Just letting Dweez and everyone know, really great interview with the one and only Don Landee in the new issue of TapeOp Magazine! Hoping Dweezil can get him on here one day, that is the dream episode!
Hey gang! Happy October! Finally got caught up on the recent episode with Allen. Superb! Thanks to Allen for the info on Edward. Stuff like this makes me happy ( I'm a gear/technique nerd-haha! ). The cross reference between Cream and Van Halen is so under-spoken about. So, it's wonderful to hear that reference finally ( I'm still convinced that Jan-Edward's dad-had a bigger influence on Edward, in terms of time feel. Jan's slightly behind-the-beat clarinet solo on " Big Bad Bill. . ." sounds similar to the way Edward would play the blues ). Great episode. And thanks to DZ for renewing my subscription. Happy to be tagging along with this group!
Thanks so much David…I’m so happy to know that you and others enjoyed it and maybe learned a few things! It was such a gas for me and I’m super grateful to Dweezil for his patience and for having me on the podcast!
Wow! This is awesome! A fantastic resource! Thanks again Allen for sharing all of your materials with us. Many practice hours ahead to look forward to!
Near the end of the episode, I also played one of my favorite variations of the repeating open string licks similar to those in “Eruption”, “Somebody Get Me a Doctor”, “I’m the One” (second solo), “5150” etc. in F# during the “Hot For Teacher” solo. Here is my complete transcription of that solo where you can see exactly how Eddie played that iteration of the lick where he mixed up his straight picking with his normal “single open E picked with the rest legato” patterns with added picked notes at various points in an off-the-cuff way which doesn’t follow his usual non-varying pattern all the way through all of the repeats:
The “Hot For Teacher” solo is based almost entirely on the Clapton/Cream “Sitting On Top of the World” ending solo licks…the phrasing and the overall composition of each part of this solo is breathtaking!
I also played through the solo from “Girl Gone Bad” which is one of my favorite of all of Ed’s solos at the very close of the episode. To me, the song is a strong candidate for being perhaps the best song the band ever did…right up there with “Push Comes To Shove” or “Hear About It Later”. To my mind, it is the closest the band ever came to Led Zeppelin…a masterpiece! And the solo showcases some of Edward’s old familiar licks played with swinging gusto and with a nice long legato phrase near the beginning of the solo…a clear example of the influence of Holdsworth before Ed goes to his more familiar five-note pattern with one Upstroke picked note at the 14th position (same as in the “Beat It” solo in the 12th position) and his raked Am arpeggio/A blues phrasing to wind it up. I love it! Here’s my transcription of the complete “Girl Gone Bad” solo:
Also, here is a video lesson in which I go over these five note patterns from “Beat It” and “Girl Gone Bad” which contains some tips on how to execute this pattern cleanly:
To demonstrate Ed’s penchant for whole step bending with his Index finger rather than his Ring finger in his typical blues box playing, I played the opening lick from the “Jump” solo which is a great workout for these Index finger whole step bends. My transcription is in the tuning from the album which is about 3/4 of a step ABOVE standard pitch, so this is played in Am in the 5th position:
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Hey gang! Happy October! Finally got caught up on the recent episode with Allen. Superb! Thanks to Allen for the info on Edward. Stuff like this makes me happy ( I'm a gear/technique nerd-haha! ). The cross reference between Cream and Van Halen is so under-spoken about. So, it's wonderful to hear that reference finally ( I'm still convinced that Jan-Edward's dad-had a bigger influence on Edward, in terms of time feel. Jan's slightly behind-the-beat clarinet solo on " Big Bad Bill. . ." sounds similar to the way Edward would play the blues ). Great episode. And thanks to DZ for renewing my subscription. Happy to be tagging along with this group!
Thanks so much David…I’m so happy to know that you and others enjoyed it and maybe learned a few things! It was such a gas for me and I’m super grateful to Dweezil for his patience and for having me on the podcast!
Wow! This is awesome! A fantastic resource! Thanks again Allen for sharing all of your materials with us. Many practice hours ahead to look forward to!
Near the end of the episode, I also played one of my favorite variations of the repeating open string licks similar to those in “Eruption”, “Somebody Get Me a Doctor”, “I’m the One” (second solo), “5150” etc. in F# during the “Hot For Teacher” solo. Here is my complete transcription of that solo where you can see exactly how Eddie played that iteration of the lick where he mixed up his straight picking with his normal “single open E picked with the rest legato” patterns with added picked notes at various points in an off-the-cuff way which doesn’t follow his usual non-varying pattern all the way through all of the repeats:
The “Hot For Teacher” solo is based almost entirely on the Clapton/Cream “Sitting On Top of the World” ending solo licks…the phrasing and the overall composition of each part of this solo is breathtaking!
I also played through the solo from “Girl Gone Bad” which is one of my favorite of all of Ed’s solos at the very close of the episode. To me, the song is a strong candidate for being perhaps the best song the band ever did…right up there with “Push Comes To Shove” or “Hear About It Later”. To my mind, it is the closest the band ever came to Led Zeppelin…a masterpiece! And the solo showcases some of Edward’s old familiar licks played with swinging gusto and with a nice long legato phrase near the beginning of the solo…a clear example of the influence of Holdsworth before Ed goes to his more familiar five-note pattern with one Upstroke picked note at the 14th position (same as in the “Beat It” solo in the 12th position) and his raked Am arpeggio/A blues phrasing to wind it up. I love it! Here’s my transcription of the complete “Girl Gone Bad” solo:
Also, here is a video lesson in which I go over these five note patterns from “Beat It” and “Girl Gone Bad” which contains some tips on how to execute this pattern cleanly:
https://youtu.be/lIL27p_MAfA?si=2VHmj5yBHTIeCN5R
Girl Gone Bad is def a standout cut for me. He put the whole prog rock crowd on notice with that tune.
To demonstrate Ed’s penchant for whole step bending with his Index finger rather than his Ring finger in his typical blues box playing, I played the opening lick from the “Jump” solo which is a great workout for these Index finger whole step bends. My transcription is in the tuning from the album which is about 3/4 of a step ABOVE standard pitch, so this is played in Am in the 5th position: