metal history and proof Santa changed metal. 1978 Chrismas wish lists for 1979 TOny: I want a better singer Ozzy" I want a better guitar player

[@bradleyshuppert3393]

I forgot Rudy had such a strong accent…….. wow

[@SpirtOfFire1992]

It's because Randy was the goat on guitar. No one can play like Randy

[@user-wv5nv7dz3q]

Here's a interesting interview with ANOTHER LEGEND, RUDY SARZO

[@pdxpete48]

Rudy is for sure my one of my favorites as a New Original

[@CassiusMorrisOfficial]

😎

[@martinramirez666]

I saw the diary of a madman tour at the forum new years eve before randy died what a show

[@Man-dl9ml]

I know Randys said this before in old interviews when he was alive but theres definitely some elements of his solos that are similar to EVH. Obviously the tapping stuff. He taps in Flying High Again most notably, and Crazy Train. He also said his spotlight solo he was forced to do some of the tricks (like tapping) that EVH made popular. I think the riffs werent even close though. Randys riffs and song structure is significantly more sophisticated than Van Halen. I dont know of anything like Diary of a Madman, Revelation (Mother Earth), or Mr. Crowley in the VH catalog. Randys the greatest ever in my opinion.

[@cherbutler85]

Randy may have been more sophisticated,…but he sure as he(ck) did not have Eddie’s sense of melody. Give me a memorable, jaw dropping lightening quick melody (like no other), over a sophisticated clutter everyday of the week.

[@RiderVilly]

⁠@@cherbutler85exactly, Randy’s music was more “sophisticated” but every single early Van Halen song was incredible, there’s only a couple off each album from randy I really like

[@Fearzero]

Randy admitted to copping Eddie's style of tapping. I have the guitar player interview where he says this.

[@dustdevil9614]

Randy's more classic sound combined with super twangy electric tube sound is quite distinctive from Eddie's more modern compressed produced sound. Both fn awesome

[@DirtyArnie]

I never learned guitar so that I could stay even more pure than this guy!! I am so pure. I am not even influenced by Eddy Van Halenn and Randy Rhoades.

[@Polentaccio]

lol , everyone but EVH. Pretty obvious he was blown away by Ed's playing like everyone was. No shame in saying that. I thought EVH didn't give RR the credit he deserved but let's not pretend Randy didn't stop and drop everything he was doing when that first VH album dropped.

[@freemanmt1]

No doubt man!!! Evh was the greatest rock guitar player of all time bar none. I have Randy in my top 10 for sure, it's too bad we didn't get to watch what he was going to create for the next 20 or 30 years.

[@billgerazounis5610]

How in the world did you come to that conclusion? Lol. He had already known about Eddie for years on the LA scene… What do you think, the first album came out and he was like who is this Eddie guy?? Lol. He is quoted from his close friends as liking George Lynch a lot better. As do I.

[@billgerazounis5610]

@@freemanmt1 Randy was a million times better in every way… Composer, arranger, much deeper musical, palette, studio mastery… Triple tracking solos, layered parts, much more sophisticated, musician all around. Eddie was great party rock guitar… A lot of fun, cool tricks…whammy dives, constant tapping, squeals, etc. Randy was the far more serious, deeper musician.

[@freemanmt1]

@@billgerazounis5610 amplifier companies big and small have made billions of dollars marketing or trying to market to sound like EVH. The brown sound is the most coveted and elusive tone to all guitar players worldwide. When's the last time you heard somebody said, God I wish I had Randy rhoads tone!?!? 😂. Randy rhoads probably had the worst guitar sound in the history of rock music. And for that alone my friend shows your ignorance on this topic. And one more point, Eddie had a 50-year music career. Arguably the most accomplished in rock music history. His playing style is also the most influential to this day. I suppose you're one of those guys that thinks Prince can play the guitar well. Lmao

[@billgerazounis5610]

@@freemanmt1 you definitely sound like a guy that doesn’t play guitar, or simply doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about… Lol. When was the last time I heard somebody wants the Randy Rhoads sound??. Is that even a serious question?? Lol. You never heard of the Jackson Randy Rhoads model guitar??. Perhaps the quintessential heavy-metal guitar??. Randy, specifically work with Grover Jackson to design that guitar, and that is the quintessential symbol of heavy-metal guitar playing ever cents. Eddie himself marketed his amps, it wasn’t some quest for his “brown sound”… Lol. whatever that means anyway. It was his own signature amps. His sound was essentially very simple. Secondly, Randy was a far superior composer… Obviously. Whether it be as layered tracking guitars, or his triple tracking of composed guitar solos… Stuff Eddie could never do in his wildest dreams. If you like party rock, with whammy dives, the same kind of repeated tapping , and squeals… That is your guy; if you’re serious musician, and you want a sense of real composition and raising the bar for what rock/heavy metal guitar can be.,Randy is your guy. It’s that simple. Not to mention, Randy only made two albums with Ozzy, and here we are still talking about him…Eddie essentially repeated himself over and over again..the same kind of solos, pretty much literally the same live guitar solo, and never really advanced. Just from blizzard to diary, Randy took a colossal leap as a guitar player. I teach music for a living, and I’m sick of all these amateurs with big opinions, trying to tell me what good guitar playing is… Lol. Yeah, Eddie he had a longer career, because Randy died… Again, is there just air blowing between your ears?. You couldn’t figure even that out?

[@Romans219]

I saw Randy Rhoads live in San Diego on the Diary of a Madman tour with Ozzy. Randy Rhoads definitely was the best guitar player I have ever seen live because he had his own unique sound and techniques. I've been a professional acoustic drummer for 50 years so I will always cherish that experience. Shortly after Randy Rhoads died in the plane crash.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

I listen to the bootlegs on youtube all of the time and he sounds amazing, changing every song every night with little changes, as Tommy Aldridge said he had great facility of the instrument

[@jeffroegner1499]

I saw Stevie Ray with Jeff Beck not too long before his unfortunate demise. 😔

[@bobravenscraft5376]

Ed and Randy are it for me since i started playing at 16. When people compare them i get FURIOUS there are 2paths. Blues or Classical. Apples snd Oranges. FRIENDS Stop comparing

[@chriskitchen4772]

Well said brother.

[@jonlandin2440]

Randy has always been my favorite guitarist. And for some in the comments, Van Halen popularized tapping and took it to a new level. But he did not invent it. Some guitar players were doing it earlier in the 1970's.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

according to EvH apologists he invented tapping, strumming, hammer ons and air

[@RiderVilly]

Tapping is the last thing that matters with Eddie, he was better at everything else

[@thewildcellist]

Lee Ritenour! ("Captain Fingers"!) Interesting - and no surprise - that Rudy would cite him! (Capt Fingers is only a guess, but I think it's a good one; I loved his recounting the memory of sitting and listening with Randy). I definitely hear more Lee Ritenour emulation than EVH (though the latter is there too).

[@RobertWeingher]

From what i read Randy Rhoads was asked by the people who were close to Ozzy to play flashy guitar solos like EVH, i don't know who were those people exactly, one thing i know for sure, at that time Ozzy was wasted so the people around him took control over his music, like telling a young guy like Randy the direction of his guitar playing, of course Randy had a different tone and sound but he played fast guitar solos, sometimes with the tapping tech and sometimes with the whammy bar effect, i was very surprised that Rudy Sarzo mentioned Lee Ritenour as someone whom Randy was listening to, as much as i know Randy avoided playing like others since he wanted to play his own style, but he was young and new in the music business and he couldn't say no to the people who gave him orders, thanks for sharing.

[@donaldramone6517]

For some reason I used to associate Randy’s playing more with Richie Blackmore- Randy playing was very theory conscious where Ed’s wasn’t based on scales at all

[@nunestunes]

Cool he mentioned Bill Nelson, the man plays a beautiful guitar

[@yeayeasautoadventures]

randy and eddie knew each other and atleast had a friendly rivalry if not outright jealousy

[@2216sammy]

He couldn't play guitar like Edward nobody could .

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

there absolutely nothing derivative about Randy....he sounded like no one else, and was writing like no one else, all-time A leaguer

[@colonelklink6095]

He used a zeus mini amp (Zeus Audio Systems Mini Amp/Model 8401 ). i used to use a preamp by the same company in the late '70s. The mini amp lt was about the same size and dimensions as a carton of cigarettes. It sounds like he used it on the blizzard of ozz album. Personally, I wasnt crazy about the distortion. That's why I got rid of my Zeus preamp pedal. it sounded like Randy's.

[@29100287]

Me agrada que Rudy tire al cesto la basura dicha en el pasado por EVH. Randy hacía lo suyo, y punto. Yo quiero un amigo como Rudy ❤

[@m42037]

Who's the high school kid interviewing Rudy

[@sirzap7542]

Rudy has an accent that I haven't noticed before. Randy stated in a guitar magazine interview everything he learned, he learned it from Eddie!

[@missano3856]

He's Cuban

[@sirzap7542]

@@missano3856 So what was he hiding his accent or did he move to Cuba and his accent started to kick in?

[@PlayerToBeNamedLater1973]

Yea I avoid playing like Edward Van Halen too . I also avoid composing guitar parts like Jimmy Page 😄 . I avoid screaming like Rob Halford or Gillan . Not because I am unable though

[@anthonyjagers7770]

The name is Lee Ritenour. I'll check it out.

[@CassiusMorrisOfficial]

😎

[@PickettMusic]

Saw him live at the Hollywood Bowl. Al DiMeola too. Those guys are beasts. We talk about 'knowing modes and scales' but most rock guys know a fraction of what the jazz guys routinely use....unless you're Satch or Lukather.

[@joefoutner5284]

Lee Ritenour

[@jamesfriend481]

I know Randy Rhoads liked Glen Buxton of Alice Cooper because of the non musical noises that he made.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

yes true...

[@jammer70s]

He was also a fan of Mick Ronson, who played for David Bowie.... known for pick slides and toggle-switch "beeps"

[@rona.9731]

Guitar Player mag interview his own mother said he loved EVH playing style!

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

by the time he made it, he did not care anymore about the rivalry or people talking about Ed, he was perfectly comfortable in his own skin

[@Dave-xs9dm]

I borrowed from kerslake. Borrowed from believer, etc.

[@guitarmann3343]

Sawtooth guitars??

[@georgemalley6414]

Just imagine if Rudy would have gotten in that plane. Randy woke him up and asked him if he wanted to go in the plane, Ruby decided to continue sleeping.

[@darrellmay4502]

some people act like copying others is the only way to go but many guitarists can't play like others so they make it up as they go!, Lol's, true story!

[@j.t.cooper2963]

Is that why his solo during the Diary of a Madman tour sounded almost like Eruption? I seen them in 1981 in Norman, Oklahoma and he sounded very much like Eddie.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

it did not sound anything like Eruption...he had been doing a lot of that since the Quiet Riot days....you need to get you ears cleaned, he sounds nothing like Ed live if you are confusing those tones that's on you. Ed was also often drunk and high and Randy was busy changing the songs every night with subtle changes. Because a guy taps or throws in a couple of licks that other guitar players were using long before he Ed ...you shoud go back to the Cleveland 1981 show on youtube and listen again

[@PickettMusic]

He was in a position, like other guitarists where managers and lead singers wanted him to compete in a live marketplace with a sound that would hold its own with Van Halen, as much as that was possible. A lot of acts from that period were taking similar approaches, which is why KISS hired Vinnie Vincent, then Mark St. John, etc

[@A5p3r07h]

Randy was never influenced. He was just challenged.

[@douglassloan6831]

God Bless Rudy Sarzo. Can we finally put this ridiculous Randy ripped off Eddie nonsense once and for all?

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

anyone who thinks Randy copied Ed is tone deaf, including Ed who gave that horrible interview after Randy died

[@douglassloan6831]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Agree 100%. For sure they don't understand the instrument. And that interview is freaking heartbreaking. Ed was clearly buzzed and was in a place where he was not willing to give any other guitar player credit for contributing to the evolution of the music back then. I wonder if he felt differently in later years.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@douglassloan6831 I wish someone had asked him about Randy years later I am sure we would have gotten a different answer

[@flazjsg]

@@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle Randy did an interview where he stated that he was still playing some of EVH's licks. It's out there. He loved Eddie's playing. He said that in a Guitar Player interview. There's way too much revisionist history out there. Eddie and Randy played on the same circuit. Van Halen set the standards. I have no dog in this fight. Saw both guitarists in 1981 live.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@flazjsg what he said was he hated doing licks associated with Ed in his spotlight solo because he felt the kids preferred flash......He respected all of these guitar players, he loved anyone who played the instrument. And you saw a sober Randy doing his thing near his peak and probably a drunk or high Ed playing well but sloppy

[@bags5150]

The tapping in flying high randy for From George lynch nit Eddie !!! And randy phrasing was way more advanced then Eddie !!!! Eddie just happen to get sign before Randy and George so Eddie gets the credit.

[@hadleymanmusic]

Flower power hour

[@donavonmacallister3101]

Rudy looking like mick Mars

[@TheTruthseeker59]

randy took one listen to george lynch and called him mr scary!!

[@SS-gn1wj]

So much comparison to EVH.. They were both great players coming up @ the same time. Its like comparing apples to apples.

[@TheCyberMantis]

Randy pulled a lot of inspiration from the classics. As did Yngwie, but Yngwie was all about sweeping those arpeggios. Randy was more about classical phrasing. Eddie was all about flashy tapping. Out of those 3, I prefer Randy. But today, the king is Michael Romeo. Kiko and The Trooch are way up there too.

[@shanewilson199]

I think swept arpegios sound great for about 20 seconds, then they bore me. RR’s solos were way more interesting.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

Randy may have been the most talented of the 3, Yngwie is a B leaguer

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@shanewilson199 Randy a superior songwriter. even Dio use to get on Yngwie to learn how to write better songs

[@bretviola6871]

Right, because Randy never tapped. 😂

[@vonholland64]

He definitely was influenced by evh , period . He was definitely trying to move forward from it tho

[@ozman6602]

There's an interview with Eddie Van Halen he was asked if he knew who Randy Rhoads was and what he thought of him Eddie says he's Randy was honest Randy Rhoads said he got everything he knew from Eddie but I heard the interview Eddie was talking about and it wasn't at all what Randy Rhoads said but apparently that's what Eddie's take on it was, my opinion Randy was better than Eddie but according to Eddie Randy hasn't done anything Eddie hadn't which was crap ever hear Eddie play anything like diary of a madman Randy was classical influenced sounded nothing like Eddie.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

yes the horrible interview he gave after Randy had died....he completely misrepresented a quote Randy made, Randy never said he learned anything from Ed or copied his style. The interview is also guilty of not hammering Ed he had a chance but he sounded scared

[@christiand7437]

I stopped playing other peoples music...so I have and develop my own style...thru originals. I see many copy cat's on KZbin. You can admire a good musician... but don't bite their style. Develop your own!

[@mitchcarpenter4506]

No disrespect to Rudy, but everyone is an amalgamation of those who influenced them. I understand that he’s observing the fact that Randy didn’t steal stuff that he thought Eddie was making popular, but nevertheless, we are all stealing from those before us.

[@MainPrism]

I love Randy to death, he's in my top 5 greatest guitar influences. That said... Ya'll fan boys need to quit swingin on his d!ck. Randy was very fortunate to be born into a musical family that OWNED a music school. He learned EVERYTHING about music from a very early age. Eddie had a musician for a father. That's it. He learned everything he knew about playing, songwriting, composing, etc through trial and error. He literally taught himself. He NEVER had all of the many many hours of lessons that Randy did as a kid. Which one's better? Neither. It's apples and oranges people so get off your damn high horses.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

Ed did take classical piano lessons but he never learned how to read music....Randy was more educated and could sight read music and write it down. He would score some of his solos and songs. No, it's apples to apples, two guitar player with lots of talent and skill....easy to compare them on some level, the styles are different but we can all compare and contrast them as fans

[@braindeadhacker3]

Randy doubled most of his parts. No biggie

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

and tripled...some of them, it is rare to double especially solos because most lack the skill to play it perfectly 2 times so the third solo is usually to fill in the gaps according to a studio musician my buddy talked to... But according to Max , Randy could record takes in succession with little issue but on a couple of tracks he deliberely played the solos in slightly different ways like on Crazy Train which created that effect of multiple guitars

[@PickettMusic]

I actually think the albums would have sounded better if just the rhythms were doubled but the solos were just single-tracked...which is why I think the solos sound cleaner and have a bit more fire on the Tribute album.

[@mikebuchanan7610]

Then, Eddie took credit for everything Randy did after he died. Class act.... Always like Randy and Yngwie more than Eddie.

[@chrisnizer5702]

Be hard pressed to find a guitar player that impacted people's lives to the extent Randy Rhoads did in such a tragically short period of time.

[@MarkTurner-vs7uc]

Ed liked flash. Randy liked structure. Randy was way different from Ed, Ed was jealous, threatened, Randy was the great new guy. Ed was into the big party Rock star thing, Randy was into music. Eddie was always wasted flashing his tricks. Randy was thinking about structure , interesting music. He was a classical guy. He wanted to teach. Blew his mind when he asked Ed how he stayed in tune and Ed turned away ,didn't say anything.

[@Diggerdog2nd]

The one & only technique of Eddie's that Randy picked up on was obviously hammer-ons. Guitarist are going to pick up on new techniques. Unless you live under a rock it's going to happen. Nothing wrong with that because Randy did it his way & there's nothing else lead or rhythm wise you could say he got from Eddie.

[@CassiusMorrisOfficial]

😎

[@12SharpShooter]

there's a video of 15 yr old randy playing hammer-ons so he didn't pick that up from eddie, but there's no doubt some of the techniques that were popular at the time were thanks to eddie.

[@BobK5]

Guitarists had been doing hammer on’s decades before EVH

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

that is not true Randy was using those long before van Halen, Ed did not invent hammer ons...

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@12SharpShooter correct....Ed did not invent hammer ons...and Randy was using them long before Ed was showing the world what he could

[@marvinmartin3438]

Eddie played the same solo every song. He was a one trick pony. Randy was more creative. Schenker is still God. Just sayin

[@Polentaccio]

They all essentially play the same 4-5 patterns and licks and those are there go to. It is the way they are put together that counts.First off, I'm a Schenker fanboy so you already won me over. But I see just as much repetition in Randy's lead playing as I do EVH's.

[@billgerazounis5610]

@@Polentaccio you see much repetition in revelation mother earth, diary of a madman, believer, goodbye to Romance, Dee, SATO, over the mountain, etc.? Lol. Literally each song is an event. You sound like you don’t play guitar.

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

come on I love Randy's playing but Ed's solos did not ever sound the same .....he was not as educated as Randy so sometimes the solos did not always fit the song to my ears. One trick pony I mean don't most guys want to be known for at least one trick? he was famous for something but he brought a lot to the table. Randy at their respecive ages was ahead of Ed in terms of songwriting. Schenker is not on the level of rhoads or Ed

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@Polentaccio Schenker is not on their level, he is good but let's be real. Not the songwriter those guys were. You see repitition in Randy's playing? the guy touched more frets during solos than any guy I have followed Schenker is a box player. Most people will tell you Randy was the most naturally melodic and his solos were a song within the song, there was nothing repititious about his playing nor wiht Ed's do you play guitar?

[@Dave_Wight_The_Rock_Oracle]

@@billgerazounis5610 true he does come across like he does not play guitar

[@budgiemcleod4443]

Eddie could shred...but when it comes down to songwriting, the man had nothing on Randy.