Dwyer & Michaels Talk Life with Eddie Van Halen

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  • There was a time around 2004-05 when Eddie Van Halen wasn't speaking to anyone in the media. Somehow we got the phone number to Eddie's 5150 Studios, and we'd call him early in the morning. Since it was 5 a.m. here, it was 3 a.m. there and Eddie was still up. After warming up to us, he actually started talking to us. Imagine that, EVH talking to us!! These recordings have become known to us as "The Eddie Van Halen Tapes." Word got around in the old Van Halen chat rooms about the phone calls. And like I said, Eddie wasn't talking to ANYONE. He had become a little bit of a recluse and we didn't realize at the time how special these conversations were.

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  • @RKDriver
    @RKDriver 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    EVH was always such an intriguing person that became an idol of mine. For so many years, before the internet and TH-cam, you never got any insight or personal conversation from him. He rarely did interviews or talk about himself. Now we're finally getting all of it. Just a nice, humble guy who became an inspiration for so many.

  • @Lil.black.dress84
    @Lil.black.dress84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love him. Ate breakfast with them in 1980 Pensacola FL, we were on vacation and they had played the night before. He was charming, his eyes glistened and his impish smile was overwhelming. He ordered Western Omelet. RIL 💚

  • @avarose316
    @avarose316 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    The love that Eddie had for his Son was amazing.....He was blessed all the way around...He may have had some wild times but you can tell his Son was everything...

    • @mjh5437
      @mjh5437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Every Father should love his children this deeply (and not be afraid to show that love either)...Far too many men these days just "Shoot & Scoot" when the chips are down....And particularly in the "black community"(surely an oxymoron)....Any fool can be a Father;but it takes a Real Man to be a Dad.

  • @francoisfavreau769
    @francoisfavreau769 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A big big thank you to Dwyer and-Michaels for this beautiful moment with Edward .

  • @williamkoonrad7930
    @williamkoonrad7930 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Man he was the coolest dude ever and funny

    • @beverlygens3240
      @beverlygens3240 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Eddie, was one of a kind !!!!!

  • @brendanmcclanahan8696
    @brendanmcclanahan8696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Love him. He sounds unwell, kinda sad. RIP goat

  • @rosannasandoval6894
    @rosannasandoval6894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This never gets old, Eddie was a top notch guy humble and heartwarming. Miss him RIP Eddie Van Halen

  • @afriend1162
    @afriend1162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, he sure loved his son. So nice to hear. RIP EVH💜

  • @jaydawg7820
    @jaydawg7820 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Wow , the kind of guy that avoids the fan crowd ... but if you met him one on one in a grocery store, probably one of the most personable guys you'd ever want to meet .. thanks for that guys ... TONS

    • @DwyerMichaels
      @DwyerMichaels  4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You should check out our conversation with Craid Gass from today. He lived in Eddie's 5150 Studios for a while.

    • @Lil.black.dress84
      @Lil.black.dress84 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I did meet him and he was all that and more.

  • @ers1472
    @ers1472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the funniest and best thing I've ever heard. He was such a cool guy so open and friendly. Took him ages to ask who they even were ! He sounds just happy to talk to guys about music. I love it. Ok Eddie thanks for talking with us ...
    Yeah and then Wolfie and I got jamming the other day...
    Brilliant.

  • @briancarr4607
    @briancarr4607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I could listen to this stuff all night very entertaining

  • @lorieannjermoune1473
    @lorieannjermoune1473 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In any interview that I listen to, featuring EVH, I am always impressed by how he is so much a philosopher! He speaks so philosophically and his words draw pictures in my brain. You could tell that he was deeply, profoundly intellectual. He could wrap his mind around musical and rhythmic concepts with ease, as if solving mathematical equations. Rest In Peace, to a musical anomaly, named Edward Van Halen

  • @odinquincannon4237
    @odinquincannon4237 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome! I’ve always wanted to hear a sensible celebrity say “Yes. It’s true there’s a rumor.”, and it’s great for me that Eddie is the first one I’ve heard say it.

  • @j.k.7331
    @j.k.7331 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This tape is a Godsend. What a great guy Ed is...talking to these awesome guys.

  • @aphexlane
    @aphexlane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Absolutely great. Man, what a cool guy and great Dad.

  • @baroku210
    @baroku210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Sooooo cool! EVH, my guitar HERO and he's the GREATEST guitar player of my generation...

  • @jefferyscott8875
    @jefferyscott8875 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Will we ever get to hear the EVH vault, it would be like the second coming.

    • @williamnimbach6419
      @williamnimbach6419 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wolfgang said eventually he would but not any time soon he wants to focus on his own stuff first but man I can't wait

  • @michaeltammaro482
    @michaeltammaro482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just a regular guy with a beautiful humbleness about him. God Bless you Edward.
    What a cool dude.

  • @jeffrojacobs8094
    @jeffrojacobs8094 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Every day is a vacation"
    a day in the life of Edward Van Halen.

  • @Davesrecordtree
    @Davesrecordtree 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You know , this is pretty fucking cool shit here boys! Dig it ! This is super super RARE Stuff and I thank you for this wonderful stuff !!

  • @mindeloman
    @mindeloman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He was ALWAYS looking forward. I can't remember who told the story, someone in his circle brought up he had a couple of different versions of a Kramer neck on his Frankenstrat. He was incredulous saying it had only ever had strat style necks. The. It was pointed out to him, "Eddie, dude, it had a Kramer neck in the Jump video." EVH was never nostalgic. It was always about what was to come. Which i think has also hurt legacy aspects of the band. I wish there was top shelf footage of the band in the 78-79 period.

