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"Eruption" starts with a short accompanied intro with Alex Van Halen on drums and Michael Anthony on bass.The highlight of the solo is the use of two-handed tapping. "Eruption" was played on the Frankenstrat, with an MXR Phase 90, an Echoplex, a Univox echo unit and a 1968 Marshall 1959 Super Lead tube amp.
In 1984, he was given the "Hot for Teacher" guitar (seen in the song's video clip), and began appearing in Kramer advertisements. Paul Unkert, the "Guitar Guy" of UNK guitars, worked on the Frankenstrat and put his "Unk" stamp on it. The best-known Kramer owned by Van Halen was the 5150, which he built in the Kramer factory.
Edward Lodewijk van Halen was born in Amsterdam on January 26, 1955, [5] the son of Jan van Halen and Eugenia (née van Beers).His father was a Dutch jazz pianist, clarinettist, and saxophonist working for the Dutch Air Force, [6] before the war and after returning from Indonesia with local acts like Jos Cleber and Snip en Snap [7].
Bless Its Pointed Little Head is a live album by Jefferson Airplane recorded at both the Fillmore East and West in the fall of 1968 and released in 1969 as RCA Victor LSP-4133. The album was recorded on the tour supporting Crown of Creation , yet no songs from that album or its predecessor After Bathing at Baxter's were included (the CD re ...
In fact, the working title of the song was "The Double Drum Song". [6] The group performed the song, with Rick Derringer on guitar, on The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1973. [7] Record World called the song "a thumping instrumental featuring fine performances by each member [of the group]." [8]
"Embryonic Journey" is an instrumental piece composed by Jorma Kaukonen, which originally appeared as the ninth track on Jefferson Airplane's second album Surrealistic Pillow. Other versions of "Embryonic Journey" were recorded by Kaukonen and featured on an album sharing the song's name.
Free Fall is a 1999 American-Canadian-German action film directed by Mario Azzopardi, based on a story by Mark Homer, and screenplay by Ken Wheat and Jim Wheat. The film stars Jaclyn Smith, Bruce Boxleitner, Scott Wentworth, Hannes Jaenicke and Hayden Christensen. The film documents an unusual series of crashes that involves sabotaged airliners.
The song was written by Petty and his writing partner for the album, Jeff Lynne, and features Lynne on backing vocals and bass guitar. The duo wrote and recorded the single in two days, making it the first song completed for Full Moon Fever. "Free Fallin'" is one of Petty's most famous tracks as well as his highest - and longest - charting song ...