Van Halen - La Grange & Honolulu Baby (Unreleased)

Van Halen
Conference Building
Pasadena Convention Center
Pasadena, CA
May 29, 1976
00:01 La Grange (ZZ Top Cover)
05:56 Honolulu Baby (Unreleased Original)

[@duckydrummer6331]

Can you imagine walking into some bar and hearing Eddie just tearing up the guitar?

[@Igglefan69]

He must have just blown people's minds...

[@hervemauri6457]

Eddie est monstrueux 🔥🔥

[@deadreckoning292]

I know… that’s be so crazy 19 years old Making that guitar his bitch

[@markbohrer3734]

😮

[@asherdeangelo3268]

Eddie can boost anything..rip my brother...respect

[@benjaminsmith1089]

Long live Van Halen, Eddie your mark on the world was unmistakable.

[@doyleperkins4916]

One of the best covers of ZZ Top's "La Grange," faithful to the original studio sound, with an added flourish or two...LOL! LOVE IT! GREAT RECORDING. Thank you for posting.

[@rangerdoc1029]

Really impressive recording quality for how old it is.

[@plutomoon8106]

Recorded thru a sound board. Gives album live sound. Plus mic for audience background. Superb.

[@freddyferrillo9704]

@@plutomoon8106: Yes you're correct. But one detail you left out.....it's recorded analog onto tape.

[@allenlocke1935]

My only regret is there isn't the video footage to this. But, the pics are cool! Thank you to the poster of this. Bottoms Up, Folks!

[@chonrodriguez6053]

Sucks

[@mindeloman]

I've always felt the guitar during the talking break in "Hot For Teacher" was lifted from La Grange. It sort of has that same cadence. And it goes from A to B#

[@doyleperkins4916]

You're right...I bet it inspired them in their crafting the opening to "Hot for Teacher..."

[@interestedviewer8569]

Excellent observation

[@conorhayes8818]

And bottoms up intro

[@freegee3503]

I heard some "Ice Cream Man" in there too. 👍 "It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing!"

[@freegee3503]

@@conorhayes8818 You know it and surely the outtro! 👍

[@0sumgamezzz435]

This version of Dave's voice right here is one of rock and roll's all time unique greats.

[@colinkratz5457]

Sounds like Jim dandy

[@Marshall-uy2dv]

Ed's fills are incredible!WOW!

[@davetbassbos]

Trying to imagine what it would be like to hear that type of solo for the first time

[@SuperBoomshack]

I'm pretty sure I came in my tidy whities when I first heard VH in 1979 and I was 9 years old😂

[@johnmongani5223]

this version of La Grange sounds a lot like Bottoms Up. Influences, influences.....

[@charlesconha2530]

Nice catch

[@bosnmatecaddie]

Your So Right! Peace!!

[@keithgraham8515]

How’s about Hot for Teacher?

[@cdraper7277]

It is a very basic blues riff. The Rolling Stones had the same riff on a song on Exile to Main Street.

[@johnmongani5223]

well not just the riff, but the tone as well and some of the solo section.

[@FlyingGemSparkly]

Diamond Dave sounds spot on Black Oak Arkansas’ Jim Dandy Mangrum and borrowed heavily from his stage schtick! Saw BOA on TV at Cal Jam in 74’ and I heard that Roth was there in the crowd as a fan and his influence really shows in DLR’s onstage persona! 😎🤩

[@Hugh_Manitee]

Oh No doubt. A Jim Dandy impersonator in the beginning.

[@slickmic6113]

James Sparks absolutely agree with your comment to 100%!!! It's actually a little strange he sounds just like Jim Dandy

[@willardwayne3]

@@slickmic6113 I actually read a article a LONG time ago where Roth spills it and gives Jim Dandy the glory. Humble move considering it's DLR

[@slickmic6113]

Willard Wayne glad to hear that DLR humbled himself to admit that I just can't get over how he sounds exactly like him ...keep rocking my friend!!!! Thanks for the info

[@rickleblanc8900]

Well, he even looked and dressed like him ! If it ain't broke....... Plus all the ladies he could handle !

