As soon as I heard the Runnin With the Dweezil at the end of the first episode I had hopes Jacob would also be a guest... I knew it was him. I even mentioned it to Dweezil in private. I was introduced to Jacob's playing leaving an arts festival with his awesome cover of On Fire... A stuffy lady on the bus told me to turn it down. I was so in the moment I looked her in the eye and said, no... My wife pretended to be mad at me until later when she laughed at me like we were kids again. Great episode! I have been waiting literally years for this!
Fantastic episode with Jacob! I’ve been following his YouTube channel for many years and I’ve always been awed at his incredible work ethic and his truly unbelievably great vocals and as Dweezil mentioned his mastery of doing what I had heretofore thought was intrinsically impossible…singing and playing Van Halen music on guitar at the same time with a great command of both in detail. If I hadn’t seen Jacob doing it, I would have told you it was impossible.
I encourage anyone that is able to see his band play in The Great White North or elsewhere to do so. If nothing else, please watch his band’s live footage. It isn’t really apparent from this interview, but Jacob is an incredible showman…every bit as cocky as David Lee Roth and dedicated to bringing the party rock to a MILF near you! He’s scary good and I’m really a fan!
On another note, I had been wondering what song was being played by Mammoth on the snippets that were shared near the end of the Billy Corgan episode. “War Pigs” and “Funk #49” were pretty obvious, but I was perplexed by the first song. I’d asked around to everyone I could think of, including Dweezil, but I could find no joy for months.
At last, I figured out that this song is the very obscure gem called “Double Cross” by the local Dallas/Ft. Worth area late 60s/early 70s band Bloodrock! Edward’s singing sounds EXACTLY like the vocalist in that band Jim Rutledge. I think this is a badass heavy song of the late 60s/early 70s, which was officially released in March of 1970.
I spoke with Greg Renoff (who is, as most fans should know by now, the author of ‘Van Halen Rising’ and ‘Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life In Music’) about this tune and he believes (and I concur) that this very obscure song was likely brought into the cover repertoire of Mammoth by the late bassist Mark Stone. Still, a very cool “ZZ Top meets Black Sabbath and Cream” tune!
The episode with Greg Kurstin is super cool! I really love that a keyboard player could be such a fan of Van Halen though it is obviously guitar based music. It was wonderful to hear “Unchained” on piano just as Edward wrote it! It just sits right as Dweezil and Greg mentioned. And to think “Hear About It Later” was also written on piano. Two drop D masterpieces on what is generally acknowledged to be the band’s greatest album with the best guitar work! Thanks again!
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As soon as I heard the Runnin With the Dweezil at the end of the first episode I had hopes Jacob would also be a guest... I knew it was him. I even mentioned it to Dweezil in private. I was introduced to Jacob's playing leaving an arts festival with his awesome cover of On Fire... A stuffy lady on the bus told me to turn it down. I was so in the moment I looked her in the eye and said, no... My wife pretended to be mad at me until later when she laughed at me like we were kids again. Great episode! I have been waiting literally years for this!
Fantastic episode with Jacob! I’ve been following his YouTube channel for many years and I’ve always been awed at his incredible work ethic and his truly unbelievably great vocals and as Dweezil mentioned his mastery of doing what I had heretofore thought was intrinsically impossible…singing and playing Van Halen music on guitar at the same time with a great command of both in detail. If I hadn’t seen Jacob doing it, I would have told you it was impossible.
I encourage anyone that is able to see his band play in The Great White North or elsewhere to do so. If nothing else, please watch his band’s live footage. It isn’t really apparent from this interview, but Jacob is an incredible showman…every bit as cocky as David Lee Roth and dedicated to bringing the party rock to a MILF near you! He’s scary good and I’m really a fan!
On another note, I had been wondering what song was being played by Mammoth on the snippets that were shared near the end of the Billy Corgan episode. “War Pigs” and “Funk #49” were pretty obvious, but I was perplexed by the first song. I’d asked around to everyone I could think of, including Dweezil, but I could find no joy for months.
At last, I figured out that this song is the very obscure gem called “Double Cross” by the local Dallas/Ft. Worth area late 60s/early 70s band Bloodrock! Edward’s singing sounds EXACTLY like the vocalist in that band Jim Rutledge. I think this is a badass heavy song of the late 60s/early 70s, which was officially released in March of 1970.
I spoke with Greg Renoff (who is, as most fans should know by now, the author of ‘Van Halen Rising’ and ‘Ted Templeman: A Platinum Producer’s Life In Music’) about this tune and he believes (and I concur) that this very obscure song was likely brought into the cover repertoire of Mammoth by the late bassist Mark Stone. Still, a very cool “ZZ Top meets Black Sabbath and Cream” tune!
The episode with Greg Kurstin is super cool! I really love that a keyboard player could be such a fan of Van Halen though it is obviously guitar based music. It was wonderful to hear “Unchained” on piano just as Edward wrote it! It just sits right as Dweezil and Greg mentioned. And to think “Hear About It Later” was also written on piano. Two drop D masterpieces on what is generally acknowledged to be the band’s greatest album with the best guitar work! Thanks again!
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