What Ritchie Blackmore really thinks of Eddie Van Halen!

[@tiffsaver]

I think Blackmore's tribute to Eddie upon hearing of his death was probably the best I've ever heard. RIP, Fast Eddie.

[@onusgumboot5565]

Yup. RIP Fast Eddie Clark. Oh Eddie too. I guess he was OK as well.

[@MrMotorNerd]

2 of my all time favs , Ritchie and Eddie . It doesnt get any better...

[@chevy4x466]

i feel the same way.

[@ajaybangi]

Ditto

[@sciencedaemon]

It certainly does... Allan Holdsworth.

[@LD-qj2te]

Blackmore is but should be considered one of the most innovative guitarist ever . He had the first shred soloist ..,

[@stp1649]

@@LD-qj2te HENDRIX WAS SHERDING BEFORE RICHARD NO CONTEST PEACE

[@raymo6795]

I think I put Ritchie with Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Clapton, all great players. Eddie is a different player, different generation, and was probably influenced by all thee above...but then Eddie influenced a whole generation of players, probably more than any other player, he was my hero, still sad he is gone.

[@Marginal391]

No need to be sad. He's better off without the earth's life struggles ❤🕊... R.I.P. ...

[@raymo6795]

@@Marginal391 …agreed, the world has become weird.

[@brnrik500]

We are at the final hours of the Church age as prophesied in the Bible. All the signs are there!!!! 👏👍🎸🙏✝️🇺🇸

[@barryrammer7906]

It's nice to hear one of the masters give Eddie the full credit he deserves. Ritchie was one best in his day. Now, Eddie is one of the greatest. RIP Eddie 🙏

[@congamantony]

Eddie was amazing❗️

[@privateprivate4378]

The kind of dude that could possibly think that EVH could play anything, is someone who knows nothing at all about guitar playing AND even less about music.

[@zenica12]

What are you talking about? Ritchie is one of the greatest!

[@barryrammer7906]

@@zenica12 I agree bro. Ritchie Blackmore top 3 guitarist in my book. But we all have our opinion. Cheers

[@zenica12]

@@barryrammer7906 Of course, man. I liked Eddie too. Way more impressed with his rythm playing and tone than solos. And that is not a bad thing;) But I first started with Blackers and countined to Eddie, among others. So while I appreciated Eddie, Blackers was my number one regarding rock.

[@charlietheflow]

There are all the guitarist in the world and then Ritchie Blackmore, that is one of a kind. You can never say what he will play or what he will say

[@j.f.699]

Quincy Jones one of music most famous producers in music wanted the best lead guitarist for a MJ song he picked EVH. He called EVH for the "Beat It" solo with Steve Lukuther on rhythm guitar.

[@KingKull1971]

Quincy Jones actually called Pete Townsend. Townsend didn't want to do it, so he recommended Eddie. But that's according to Townsend. Whether he was telling the truth is another story.

[@marksienicki]

Quincy Jones doesn't think for me.

[@richardmitchell8213]

At the end of the day, opinions are subjective and not very relevant when it comes to great guitar players. They accomplished what they accomplished and it can’t be taken away from them. The best thing to do is just compliment and “tip the cap” to each other and have respect.

[@PosledenMail]

Rainbow was pure art, perhaps didn't work back then, buts it's perfect and even now sounds out of this World. Who's van halen again ? He made some tracks, but the creativeness of Ritchie is hard to touch...

[@nihilosphere319]

This is how things work. Someone comes along with a cool idea... and then someone comes behind them with a more refined version of it and that becomes popular. That's how it goes in every industry. Ritchie was influenced by people too and he got his time in the spotlight. Keeping one's ego in check is key for maintaining relevance.

[@larry45044]

lets face it theres a bunch of great guitarist out there!!!

[@tino0217]

But there's only one evh

[@michaelstephen819]

Yes, but not a great lot of good songwriters. Blackmore, Gary Moore, Michael Schenker, Jimmy Page... whoops! None of those are American!

[@Marginal391]

0:39 R.I.P. beautiful soul, but IMHO there have been some interpersonal conflicts there, as Richie is a conflicting kind of person. His solos are going to last forever engraved in the whole universe as about the best and unique in his genre 🎸🎸🎸 Thank you 👍🙃

[@billpet4602]

We all know the best 10 guitar players of that era. Great respect to Eddie, Beck, Page, Clapton and others. All virtuosos, fast, clean sound, riff makers, etc. etc But Richie was the one who lasted for more than 10 years composing and making songs

[@studio-flash]

But doesn’t give you goosebumps like Eddie, Schenker, young, Frehley, Gallagher.

[@alessandroveneziani6271]

​@@studio-flashwell, he does too me everytime I listen made in Japan...

[@johnp.johnson1541]

Page was terrible. Still is. Clapton.meh.

[@isaiahmarquez9717]

If composing and “making songs” for a long time is what gets you, the guys you named have all done it for a long time. Many decades for each of them. Arguably, Page and Van Halen were the most successful (profitable). Maybe that’s not what you meant?

[@johnp.johnson1541]

@@isaiahmarquez9717 LZ's output was tiny. And Page was a riff stealer, song thief. Many of the VH songs were written by Alex and M. Anthony. Page is a terrible guitarist. Truly crappy and truly overrated. Now a prolific composer would be Yngwie Malmsteen, a guitarist much better standing far above all those mentioned. Clapton was mentioned in the OP. Clapton was a cover song guitarist. Any originals were written by others for him.

[@johnmcmahonBXLA]

I laughed out loud at the BB King remark that Blackmore made. Great video. Long Live the King EVH Screw all the haters and deniers, Ed will be the one remembered in one hundred years.

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Many thanks!!!

[@Washington-Dreaming]

I’ve been watching some guitarists again over the last week. In the early 80s I was into metal but nowadays I probably listen to more jazz and singer-songwriter stuff since, well, I’m getting old. But I saw Jake E. Lee live around 1983 or 1984, after Randy died, and after watching a few of his videos this week I think Jake doesn’t get his due. I think Jake is still playing but he was a phenomenal player and if you don’t see him up close it’s hard to appreciate his talent. I never did see Richie Blackmore live which is too bad because obviously he’s a terrific guitarist too.

[@Jameskelley7872]

Roy Clark, Jerry Reed, and Eddie were my inspirations, then I discovered Gary Moore, John Sykes, Malmsteen and countless others. Jake E. Lee was a monster guitarist. Jake absolutely does not get his due.

[@bruceharrison8160]

Blackmore is the greatest player ever! 😊

[@artnaz]

Wow, what an awesome video and great storytelling. Thanks for sharing!

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Many thanks, great pleasure!

[@rafaelpinto5268]

Blackmore formado no estilo clássico, particularmente, gosto muito do que ele tira das cordas .....

[@andrewcowie9344]

Can't compare blackmore to Angus Young.blackmore different class. Zal Cleminson is one of the most underrated guitar players 4:49

[@mariocroisetiere4900]

yes,,,,Alex Cleminson is as great..

[@studio-flash]

Except I’d listen to young anyway and Blackmore I’d fall asleep after a while.

[@ericklein5927]

Ritchie Blackmore launched a million picks with his machine Head album. Eddie did with the first Van Halen album. Both guitar wizards.

[@DexterHaven]

Ritchie's solo's in "Lazy" were mind-blowing at the time and still hold up -- he had far more sense of melody and jazz than Eddie, to me; Eddie played scales and sound effects basically.

[@autk]

Made in Japan...one of the best live albums ever and that record set the bar for guitarists live and many guitarists point to it as a seminal moment of Rock guitar.... Epic!

[@DexterHaven]

Another classic live album from that time was by Ten Years After "Recorded live" with Alvin Lee on the lead ax. @@autk

[@guitarherocallahan3510]

Awesome stuff!! Love it, thanks

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Many thanks, great pleasure!

[@Marginal391]

Eddie VH is a genius innovative virtuoso in the heavy metal history. R.I.P. beautiful soul 🙏💗🧲🫶🕊❤️‍🔥🌌 Your name is engraved with golden letters in earth's rock music history 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸👍🙃

[@Marginal391]

I want to see you happier dear Eddie 💖 You just can't imagine how big your contribution to human civilization is. Cheer up, beautiful soul. This way, we all (including you) will feel better and you'll eventually whisper new tunes and guitar ideas to the chosen guitar players. 🎸🫶👍🙃

[@AkDragosani]

Perfect strangers.. My Fave D.P Album \m/

[@juanramirez-wk8ty]

Always loved Blackmore and Van Halen but personally I always preferred players like Michael Schenker, Uli Jon Roth and Randy Rhoads, they are all great and there are so many others we will never see the like of again like Gary Moore and Stevie Ray Vaughn. Always interesting to hear what the greats thought of each other.

[@vbassone]

Uli and Schenker were way superior technically and musically as soloists to Blackmore. THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M SAYING I DON'T LIKE BLACKMORE BECAUSE I DO!!! What it means is that Uli Jon Roth and Michael Schenker deserve wayyy more recognition then they get sometimes, although in the last 15 years they are being recognized to the degree they always deserved. The point I'm making is that Roth and Schenker should have been in the same sentence with Blackmore as early as the mid 1970's!!!

[@studio-flash]

Those players you mention give you goosebumps, so does Frehley, Young, Rory Gallagher.. to me I’d listen to them over Blackmore any day.

[@vbassone]

They ALL give me goosebumps from time to time!@@studio-flash

[@fk9277]

​@@vbassoneIts much easier to imitate Schenker than Blackmore.

