The Sportsmen's Lodge

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[@mikemay7315]

I hope everyone understands what Dave’s doing here… these are snippets of a Dave/Van Halen biography… and it’s great. When you listen to Dave’s descriptions, underneath it is a deep brotherhood and relationship between the two of them, that only THEY had with one another. As someone who works in the movie business and has lived in LA/The Valley his whole life, I lived all of this. I knew people that knew Eddie, I knew girls that dated Alex and I worked on plenty of rock concerts and videos. It’s all true. Dave’s refreshing uncensored recollections don’t take anything away from the talent Ed was… it just proves he was a man… who was fallible, impressionable and a victim of circumstances that were the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s in LA. What a time… great stuff Dave…

[@Whaddayamean13]

Dave is just illuminating that unlike Sam, he and the Brothers were actually "brothers from different mothers." Sam walked into a band that was already crafted by hand. Dave and the Brothers had to bootstrap themselves from nothing. Remember, Dave's dad had money but his childhood wasn't set up for him. He was kicked out of his mom's house and bounced around the east coast and finally in Altadena.

[@DonVintaggio]

poor dlr; contrary to Sammy Hagar he couldn't have a successful solo career after VH; it's just like those boxers that were champions in their youth but instead of quitting at the top insisted on ridiculize themselves when they get old. He clearly can't sing and resorts to "reciting".

[@teddynugent2463]

@DonVintaggio I saw Dave on Eat em and Smile and Skyscraper HEADLINER tours. Saw Sammy solo backup ZZ Top on his I can't drive 55 tour. Dave was a headliner, Sammy solo was basically always a backup band. Fail, try again.

[@tamelabeckman3559]

I think Dave & his Mom had some rough times!! I'm a Mom to 27 year old identical twin sons & when they were young they were HYPER-CATS!!! Jumping off the couch, into a rollout. Back up onto the coffee table to do it OVER & OVER AGAIN. I was raising 2 little DLR's & losing my mind. But I never would have kicked them out of the house or said they were an accident or mistake. It breaks my heart that maybe Dave has never married because of his Mom............@@Whaddayamean13

[@tamelabeckman3559]

Mom

[@gossett2006]

Eddie Van Halen stories are the best stories to tell. Remember, he was just being himself, and Dave is a HELL of a story teller!!

[@christinamadvig1468]

Dave has 1 of the best speaking voices kinda like Casey Kasem 😊

[@dirtyd7931]

I can’t get enough of this. Diamond Dave, you always were and always will be the man. Please more. Thanks Dave!

[@miker9101]

DLR is a born storyteller with an unlimited supply of stories. Great stuff.

[@crsantin]

Imagine all the shit Dave isn’t telling us 😂😂😂

[@power2me1]

Dave needs to host story time parties at his Pasadena compound. I'll volunteer to manage the valet parking.

[@MtnGrrrl]

I love that he always seems happy and joyful, super upbeat and humorous. You always hear that we make our own happiness and, and I can't think of anyone who does it better than Dave. I love that he's still around and is telling these stories, he's a fantastic teller of tales.

[@SOXROCKER-NEWS-REVIEWS]

Dave is reborn...He has mastered yet another form of entertainment...

[@fscottfscott5369]

PLEASE KEEP THEM COMING!!!!! PURE GOLD PLATINUM AND DIAMOND DAVE!!!!

[@laserflexr6321]

Well Dave, you've done it again. I sat glued to your voice as you weaved in and out of what seemingly was 14 different loosely affiliatied side notes to draw up a larger picture of what was going on in a lost and discombobulated individual's life at not so certain points in time. I hung on every word, swirling from one set of mental images to the next and then all of a sudden you abruptly stopped talking. What was that? I was acutely paying attention every second of the journey but I dont think I caught much of anything. I havent gotten out the chemistry set for years I swear. Best bus driver ever.

[@wassaps.]

Diamond Dave is the best frontman of all time.

[@donbrashsux]

Never be another Dave .. period

[@kevinbirge2130]

Absolutely.

[@smeyers9284]

was now hes a nutjobbink looks horrible weight loss looks sickly and his teeth look horrible sad he turned into this

[@vivaitalia7221]

Dave is great, but the best ever...? I think not. Not even close.

[@smeyers9284]

universal consensus is mick jagger is the greatest frontman of all time

[@SixStringJoy]

Ok so I’m gonna take a quick drive up Coldwater in my pajamas just to make the trip back down imagining I’m operating a golf cart while listening to this.

[@haywoodjablowme699]

I lived there for years. Drove by the Sportsmans Lodge countless times. Never knew it was a hotel. Just thought it was a bar.

[@differentsession3003]

I can’t handle it man this is too awesome!! Twice in one week

[@filipkaczmar]

Please don't stop making these! I love the Roth Show!

[@ronr7905]

I'm glad to see Dave has an outlet for his creativity. Oh, and we all miss Edward too. In a different way, but we all miss him too. I have had Light Up The Sky stuck in my head today after watching Mike Portnoy play it on Alex's kit in a Modern Drummer tribute. There is a way with beauty but you never gave a love....bless ya Dave. 😄

[@01REDEYEDDEVIL]

These past few great memories, have been an all time CLASSIC!!! I love the way you start , do The midddle, and end these now. Good work Dave and Tom!!

[@NicholasNorway]

This is awsome! More stories like this please 😊

[@jironthunder7519]

Keep the stories coming Dave!!! =VH= FOREVER

[@michellearqan1343]

Love the way you express yourself Dave!! "Dave", your "Amazing"!! ❤

[@idontmindatall]

As always writing a comment to support the channel!

[@deviritter5232]

Holy fck - we stayed there when I was a kid in 1969. I learned to swim in that pool. We moved into a house nearby with a river view next door to Ned Glass, who was working on the tv show Julia. (Later he was in The Godfather). He and his wife were like grandparents to me, they had two Russian tortoises named Ivan and Boris. My boyfriends mother was dating Herb Albert’s brother. Crazy to see the place again. It would be my dad to pick that place to live while we were in transition.

[@cpirazzo]

That was a great story Dave, I wanna hear more!

[@RobBenjaminMusic]

Dave you are in my heart and as much for your solo albums as VH. The Eat ‘em & Smile album and Skyscraper are both masterpieces. Now tell me stories about the Ralph’s across the street from Sportsmans.

[@vicmorrison8128]

Great story! Real life! Thanks for sharing!

[@HM-dd3pt]

Dave ,you lost a lot of weight. Please take care of yourself King David!! Love you!❤

[@AngelA-qj4jx]

This is GOLD!!!! More??? Yes please!!!!!

[@3buzzy]

Fabulous!!! Keep 'em comin' Dave! Yoiure the best! More, more, more!!!

[@ArtMonkey5150]

I enjoyed his last video. Sam the Popsicle! LMAO! Fontuckey isn't the place to be.

[@tomsumner2363]

Killer Dave! ... 1-18-84 last night, 40 years ago, Jacksonville Florida, VAN HALEN 1984 Opening night.! I was there....Got any stories!!☠

[@memsitoab]

Hoping this will be a daily thing...DLR has a lot to tell, video would be a bonus.

[@ufohunters4612]

The perfect voice for story telling ..... We love you Dr.Dave !!!

[@guidetothehunger6091]

Don’t ever, EVER stop!

[@richardfrikkers9295]

Your narrations are my favorite... nobody tells it like Diamond Dave...thank you for 46 summers of of life altering event's...

[@HM-dd3pt]

I just love your stories!!❤

[@mikehersh6192]

Grew up at that Hotel. Duck pond. Totaly different now.

[@dimebag6384]

Dave we need another book!! With all the dirt! VH forever

[@cmikesmith664]

Dave. These are great. 😂

[@Justin.Sanctuary.Studio.D16]

David you are a legend bro. ☘

[@almatsas351]

DLR is truly one of a kind! He and the VH brothers were destined to make rock n roll history! Can u imagine a Van Halen without David Lee Roth??? Sam Hagar is a shit talking lowlife. Just ask Alex Van Halen who made peace with DLR, global record breaking concert tours 2007 to 2015. AL VH thinks Hagar is a bum. DLR loves life and is a guru with a deep deep soul !!!