[@swinehorde9118]

According to David Lee Roth, this is the song they would end their sets with, when they wanted to murder the band that came on after them. :)

[@danfontaine8179]

That's why I'm here lol

[@danfontaine8179]

But yeah I've heard this song tons of times and never knew what it was called

[@puertecitos6888]

swine horde, it worked every time.

[@magnaballgin6865]

@@danfontaine8179 a true VH chomper, haha!

[@stephenshepherd1917]

"Hot For Teacher"

[@slickmic6113]

My favorite band!!! These guys were on top of the world!!!

[@jasonr3574]

Van Halen doing Z Z top doing John Lee Hooker. Cool.

[@dougevans826]

man love VanHalen since 79 actually when i first heard Eddie play Eruption on an 8 track player i was in awe what is he doing on that guitar i thought wow R.I.P. Eddie VanHalen we all love & miss you thanks for all the music you gave to us much love

[@sambitkundu]

You guys are sharing great stuff one after another..

[@chickeastwater9883]

This means Edward - is 18

[@SuperNick090]

Bottoms up !

[@fuzzcous]

Fantastic solo in La Grange, thanks for posting.

[@waterwoodguitars6871]

I think I’ve almost seen/heard all the videos you’ve posted, but somehow this one slipped under my radar. This is freaking awesome! Van Halen never ceases to amaze me.

[@LD-qj2te]

Omg! Great to hear him shredding as a young guy ! Usually bands are finding their way ! The foundation of bottoms up ! An evolution to the revolution ! EVH omg! It sounds like they are in a tiny club..... not many people there ?

[@marioavalos1385]

-- pure clear classic rock,,. by my favorite #1 band "original VAN HALEN" now in 2019 need Michael Antony in bass 🎸.

[@rkgaustin9043]

And Michael Starr on vocals. He's more Roth than Roth.

[@roddreeguz2059]

@@rkgaustin9043 Hahaha. AMEN!!

[@bear5141]

Top 10 rock band of all time

[@NightWarriorAlive]

This is a cover song, but it sounds like Van Halen (a sign of pure creativity).

[@mindcontrol67]

No its Van Halen doing a cover song so it sounds like Van Halen. Love VH but not anything groundbreaking here.

[@connshawnery6489]

A clear umbilical cord to 'Hot For Teacher' is now evident

[@skyfugmann8678]

I hear Bottoms Up too....

[@Ryno-fp7pm]

@@skyfugmann8678 Yeah, Bottoms Up more than anything to me.

[@roddreeguz2059]

All Bottoms up!! Used to end their early shows with that riff. GENIUS!!!

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

The superior and Supreme Van halen..

[@robtoc]

This is priceless!

[@lcbryant78]

You can hear the Jim Dandy influence in DLR’s stage persona.

[@turbo280z]

Wow man you’re blowing my mind... KEEP POSTING PLEASE!! EVH

[@roscoepcoltrane23]

Good stuff thanks for posting.

[@michaela2757]

Regardless of all their problems, they are a very solid band. Thank You 😊

[@slickmic6113]

I cannot get over the fact he sounds exactly like Jim Dandy of Black Oak Arkansas

[@tracysrocket]

Damn bro we got old.

[@warmonger8799]

AWESOME THANK YOU

[@MrNormart]

after that joe rogan interview gotta admit my opinion of dlr has changed..alot more to that guy then i gave him credit for...i was amazed,i never realized how involved he really was with vh,s success....

[@robertschaffer1598]

David Lee Roth has a lot of very interesting history. And the best part about it there's more to come👍

[@Fakename70]

dave normart You obviously didn’t read Crazy From The Heat then.

[@davedecker1725]

Fakename70 Great book! Love the brown M&M story. There is a book called Van Halen rising that chronicles the history of the early days. It's very detailed, if it wasn't for Roth's determination they probably wouldn't have made it out of Pasadena. It's a must read if you like the HALEN 😁

[@Fakename70]

Dave Decker Checked that one out from the public library when it came out. Really well done. There’s a few at VHND that I’ve got my eye one. Been meaning to get to Monk’s book since it came out, but haven’t done it yet.

[@davedecker1725]

Fakename70 I'm hoping MIKE will write a book. Ouchhh😆😆

[@longhorn2615]

They did play some ZZ in the early days! Have Mercy!