[@vbassone]

@@fk9277 Yeah, that's because Blackmore plays bullshit nonsensical harmonic content in his solos half the time!! Michael Schenker is FAR beyond Blackmore technically and as a soloist, and that's OBVIOUS, or at least it should be, and I like Blackmore.....

[@kurtsherrick2066]

I believe I heard many Rainbow Songs with Joe Lynn Turner on the radio. Street of Dreams and Stone Cold and a few others. Eddie got Eruption from Ritchie's Intro into Speed King on some copies of In Rock.

[@joaquinlezcano2372]

I thought he was partially inspired by Jimmy Page's solo in Heartbreaker

[@kurtsherrick2066]

@@joaquinlezcano2372 Could be. I believe in some ways Iommi, Page and Blackmore sorta fed off each other. They pushed each other.

[@jehudavis5422]

Nope!

[@VincePalamaraJFK]

***LOVE*** your channel!

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Many thanks Vince, great pleasure!! Have an awesome day!

[@paulreese3071]

Thx for this post! Just a note, it was Cliff Gallup & Speedy West as opposed to Chris & Stevie.

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Many thanks, much appreciated!!

[@adamkorzon2972]

I was using peaveys and custom guitars i made in 82 i had a peavey mace and put a humbucker in my strat before i knew VH.I put a kahler and a floyd rose in for my teachers Les Paul.My first teacher was Korean exchange who loved Richie Blackmore and deep purple,but once i started getting good he stopped teaching me.2nd guitar teacher was a VH cover band player in 85 I was playing the 60s like the Doors,Hendrix,clapton.I never heard of VH till 86,I did hear randy rhoads crazy train,but back then the 2 VH songs you heard was pretty woman and you really got me.That did not impress me as for virtuoso,and when i saw him swapping out stuff i was like so what,been doing it from day one because i had only money for a broken guitar and had to buy 3 from a swap meet to make one.He taps and hammers great that's about it.Inovation to me is mixing rock guitar with classical Like Randy Rhoads,not only did it impress me I became a metal head.

[@joemars41]

Aside from Tom scholz nobody had a better guitar sound than Eddie. But to me Ritchie Blackmore was the bridge between like Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen you know, he was like the 70's guitar hero you know just cuz he was so like unbelievable his work on made in Japan was unreal I never heard such abuse on a strat and I was young and I couldn't believe it and so Ritchie is one of the best of all time.

[@johnmorales7057]

All the good about playing is true, But people fail to remember how Eddy changed much more, Approach to sound via Amps , Vibrato, effects, he put Floyd Rose basically on the map along with Kramer guitars , he brought about a massive resurgence in Guitar Luthiers , everyone had to Have a bent head stock or some done up guitar, Pickup sound and gain leaped, forward by incredible bounds, EMG can not say they were not influenced by his tone and “ Brown Sound” He altered how other guitarist used pull offs and speed tapping to suit their own style, He reinserted Keyboards into Metal, which was fading away, he also led to up grading of sound board technology to keep up with his style changes. The list is so overwhelming, of what goes unnoticed he is responsible for or had a hand in upgrading. Even how great guitarist are presented before a solo! Cancer may have taken his life but his spirit is Everywhere! God only knows what more he would have achieved if he had not left us, we were very fortunate to have had him. He was the Ultimate game changer.

[@SM-bm6jo]

Not all of what you said is true. Analog synthesizer technology exploded during the 80's. Everyone was into synthesizers. Eddie followed the trend. He did not initiate it. He was actually late to the game. But because of the attention he was attracting already, when he produced songs using a synthesizer people noticed and liked it. Like many of us we tried them out in a music store and loved the sound but Eddie could afford to take one home with him. There was a live video of him covering the guitar solo on synth performing Jump and he sucked. So he was not as good with a synth as it appears because of the official releases. But they are what has gone done in history. Also, his tone was nothing new. He used an MXR Phase 90 in a very dated manner. His playing style made more of what he sounded like than the gear. But everyone always thinks it is the gear. NO ONE sounds anything like David Gilmour using identical gear. These two guys are good examples of how it is the player and their hands producing their signature sound. Granted, those taps, hammer-ons and dive bombs benefit from an overdriven amp. But his "brown sound" was a tone which already existed with many earlier guitarists. He just boosted it a little and did his Eddie thing when playing, similar to the SRV Strat on steroids tone. Eddie's guitars looked more unique than the average guitarist's. A Les Paul or Strat in hand and you look like countless guitarists. That Eddie paint job had Eddie all over it. Bent headstock? woopee doo! There were 1000 Fender and Gibson headstocks to every Charvel or Kramer.

[@PickettMusic]

​@@SM-bm6jowho else had a brown sound close to Van Halen prior to EVH.

[@kenchristie9214]

I took notice of Eddie when I bought Brian May's Starfleet Project. Bluesbreaker is brilliant.

