VAN HALEN

I love music.  I love concerts.  So last night someone hooked me up with Van Halen tickets and I was pretty jacked up.  David Lee Roth is back singing for them and I was looking forward to hearing them because like it or not, they are one of the great bands of our time.  They way they fight, I figured this might be the last time to get to see them.

So here are some quick hits:

• Roth has still got pipes.
• Roth is a GREAT frontman.
• Eddie is probably one of the great guitar players of all time.
• When you are the guitar player and you play in the center of the stage where the lead singer should be singing, you know you are good.
• The entire band left the stage and Eddie entertained for 15 minutes just playing the guitar.  It never got boring.
• No fancy lights, stage, or video.  Just loud rock and roll.
• 50/50 mix in age.  A lot of over 35 and I lot of under 30.
• They played two hours straight, never talked, never stopped.  It was great
• Sound was awful.  Eddie’s guitar cut out of the mains probably 4 times, and Roth’s mic fed back twice.  If looks could kill, Roth would be in jail for murder.
• Alex Van Halen can kill some drums.  He was awesome.  I thought we were cool because our drummer plays a double bass.  Alex plays with 4 bass drums.
• Wolfgang Van Halen (Eddie’s son) is not good enough to play with them.  Obviously he is good, but not ready for the stage yet.
• I think they had his bass track looped because several times he wasn’t playing but the bass was still playing.
• GREAT night!
• They are back next week and I got tickets to go again from my lovely bride.  It was so good that I am excited.  This time I am going with Tim.