[@trumpublicansneednotapply6503]

Keep it coming Dave.. .story time with Diamond Dave is the best thing ever! Thank you good sir.

[@GhostRider-mm6ky]

Dave is the 🐐.. How about a video of ya talking about you're peers Dave like meeting Axl and Bach and telling Brett Michael's he couldn't sit at you're table 😂

[@almatsas351]

All Dave needs is a microphone! He's a true rockstar no matter what he does!!!

[@damianbowyer2018]

Wow, The Sportsmen's Lodge Sounds Just Awesome, Diamond Dave😎🤘

[@travisbruce1775]

The life of a Rock Star! Keep the stories coming . . .

[@paxotium7971]

Fun story thanks Dave!

[@brendanralph4730]

Dave, this is a little off topic but ….please tell us the story about kayaking under the Verrazano bridge again…at night I believe..that would really rock to hear that story again 👏🏻

[@jaysantiago9673]

"and she gets a mouthful too.". Dave's the greatest!!!!!!!

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

The greatest of all times!!!

[@roberthoeg1964]

Thanks David for the daily dose of therapy 😎

[@timw.6910]

Thanks Dave, this is fantastic (and shocker) entertaining!

[@mikedelara8226]

Roth Rules 😎

[@cobrajet5998]

I love these. Keep them comin!

[@Steelheart0923]

The best Van Halen frontman/writer and I love your story telling ! Rock on Dave 👍🏻

[@kevinhodgson8508]

Great stuff !

[@ENigma-um8zw]

Thanks as always for these Dave!

[@NightWarriorAlive]

Wow, look at all the great stuff you learn on The Roth Show! So that's how Eddie got involved with that adult film and met his second wife- through The Sportsmen's Lodge! Be careful what you show your kids.

[@pamelabrun6891]

OH I needed this! Just to hang out with you for a few minutes!! You are older physically but not spiritually!! You will always be the coolest fkr on the block. I love ya Dave!!!

[@robertgran5535]

This was a dark time for Edward.. meeting Jane might have saved his life at this time.. damn I love these stories

[@jasonbone7033]

WOW!!!! Thanks David!!!!

[@walterevans2118]

This was during cutting the 2 tracks 'Can't Get this Stuff No More' & 'Me Wise Magic' in 1996 ? To be fair Dave did a great job on the vocals there & if he & Ed had not had a daft-as-a-brush fight about Hip Replacement & done a whole new album & tour they could have conquered the world all over again.......Golf Cart in Pajamas ? ....That was Ed going up the hill to 5150 when lightning ideas would strike. ...Jumping in swimming pools from balconies was a tour sport popularized by KEITH MOON of course...The higher up the balconys were the more he would wear wellington boots when he jumped to cushion the splashdown impact.... He'd also dynamite hotel toilets, Water Bed flood hotel lobbies by sending them down in elevators, and drive around village roundabouts driving a milk float electric van dressed as Adolf Hitler...........I don't think Janie was a 'porn star' , I thought she was a Stuntwoman ?....In movies ? .......Who's Will Robinson ? Lost in Space guy ?..🤔......... 'Allegedly' ? ......🙄 Go easy on Val please . Losing Ed really upset her. Thanks.

[@whiskey_6961]

This was around 2006

[@walterevans2118]

@@whiskey_6961 Was it ? ….My mistake….When he mentioned ‘doing the two songs’ I assumed he meant the 1996 two tracks …2006 ? …Was that just after Wolfgang rang him up and suggested that he joined the band again ?

[@douglasmcclure9492]

Sent the mayor down in his pickup truck found a dirty faced kid in a garbage can who writes like this wow only diamond dave

[@jordanmartinez2432]

THIS 100% PURE FUCKING GOLD!!!!! THANKS DAVE!!!

[@differentsession3003]

Imagine a biopic narrated by Dave with Jump cuts and fourth wall breaking like Wolf on Wallstreet

[@markmccord381]

Roth Rules! I had a Roth Rules t-shirt back in the day. Wish I could find a new one.

[@carolinevdvlies6969]

Yes please new merch including Daves own artwork!

[@EnjoyTheDayEveryday]

That is some very insightful information with Dave's humorous dialect. Thanks!

[@Fallingtower969]

Wonderful storytelling. Insight into EVH.

[@brendonelton]

Thank you Dave! I always wondered why tf Eddie was making porn music LOL keep rocking man!

[@marilynoverholt8047]

Stayed there many times, hs reunion party there too. You are Van Halen. You, Michael, Alex, and Eddie incredible shows🙌

[@JerryTheVeganRockstar]

Yay! Another quicky

[@PatriciaMcclelland-t3d]

Dave is A National Treasure 🎉🎉🎉

[@tiki2926]

Let the Tiki illuminate the night🔥

[@brianspectre2343]

The Porno jumped out like a monster truck commercial. Hilarious!

[@thestig7603]

DLR is the coolest podcaster in the world

[@raymoralesjr]

I brought my pencil!!

[@RaiderX948]

I brought Indian Larry's Motorcycles out to California and we stayed at the Sportsman, we, SEEN, Bobby Seeger & I, great time. Had dinner at Robert Williams' house and his Nazi Helmet Collection was also on display.

[@JIMJAMSC]

Had I been a huge rockstar in LA during that time I would have survived maybe 3 weeks.... Tops. I was in my teens during the early 80s, didn't mess with drugs and only drank beer...Now imagine walking into a circus like this lodge as a super celebrity and it is literally NO EFFORT. The hottest chicks, the drinks start coming your way. Wanna get high? How about a big bump? Name the vice, your desire, weakness... No Effort!!

[@lotusflower2838]

What a storyteller just like being there!

[@DaveFurbush]

I could listen to this guy all fucking day

[@zockerfuzzy]

Keep riding the bike, Dave

[@leavemealone8336]

Dave, you and Sam need to set an example for Earth, you are leaders.

[@BillFromDeadAirRadio]

OMG I kinda really want a second half to this story! 😆

[@andreweagland4702]

Love it man 👑 DLR legend put my ear buds in smoke a joint and listen to diamond Dave VH 🎸👑 Edward VH for life ✌️☮️🎸

[@hern-t]

Dave, more please. 👍

[@WestShoreMan]

This is hilarious and true even better!

[@dukeallen432]

Wow. Oh Dave, quite the storyteller. Bravo

[@skimm72]

Fucking loving this , its real Dave, fucking love Dave, growing up, Dave my late 80’s super hero superman, now the coolest most entertaining podcast, Ricky Gervais, David lee Roth, check out both

[@joeyh9619]

Epic storyteller and LIFE LIVED! Diamond Dave for life- somebody get me a doctor ... or an EMS AMBULANCE WORKER NAMED DAVEEEE !!!!!

[@whammerjammer1562]

DLR is the best ! Love you man!

[@teddynugent2463]

The farthest place I came out west was West Virginia 😆

[@davenathan5347]

“Hi, we’re Sausalito.” I think that’s what Dave was referencing when he mentioned Lost In Translation

[@thomaspollock8167]

This is gonna make some $$$. As it should!

[@theleviathan89]

Very Entertaining! 😎

[@mhsandifer]

Holy Eruption, what a story

[@theotherlindsayrickman]

This photoshoot RULES 😎💥

[@tonyowens6802]

When’s the biography coming out? 🤔

[@SteveJones379]

Ha! Great story Diamond D!! 🤘

[@janiterinadrum1627]

I love David Lee roth, he was one of the best front man ever to exist on this planet or any other That being said, I think Dave is OCD and maybe autistic little bit. He doesn’t even need anybody to talk to. He can crack himself up with laughter without being asked any questions .. he’s getting older now. People should leave him alone and just let it be. We have the records and they are great all of them that should be enough for everybody.

[@PivotStudiosXE]

DLR rules!

[@lisad476]

Please Sir may I have some more....

[@warriorv9359]

Your still a badass Dave keep it up