[@Itsallwrongbutthatsallright]

Both EVH and RB are amazing songwriters. Without the awesome songs all the fast shredding and dive bombs are nothing. RIP EVH The GOAT !

[@daveblock4061]

I saw them both in the 80s

[@pauljams6565]

Both ICONIC players, I Love both of 'em. . .🤣😉✨

[@delorangeade]

Ritchie says something complimentary about someone and people still want to look for reasons to slag him off. Just a couple of points: Ritchie Blackmore was still being voted as best guitar player in Kerrang magazine in the UK in1981, EVH was at number 10, and Rainbow after Dio left was a far more successful band, as that result suggests. Rainbow was always a bigger band than Van Halen in the UK, and not many UK guitar players made tapping a major part of their technique. Also, when Ritchie talks about not being interested in new technology, it was about this time that he had a synth pickup fitted to his strat, so sometimes what he says has to be taken with a pinch of salt.

[@stp1649]

Apinch of salt says a mouthful

[@kevinstimelsky673]

In 1981 Kerang magazine Townshend and Clapton was ranked better than Blackmore! Oh because their music and playing were better and in style!!

[@delorangeade]

@@kevinstimelsky673 Kerrang! Reader's Poll 1981. Best Guitarist. 1 Ritchie Blackmore 2 Angus Young 3 Michael Schenker 4 Alex Lifeson 5 Jimmy Page 6 Fast Eddie Clarke 7 Tony Iommi 8 Bernie Torme 9 Rick Parfitt 10 Eddie Van Halen

[@stp1649]

@@kevinstimelsky673 What's Richie doing now , playing Viking Songs at that restaurant where you call the waitress a winch and eat with your hands wait hell with Richie What's the name of that restaurant

[@cristianconnolly2709]

@@delorangeade Is this poll credible/relevant when they have Angus at 2 and EVH at 10? Obviously Van Halen was much bigger in the US than UK.

[@JamieCarter-wv8rp]

2 of my LP's have Earnie Ball Super Slinky. My slide LP has the Power Slinky. My strategy I use the Regular Slinky. Been using EB strings for MANY years. Never had a problem. Great sound, last, and good price.

[@MannyFernandez-j4c]

😎🎶👍🏻- my favorite number one Tony Iommi, David Gilmour, Ritchie, Blackmore, Eddie Van Halen, Leslie Wes -Michael Schenker❤❤❤❤

[@theallezcats890]

0:59: "it didn't go very well" ? He had 3 hits with Joe. Stone Cold, Street of Dreams and Can't Let You Go. And those were great albums, and they were nominated for a Grammy for the instrumental "Anybody There"

[@sconni666]

I think the fact that BB King couldn’t play a chord to save his life says a lot. He didn’t have to.

[@barryrammer7906]

I got to see b b king playing in a casino on the oregon coast. He was sitting down the entire time he was very old. And what can you say he's the godfather of blues.

[@sconni666]

@@barryrammer7906 yep.

[@barryrammer7906]

@sconni666 To me, it was an honor to see him. I was so impressed. He wore his full zoot suite and hat. After the show signed all autographs. He is a great man and a legend. It was one of the best times I had at a concert. Rip BB

[@sconni666]

@@barryrammer7906 totally. Saw him in NYC in the 80’s. Not a chord was played or needed. 🎸

[@chupacabraforever]

I saw BB (just once) 1994 and he has one older guitar player who plays all wonderful jazz chords through BB's blues gig. It was perfect. BB plays brilliant solo's.

[@anthonyjd6097]

Blackmore like Eddie can say what they want if people disagree OH WELL!! Both of these guitarists were big at different times both household names both changed musicical styles , when you heard them you knew who it was because only they sounded like that .

[@diontillman3132]

Okay let's try this again I wish the media would make up their mind about what they think of Eddie but what i do know Eddie he drank a lot when he was off stage and partied and did drugs and got high and that's why he always had a smile on his face skill scale on the piano is what helped his tapping technique he was good at using both hands and the solo on jump is very difficult to play but Eddie would ten to avoid other great players and I don't understand why he was not in hear n aid, if George was in it and doesn't know theoryi I think it should have been Eddie in it also, but it's not right to judge but I do love his rhythm guitar more than his lead guitar he was one of the best

[@hanielkot6926]

When someone died everyone starts to love him

[@studio-flash]

Who Eddie? 😂😂😂😂 he was loved from his first album and makes Blackmore seem boring.

[@Suzanne-t3l]

I noticed that also. They never say anything when the person is alive. Same with Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix all the others. Everyone loves you when your dead and gone.

[@SteveLeSueur-ju6hg]

Ritchie after he left purple for last time and he put out stranger in us all the way his playing was at that time in i think 1995 that was the best his playing was omg small club in Springfield va and i saw some good shows there Leslie West Yngwie malsteen

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Stranger in us all is a beautiful album. I bought it and listened in autumn 1999. Great days!