[@Bdevonhewitt]

Eddie could play any style or genre of music. Of course he would button it up with his own signature tone and flair. Hard to believe he isnt going to be ripping up fretboards anymore. I can still remember the day I got their first album in 1978 I turned my younger brother on to it. He was hooked.

[@bosnmatecaddie]

Best form of flattery! VH doing ZZ T O P! HELL YEAH!!!!!

[@jdez10]

This is awesome. Glad I subscribed.😋

[@paganjay1085]

Bottoms up Ed. R.I.P. GOAT.

[@freegee3503]

Now THIS is how ZZ Top should be played!!! 👍

[@stevemcneill7154]

Such talent at an early age! VH played 300 covers back in the day. Who knows how to play that many songs?????

[@davidnorth3411]

Yes , Je and Dave were in the spirit for that back in the day talk , joe asked Dave what is the Nd song you had when the battle of the bands throw down and you wanted to leave the stage unusable for the next band to compete , responce “ LaGrange , followed by Daves unmistakable laughter .

[@chickeastwater9883]

Eddie & the Explorer Days !! Those were the Good Ol' day - Van Halen 1978 - was My First VH opened for Sabbath - 4th Row I received the Cassett - 1977 a Gift !! So I knew !! Haa ha 🐤

[@RandyFricke]

I hear some "Foot Stompin' Music" in there too. Nice touch.

[@davedecker1725]

Randy Fricke I heard that too! Eddie namedroppin' Mark Farner😁

[@GTUF]

AMAZING

[@jeffdavis5122]

Greatest rock band of all time!!!!!!

[@andydavis9963]

Jeff Davis Jeff my brother that is correct and not just my opinion.. The Mighty Van Halen is was and always will be the GOAT! 1st ever concert 1978 Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Black Sabbath with some young band never heard of on the east coast yet, Van Halen the rest is history

[@troybalthazor9068]

1976. Band working hard for the money.

[@tomlewis5542]

Aaaaasa!!

[@Ryno-fp7pm]

What's better than ZZ Top? Van Halen covering ZZ Top!

[@ScottyLeeBarrett]

Ryno5150 Um, no. I love Van Halen, but this version doesn’t touch ZZ. Honestly, with the exception of a few parts, I thought it was a mess.

[@bcask61]

No. Really no.

[@tjnugent62]

Top rules...

[@plutomoon8106]

😄

[@CelestialWoodway]

I like it better. ZZ Top was always kind of lame to me and I'm from Texas!

[@ericfisher1203]

Van Halen was so superior to other bands. One of the absolute very best

[@edwardbennett1313]

Ryan McNeila dunno man Roth was a pretty good front man and Alex is a good drummer.....not Neil Peart or anything but good

[@radioman6489]

@Ryan McNeila , Your right, I heard that Sammy was going to be there first pic for lead singer back in the 70's till someone said they have a flashy Front man in some other band to check out. Only problem is Dave couldn't sing. Dave always talks 90% of the time.

[@loumason6120]

@Ryan McNeila Yeah Easy to say that BULLSHIT 43 years later...They weren't a"shit band".. They were The Shit !

[@hervemauri6457]

Je ne connaissais pas cette version,la guitare de Eddie est omniprésente,du début à la fin,la voix de Dave,est vraiment impeccable dans cette version.enfin tout le groupe.je sais que durant le début années 2000, Dave, Eddie, Alex et Wolfgang avait jouer quelques morceaux en acoustique et c'était vraiment très intéressant,de voir Eddie faire des solos avec une guitare sèche,ont vois vraiment la virtuosité de Eddie , c'est très important pour certaines personnes qui doutaient de la classe de Ed...

[@carlosnavarro9376]

Mike is good bass player, lost in recoding mix. Al is a very good drummer listen to Outta Love Again. EVH and Roth are iconic

[@kennycamaro2361]

Cool stuff, not a bad recording for the day, love that guitar tone!!

[@carlosnavarro9376]

Good recording for a bootleg

[@TopwaterTony]

A golden classic \m/

[@Buzzode]

Fantastic Stuff , Always Heard a Huge Billy Gibbons Influence on EvH !!

[@1251wire]

...thank you internet !! And the uploader ! My early 80's youth consisted of Van Halen.

[@61lastchild]

DLR sang only like 20% of any song. Classic DLR...

[@pb12661]

no one played guitar like that in 1976 (except one) !!! they still don't!

[@markzelepugas6046]

Jeff Beck did Billy Gibbons did and many others

[@pb12661]

@@markzelepugas6046 love those guys but THEY DID NOT play like EVH.

[@TheKeithbruce]

shawn lane

[@Mff48]

Fantastic!

[@patrickmayersr9623]

Just think...., All these years we were handed just studio versions of Van Halen,.when they should have thrown in live albums,cassettes.....so this and many other high-rev versions could have been heard way back when..........?........😶...........so good!......why?

[@ChuckoComics]

Good question... KISS did a couple live albums... They were brought back into the studio and repaired... But I never knew then... I would have loved a VH ALIVE ALBUM... I had an old cassette of early VH doing James Gang Songs... Walk Away and i cant remember... Someone stole it before I could copy it...

[@plutomoon8106]

I would buy this in album form. Most definitely. Great back yard part lose music.

[@notadoc2130]

This was TWO YEARS before their first record! Gene Simmons made a lengthy demo of them about this time and KISS management dismissed Van Halen they they "had no chance of making it"!!!!!!! I first saw them as opening act for Santana before they even had a record contract more than a year before their first record! They blew me away even then.

[@bear5141]

Eddie Van Halen is the best guitarist in my opinion he change the game.

[@trdacy]

He got his playing style from Ronnie Montrose so give credit where credit is due. Also in terms of feel and technique, Uli Jon Roth is a better guitarist.

[@rillloudmother]

Agreed, Eddie was the best thing since Hendrix.

[@trdacy]

@@rillloudmother Alan Holdsworth, Jimi Paige, Terry Kath, Richie Blackmore and Michael Sheikner could give Eddie a run for his money and I'm a huge Van Halen fan so to say he's the best since Hendrix is just stupid.

[@rillloudmother]

let me rephrase it for you in more explicit terms that even you can understand: it is my opinion that eddie van halen was the best thing to happen to rock guitar since jimi hendrix. you big dummy.

[@bear5141]

@@rillloudmother let me dumb it down for you Jimi Hendrix was good but Eddie Van Halen is great so if you calling anybody a big dummy look in the mirror.

[@ChuckoComics]

Look... it's hard to act all super cool and remember lyrics... Respect...

[@alcondragon]

you still having with the shoe-lace thing huh? Yeah.

[@BumDog2112]

You can really hear the Jim Dandy influence in Dave’s voice as La Grange begins

[@mikomon309]

Yup. I heard it too! Funny. I've read TONS of interviews with DLR. If he's EVER even mentioned Jim Dandy or BOA, I've missed it.

[@tryfourlo2840]

They could do it all

[@jblade0077]

Best tone ever pure raw rock n roll

[@japonaliya]

Nope.. MY OP but Jeff Beck had the best guitar tone in rock.. until Billy came along... EVH great, but just OK brown tone that everyone does now. I have never heard anyone get close to Billy or Beck (early TRUTH) in tone... In fact you can hear this exact tone in the studio version of Moanjam by KINGS X (Ty Tobor) who is a much better guitar player with no gimmicks. Studio Moan Jam is prob. the best sustained rock guitar soli in the history of rock!

[@knuckle47]

Aside from the fact that these recording are damn good, Les Paul also said Eddie Van Halen was one of the best guitarists in the world

[@patrickmayersr9623]

luthier47 if I could say again....Eddie Van Halen is sooooooooo underated....we only were sold cleaned-up versions.....and not these gems....then he would of been heard as he really should have been.....😶

[@0sumgamezzz435]

Les Paul was great, but nobody needs or needed to hear Les Paul's opinion to acknowledge that EVH is one of the best guitarists ever.

[@davedecker1725]

0sum gamezzz yeah, who needs to hear from one of the most important and influential figures of latter 20th century pop music?? He invented multi track recording. The term ( overdub) didn't exist Did you ever hear of a les Paul guitar????? He pioneered a lot of the stomp boxes in the 50s that we totally take for granted today. Eddie was a tinkerer like Les ,not having something and willing it into existence. ( frankenstrat, modded marshalls) 😁😁

[@toddhensley880]

I’ve never heard Honolulu Baby. It’s a crime a studio version hasn’t been released.

[@user-hu4gr1bo5g]

There's a Laurel & Hardy film - Sons of the Desert - in which they sing Honolulu Baby, albeit a different version...

[@steveknowles3310]

The breakdown after the solo sounds like Bottoms Up on VH2

[@tracysrocket]

A lot of early stuff was takes on what became Bottom's Up

[@robbijohnson6983]

Were do find these jems I love listening to them 🤘♥️🤘♥️

[@billshank6266]

2:42 "How do you like it so far? Does it sound alright?" Someone says "NO." LOL!

[@moncorp1]

Good catch

[@cmikesmith664]

I heard that also. 😂

[@phataton8206]

Typical drunkards. Haha

[@panderson9561]

Must've been one of the ZZ Top guys

[@rickleblanc8900]

There's always a goofball just waiting for his spot !

[@tanner3285]

When I heard Eddie shred that solo now I truly see why this was their closing song to win a competition

[@cbh440]

Bottoms Up sounded like La Grange from day one. Even the drum fill was note for note.

Que buena rola !!! Y que buen estilo de Eddie Van Halen y su estilo de tocar la guitarra

[@tryfourlo2840]

Goosebumps

[@__on_]

iv'e seen a lot of bands, but this is 1 band i wished i seen

[@BoiseInsure]

I saw 'em in about '86 with Hagar and never regretted going to the show. But I'm a fan from 1978 onward so I regretted not seeing them WITH DLR, and now it's too late.

[@chrisgarcia9629]

Oh yeah baby!

[@j.bradleyheck1589]

Jam my brother, Jam !

[@igorn.dikulemhorsll4452]

My Birthday Party Mar Vista, Hey Thanks Again Everybody. Lol

[@mikemorgan9621]

I just found my cassette of VH demos, it has Just What You Wanted w/ DLR and New Years at the Whisky or Troubadour where some chick screams out "where's Gene Simmons?"

[@briandietrich1373]

Mikey playing some mean bass too! And his vocals are to die for..

[@sjames304]

David Lee Roth doing his best JD Mangrun.

[@Cola64]

I was in the crowd...🤙🏼

[@wolfpack9958]

Eddie, where are you??? We need some new material.

[@BoiseInsure]

:(

[@mjh5437]

Sublime

[@OHVTrails1]

The is song named La Grange because a song named The Chicken Ranch just doesn't have the same ring to it...

[@markrichardson3566]

Roth sounds great 😌

[@brucereimer4604]

When the cover is better than the original...and I love the original.

[@pyametra]

Sick.

[@heresjohnny2023]

Bottoms up ending on La Grange....

[@Fukna69]

Man that’s a damn good version, I wonder if Billys ever heard it?

[@MachineHeadDissent]

Killer!!!...

[@DannyGadish]

🤘🤘🤘

[@afterburner2869]

Lamborghini Diablo SV 5150 🤘🏻💯

[@m4rc0jf]

R.I.P. Eddie :(

[@chocovanille9368]

trop bien reprendre du zz top

[@edd7458]

In the early days he sounded a lot like Jim Dandy

[@mineralt]

Ed D yeah, that Greta book Van Halen Rising mentions that a lot

[@klmullins65]

He LOOKED just like Jim Dandy in those days... He did age alot better than Dandy tho

[@edd7458]

Jim dandy still has his hair..lol...i just went on youtube and saw jim dandy 2019 ..

[@klmullins65]

@@edd7458 Yeah but his face got a lot homelier

[@edd7458]

I met him years ago...great guy....hes out there playing to 30 people working and supporting himself now gig to gig...its kinda sad but he dont care..

[@toulminbrown9166]

I like

[@grizdeluxe]

EVH is such a force. Every lead break sounds like a fucking hurricane.

[@xisleprez]

This was GREAT! Any archives from Austin Texas? Thanks for sharing.

[@VANHALENARCHIVE]

Only a Sammy Hagar show from April, 1977

[@xisleprez]

Ok thanks !

[@henrycowell3771]

Here you can clearly hear the Jim Dandy influence

[@drumgk]

“Bottoms up!”

[@louie115]

by the way la grange is in the southeast part of Texas not southwest. lol! I used to drive through there on hwy 77 on my way from Dallas to Corpus Christi every summer to visit family.