[@user-Stephen-1967]

I like you sharing Ritchie Blackmore's honest opinions about his old guitar influences and Eddie Van Halen spawning endless sycophantic guitar clones. I suppose something that has bother Ritchie is interviewers, fans and younger guitar players who idolize him or other musicians to the point of Ritchie giving some honest opinions that most people think are harsh or angry. I think that over the last 50 years, his name became so world renowned he has lost some of his privacy and individual identity.

[@JohanBjernfeldt]

Ritchie was Ritchie 70 - 75.

[@bearinmind1876]

They both contributed to the development of the electric guitar playing. Just like Jimi did too.

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Yes, Chuck -> Jimi -> Jimmy -> Ritchie -> Eddie -> Randy -> Yngwie -> Vai

[@chevy4x466]

rainbow was not as great as dp mark 4, but upon re listen it is good music

[@sennathegreatone8827]

Greatest guitar player of all time Ritchie Blackmore 🎸

[@1956tojo]

You clearly did too much acid dude... Blackmore was significant 45 to 55 years ago.... I saw them 4 times within their hot streak... They had a historical run no doubt... But for people who KNOW guitar and have studied it's art forms and methods, Ritchie Blackmore honestly would not make the 40 top best guitarists of all time.... Eddie tho, would be ranked in the top 20 for sure... Ritchie Blackmore is a legend for popular songs, and being the loudest band in the world for sone time and happened to be the guitarist in that band... Edward Van Halen literally single handedly transcended electric guitar by method and technique forever...

[@cobar5342]

You have interpreted what Blackmore said. It could be seen differently, as he says Van Halen 'influenced' a lot of people. That is not a positive or a negative. It is just an observation

[@joanstone6740]

OKI went to see Richie Blackmore's rainbow in the 70s I think it was the Long Beach Arena and Eddie sat behind me maybe two rows he was just getting notoriety ..after the show backstage Eddie attempted to speak to Richie and Richie just turned on his heel and snubbed him

[@ChuckJewmer]

There's a lot more to that story. Ritchie had given an unknown EVH his phone number at the Rainbow while out with John Bonham. Unfortunately, EVH would drunk dial Ritchie constantly and that's why he iced Eddie.

[@radiomindchatter7994]

Listen to the guitar solo section of You Fool No One off the London 1974 lp..probably Blackmore's greatest recorded work....

[@DenkendeMystik-ll8oi]

There are some outstanding players who also re-invented the guitar, but did not have the broad impact that EvH and RB have. Zappa, Holdsworth, Randy Rhoads, Shawn Lane, Uli Jon Roth, Jason Becker, George Lynch... and so on. I lately listened to Akira Takasaki, he had EvH and Malmsteen chops in the late 70s! Al DiMeola played all that fast phrygian stuff also in the 70s. Uli Jon Roth played "Sails of Charon" 1976! He was technically way better this time than any other player... Malmsteen before Malmsteen mid 70s. I also think of Jeff Watson and Stanley Jordan... 8finger tapping in the early 80s/late 70s... There are way more people than RB and EvH that are iconic. Both of them were phantastic composers, who were lucky to reach a broad spectrum of the audience. Alan Holdsworth's music never could move millions of people. It is not just the technical and musical brilliance that counts.

[@Notes-From-Underground66]

Jeff Beck was a major game changer! He was a major influence on an entire generation of players and beyond. Just to give you one example; no one was using natural, artificial, and pinch harmonics. Natural harmonics were used occasionally in Classical Music but that was it. By 1963 (pre-Yardbirds), natural and artificial harmonics became part of his playing. Then he invented the pinch harmonic. All three types of harmonics became a mainstay of his style of playing. Other guitarist started to use harmonics here and there. It was not until EVH came along that there was the “explosion” of there use. They are a great “tool” to use. JB always had great things to say about EVH from the beginning! But Jeff always had his on path and continued to play the type of music that inspired him at that moment. In 1989, Jeff was asked if he was aware of how much two-hand tapping was in all types of rock music and how he felt about it. His reply: Eddie is a phenomenal guitarist that inspired new life into guitar playing with his two-hand (tapping) technique. It is not his fault that thousands of horrendous players came after him trying to use his style and failing miserably. It is too bad EVH never had anything nice to say about Jeff. You know, since Eddie was using harmonics as part of his style. RIP Jeff Beck / RIP Eddie Van Halen

[@DenkendeMystik-ll8oi]

@@Notes-From-Underground66 You say it! I was rethinking what I've written. I thought: I forgot Jeff Beck! Thanx for completing the thing so far. I am shure there are some more on that list. John McLaughling for instance; he also was ahead of his time.

[@Notes-From-Underground66]

@@DenkendeMystik-ll8oi Definitely John/Mahavishnu Orchestra. There is some heavy Indian influence there. Jeff started using Indian influence with the Yardbirds version of “Shapes of Things”. Wes Montgomery is another guitarist I would put on the list; Michael Hedges (game changer for the acoustic guitar), and Les Paul.

[@DenkendeMystik-ll8oi]

@@Notes-From-Underground66 Paco de Lucia is another name for our list. He definitely had a big influence on electric guitar players, even when he just played the nylon guitar.

[@Notes-From-Underground66]

@@DenkendeMystik-ll8oi I was thinking about him when I was writing my reply to you this morning. In my head I was balancing whether he was a game changer or just a phenomenal acoustic guitarist. The all acoustic live album “Friday Night In San Francisco” alone was a game changer with Paco De Lucia (RIP), Al DiMeola, and John McLaughlin. The level of improvisation between the 3 guitarists and ridiculous speed on acoustic guitars was never done before like that. The employing of “straight” jazz, jazz fusion, and with Paco a unique flamingo style made many guitarists want to “pull there hair out”. Great addition my friend!

[@shinybald36]

Ed was a great player an musician, but there are certain things people couldn't clone an that was the songs some of his solos are very easy to play but they don't let you down because they all added something to the song and are well formed musical statements that fit the songs they are in an then you have his rhythm playing which is just really great I consider him and a few others as the last really great hard rock guitarist an you can tell by his music that he was heavily influenced by the great guitarist that he heard growing up, and like them everything he played didn't have to be technically challenging to sound great and be just what his particular song needed. I just wish more guitarist could be as dynamic in their playing as he was

[@lukasmarzell5598]

Blackmore was for me the greatest guitarplayer ever walked on earth. He created more appeggio and classical solos then anyone... burn, highway star, gypsy's kiss, child in time, black mascarade, spotlight kid, dead or alive... riffs like smoke, black night, hard lovin man. He was the mozart of metal/ hard rock. Playing with feeling, space in the music... like ian anderson saying about him. Van halen... what can i say? An good cooö guitarplayer but his creation wasnt as good as the blackers, blackmore can take you on an journey for an hour and always change direction, speed, feel or hos moody image. His solos on dp mk2 live in Stockholm 1970 were an testament of his early day hardrock playing.... mandrake root, speed king. My meaning... hes the best of the best.

[@dornelli1]

but when a reporter asked evh waht it felt like being the greatest guitar player in rock he answered that the reporter should ask Alex Lifeson

[@coversongsandothers5395]

He didn't mention jimmy page.😅😅😅

[@scottwhite2757]

Machine Head … Great Rock History !! Thx Kar , Shawn .. Rock On …

[@ShawnStaplesFreeGuitarLessons]

I appreciate that but Kar is the mastermind behind all of this, he does a lot of research.

[@scottwhite2757]

@@ShawnStaplesFreeGuitarLessons I know Shawn but it’s a Great ride with you showing us the way too .. Thx.

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Many thanks Scott!! Have an awesome day!

[@mr65plexi]

Awesome!

[@johannjohann6523]

There is "no such thing" as "too long" of a Ritchie Blackmore guitar solo!

[@veryinteresting591]

Interesting that nobody ever mentions Don Felder or Joe Walsh as two of the greatest ever.

[@Suzanne-t3l]

That's really weird. I noticed that also. Joe and Don are great.

[@rekdinhopoetico]

Adoro o trabalho do Blackmore, mas como pessoa, ele é um dos maiores babacas da história...admiro trabalhos, não sou fã no sentido do que a gente vê por aí, gente que fica lambendo artista. Blackmore é realmente um guitarrista extraordinário, mas Van Halen é o maior da história da era pós-Hendrix.

[@dornelli1]

as frank zappa said, 'evh re invented the eletric guitar

[@dennyclosser8456]

Richie was and is a phenomenal player. Eddy changed the course of musical history just as Hendrix did you can’t really compare the two.

[@JordanKlein-e6u]

If your old enough you'll discern the pioneers from the others Rick players generally can't compare to fluent jazz oriented players now I don't like comparing musicians john mcglaughin is an guitarist pat metheny john Scofield al dimeola can play circles atiund your rock players now that don't mean I enjoy that music more oe less but these types or more fluent in the language of music my opinion only van Halens albums I felt were stupid the lyrics were juvenile and Roth was a fool even eddie wanted out Stevie ray ac dc sorry every song sounded the same so that's why we have chocolate and vanilla now if you want to see a great player check out Lenny breau whether you like his music is secondary this mans fingers and fret board were as one a,mercurial talent jo Diario as well the list never ends

[@martel1972]

​@user-xb1jr5ju5t are you familiar with punctuation?

[@SugoiEnglish1]

Richie did same though...think of the neo-classical guitarists...

[@geoffgoodall3839]

What's the point all good players in their own right I've seen players in pub bands on a good night shake the foundations even set the board alight a few times.its all in the moment.

[@SM-bm6jo]

Blackmore left a mark in Rock history. "Blackmore was here!" That said, Ritchie Blackmore is verbose and opinionated. He talks way too much about things he claims he doesn't care about. I find most of what he says implausible. Actions speak louder than words. I suspect that during his lifetime Ritchie has lost a lot of sleep over the attention Eddie received. I would not be surprised that he got into Celtic music because it is a safe place where Eddie never went.

[@thetruthhurts6652]

You shouldn’t comment when you are high.

[@joshpelton8068]

Well said....Blackmore has a place in rock guitar history. However, he is a self-important, temperamental middle school girl trapped in a senior citizens body

[@edwardblack9680]

Blackmore lost no sleep over anyone. The man is a legend. He also made a very touching statement when Eddie died.

[@ibizabartenders]

Sorry?

[@EricHarris-hm6wq]

LMAO.....Bullshit

[@SamSung-nf6tr]

I went to these concerts. Girls were 1 in a 500. Loved it, being a girl👍😎

[@SamSung-nf6tr]

Great video. I love watching people watching listening to music I grew up with Some of my favorites: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ20p5-ErJZjaJYsi=uMiz-8QqNR1oQXau kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIKvmZuOgL6abLssi=qh3n_0v2UngJMEKJ kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpS8iId3iamegbssi=H39Bx9fC8nuSuiKt Black Betty: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZuyaHaDe91nh5Isi=6Ka_BZv4UMim_uLt Can they do this song today? Watch the guy front right with Fold tee on vs his friends (watch to the end) kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ-upXdrn7KUjdEsi=8p9uIbSXilNywqvS

[@diontillman3132]

Hello you there Dion Tillman here,

[@johannjohann6523]

People don't quite get just "how good" Ritchie Blackmore was as a guitarist. Most often the band would rehearse the songs for hours and Ritchie would come into the studio and knock out the track in 1 or 2 takes. Making up the guitar solos on the fly while recording the song. Then take off and the band would work on the other songs rehearsing. As fascinating as this is, it also hurt some of the quality of the recordings because "capturing" the band's sound in a studio was an art. And things don't always work out perfectly in art. Unless you happen to be Ritchie Blackmore. Yeah, Ritchie wasn't a fan of being in the studio either. Great songs. Not always the best sounding albums.

[@harryayre9050]

Personally, Richie Blackmores opinion on anyone means absolutely nothing, after him saying that Stevie Ray Vaughan never did anything special i realized his opinions weren't realistic so i dont really care what he says about EVH good or bad. Everyone has an opinion and in mine Richie Blackmores opinion means zip

[@leogolive]

SRV’s most famous work are covers of other people’s work. Voodoo Child, Little Wing, Texas Flood are all somebody else’s stuff. And not better than the originals.

[@theodosios2615]

SRV was extremely repetitive. And most of his licks (by his own admission) were lifted from Albert Collins and Albert King. For my money, no one beats Johnny Winter in his prime.

[@Bls-of1ld]

​@@leogoliveum pride and joy?

[@gball6755]

@@leogolivehis versions of those songs are iconic and masterful. not even to mention his original songs are masterpieces. texas flood, lenny, riviera paradise, pride and joy, and literally so many more. you couldn’t be more wrong, it’s ok to not prefer him but to say he’s not done anything special is outlandish

[@Tomijee]

Well does Rtichie have heart after all? lol Nice video, Eddie was gift for guitar players.

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

Thank you

[@TranceSFX]

hahahahaha the "next Cole Porter", more like the FIRST EVH!

[@kevinstimelsky673]

The only two Eddie Van Halen guitar heroes that have truly stuck by him is Pete Townshend and Joe Walsh! I like Blackmores playing but Ian Gillian was right when he said Richie was intellectually inept and jealous of the other bands and players of his time(Page,Townshend) And he will never be apart of the Big Four of English rock guitar players,,Beck, Clapton,Page and Townshend. Tis true!!!

[@evangelicalsnever-lie9792]

I rate Blackmore far above the hilariously over rated Clapton. Clapton is like an intermediate player, compared with many kids under 20 nowadays. There are teenage girls now who can out play Claptrap with their eyes closed nowadays. I really don't get where this fan audulation over rating comes from for the racist Eric Clapton, other than everyone just repeats what they hear others say.

[@Losrandir]

Blackmore is Blackmore and EVH is EVH, it's only human to start making comparisons but I think neither should be respected above the other. (well Blackmore a bit, *nasty smirk*)

[@alex79suited]

The King 🤴

[@jamesbaine580]

Why is Jimi Hendricks never mentioned as an influential musician, hmmmm

[@clancykobane9102]

nobody sounds like ritchie blackmore nobody

[@1956tojo]

and NObody sounds like ME on the guitar.... NObody... but you wouldn't know me if I slapped you in the face....

[@batmaniac66]

The next Cole Porter, hahaaa! The sense of humour of Ritchie is fantastic.

[@antonioteixeira4626]

Blackmore o maior, o mestre.

[@gungadin164]

I remember reading an interview of EVH, back when Van Halen had first hit it big, and the subject of Blackmore came up. Eddie claimed, heatedly it seemed, "He hates my guts, and I don't even know why," or words to that effect. Apparently Eddie had approached Richie backstage at some show but was rebuffed rudely, Richie having been a notorious flaming asshole back in those days (I also remember reading an account of how Blackmore, apropos of nothing, sucker-punched/cold-cocked one of his own roadies, smirking about it afterwards). Anyway, it sounds as if poor Richie was pretty butthurt for a while when Eddie claimed the crown, but I guess he got over it eventually!? That epitaph was nice.

[@jeffbauer3425]

Ritchie's album version of the Highway star solo was slow and somewhat boring. The Highway star solo on 'Made in Japan, was smokin! So good and raw , that he never played it that well again . Unfortunately.

[@666pinkster]

Lol... evh took ritchies ball and ran with it.

[@ppo2424]

Love Rainbow, but Ritchie going for pop rock was crap, i can see why Cozy Powell left.

[@BlueberryStinkFinger62]

EVH is the greatest of all times

[@adamwarlock5286]

Including myself ? 😅😂😅😅

[@karsguitarchannel6088]

I think Shawn (the narrator) talks about himself. He lives in Hollywood California and he was there in the 70's.

[@slimhanson5792]

There is always going to be a new Sheriff in Town as far as who the best Guitarist is these days....I think EVH copied alot of Blackmores leads just like Yngwie,,Joe Stump and many others did..

[@barryrammer7906]

Carbon copies 😂 They all Love Blackmore. Especially YM I think he has a man crush on Ritchie😂. YM It's so bad it's actually embarrassing. He looks like hum acts like him. He got all Ricthie's lead singers. God damn then he said he never heard of scallop guitars before. He copied that from BlackLord he is such a liar.😂

[@allanmakela3011]

Wish Eddie would have branched out,and left more compositional music,like play with Holdsworth ,and others,his contribution is immence,but not his output in the last 20years

[@kendogthunder]

Some of these comments are ridiculous

[@ssteacup]

Man you really like EVH 😂😂😂😂😂

[@dusty3913]

He barely compliments anyone, not even EVH really here, until he died. But, he gets his digs at Satch.

[@Notes-From-Underground66]

Richie complimented Jeff Beck many times over the years. He has said many times that Jeff Beck is his favorite guitar player. Mr. Blackmore is the one who said: “Jeff has notes on his fretboard that the rest of us don’t have”. The only negative thing he has ever said concerning JB, and JB would agree, is that Jeff is not a good song writer.

[@clarkewi]

Awesome.

[@redcat9436]

Eddie was flashy but Richie is a better song writer.

[@zebdoz333]

Well van halen was for sure a talented guitarist, no argument there, just for me personally, his style was a bit too pop sounding but that’s just my preference

[@fembotheather3785]

For years and years and years I searched for music where Eddie Van Halen is doing something other than his signature move. I wanted to hear some blues, something that wasn't Van Halen. I eventually found it. In the 90s he provided guitar tracks for a Roger waters tune called "Lost Boys calling". My opinions on the depth of his talent went up at this moment. In that one song is Eddie doing something I've never heard him do before and doing it beautifully. kzbin.info/www/bejne/noCteZyKbcp9b7s, When it ends I'm left wanting to hear more.

[@LuneyTune72]

Eddie was the champion. Where you may have thought there wasn’t more to be said with guitar, he innovated…again…and again…and again on every album.,

[@sciencedaemon]

zappa was wrong (about a lot of things). Eddie's favorite guitarist was Allan Holdsworth. He reinvented the guitar. Eddie took notes from him.

[@rogerbaron9514]

I like Blackmore's songs as Van Halen's but as far as playing ability Al Dimeola blew them away back then as he was a far superior player in technique and percision on the fretboard. Today Guthrie Govan's guitar playing ability is way ahead of anybody out there.

[@santinumi5260]

Blackmore il Maestro.

[@mavericknonconformist69721]

RIP Edward, YOU ARE MISSED!

[@PickettMusic]

I think Blackmore certainly broke ground...but EVH really changed the entire game. When i think 'tone' I dont think Blackmore, Page or even Rhoads. EVHs sound through hot-rodded amps really was the gold standard.

[@hornedmontoya1025]

the video call is already sensationalist, it tends to generate a kind of fan fight, something really stupid... the channel is something that resembles a Seventh Day Saint Eddie Church or somethisg liked... the worst goes further... generally what Mr. Van Halen said about guitarists like Greg Howe, Vinnie Moore, Tony MacPine, Paul Gilbert is that these guys did nothing but copy him... totally disposable material... I hope you know how to read critics as well as praise. ..