  • @brucepoinsett4150
    @brucepoinsett4150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The sad demise of EVH ,recorded for all to hear.

  • @statictantrum7614
    @statictantrum7614 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Who of thought I could of just called Eddie and chatted? I"m gonna call Alex and see if he answers. Love those guys. God speed Ed!

  • @tannrrsmiddy
    @tannrrsmiddy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    wow--- remember that..... great job D&W.... RIP EDDIE !!!!!!!!!!!

  • @tboysrocknroll9252
    @tboysrocknroll9252 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I swear I've heard this interview and it was a LOT longer!! With Eddie talking about his cancer and how he "discovered" a cure but couldn't talk about it....all kinds of weird shit...but it's mysteriously gone here...am I imagining this?

  • @michaeltammaro482
    @michaeltammaro482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Does anyone realize that Eddie didn't even know these F'ing guys and actually spoke with them?
    What a cool, beautiful, humble and down to Earth Man. God Bless you Eddie in Heaven.

  • @SharpEdgeStandardOfficial
    @SharpEdgeStandardOfficial 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lol after 30'min convo Ed: " so what are your guys' names anyway?" 😂

    • @ers1472
      @ers1472 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know that was hilarious ! He was so casual and cool.

  • @hoggiluggi
    @hoggiluggi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man, this was very cool! Such a rare interview. Thanks for being brave and persistent! Smoking Loon!

  • @jasoncook5643
    @jasoncook5643 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great recordings, so cool 😎

  • @dalisman
    @dalisman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I've always loved these tapes. I think it's so great that you called his studio in the middle of the night and exactly the sound you'd expect greeted you: loud guitar music and Eddie having to yell over it to say hello, haha. I think there's more than this though? Looking forward to more if you've got it!

  • @RichardFriendartist
    @RichardFriendartist 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    dude...honestly. Ed was cool as fuck to these guys.....most "celebs" would have been total assholes...this was very fun. I heard this last year but fun to hear again! Thank you for the upload!

  • @JohnnyBeane
    @JohnnyBeane 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I lived near Walnut Creek when this happened and remember where this show was. Sammy was playing a local benefit. @3:03

  • @chrisb8655
    @chrisb8655 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Eddie has such strong fingers that his strumming is loud. His sense of rhythm and timing is top notch.

  • @PaulRhodes420
    @PaulRhodes420 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    R.I.P. Eddie! He really loves his son Wolfgang! 🦀mammothWVH🦀 Eddie knew he was going to be a success back when Wolfie was 10!! Amazing!
    ✌😎

  • @caramastrey8791
    @caramastrey8791 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Edward called me we talked all night almost every night after his 2004 tour until he met Janie. Edward and I rekindled our relationship from when we met 1979 and dated until he lost me and met Valarie. Writing my memoirs #WTFCmon

    • @carriebrooks6895
      @carriebrooks6895 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Question did Eddie Love Valerie?? Janie comes off hard core and manly. I think Valerie was to classy fro Eddie. After you read her books she truly loved him. She was over the drugs and booze.

  • @jeffadams2789
    @jeffadams2789 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    EDD was so lonely that poor man suffers for 20 years God bless his soul in the kingdom of heaven.

  • @C.Brown5150
    @C.Brown5150 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    EVH is as real as it gets. Any other musician would have been going off about calling them at home. EVH talks with anyone about anything. He's just one of the guys. . R.I.P MR VAN HALEN. . You're so deeply loved and respected. Most of all, deeply missed.

    • @chad9166
      @chad9166 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's a huge piece of shit and disrespected and lied about his bandmates.

  • @EF-fc4du
    @EF-fc4du ปีที่แล้ว

    The snippet of that new song that he played actually sounded like it could be really good!

  • @SLiMCHiCKeN5150
    @SLiMCHiCKeN5150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn I miss this man 🤟

  • @kendrabeav4087
    @kendrabeav4087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Miss u Ed, and i didnt even meet you

  • @johnstarr8858
    @johnstarr8858 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He sounds like a down-to-earth guy

  • @leanvanhalen
    @leanvanhalen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Holy fck that scared the living crap out of me 2:19

  • @BartekEVH
    @BartekEVH 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    💔🎸❤️ Forever

  • @Markbassdesign
    @Markbassdesign 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    We need the unreleased music

  • @martinlehfeldt6916
    @martinlehfeldt6916 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He was a really nice guy.

  • @jacsig
    @jacsig 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He was wasted. And Andrew Bennett was living with him then.

    • @carriebrooks6895
      @carriebrooks6895 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Andrew said he never thought Eddie would move on from Valerie.
      Eddie realized he let the good one go ...Valerie
      Wolfie is one who got him to stop the cigarettes, drugs and alcohol

  • @trevorvogler4661
    @trevorvogler4661 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    And he must of been pretty unwell at this stage

  • @EF-fc4du
    @EF-fc4du ปีที่แล้ว

    "I play very loud."
    - EVH

  • @mattkaustickomments
    @mattkaustickomments 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is funny. But also troubling because he sounded drunk.

  • @Hunkerdown_101
    @Hunkerdown_101 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sad to hear the michael ,2 years, acknowledgement

  • @joewilliams3919
    @joewilliams3919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Good interviewers - are they still around?
    I get a little sad when I hear the 2000 to 2005 Eddie

    • @willissudweeks1050
      @willissudweeks1050 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why he was absolutely hilarious?

    • @joewilliams3919
      @joewilliams3919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@willissudweeks1050 Trent - I know - he was always a fantastic interview throughout his career - I was referring to his health problems, substance abuse issues, and such that seemed to have peaked during that time frame

    • @chrisb8655
      @chrisb8655 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joewilliams3919 I always feel exactly the same way, Joe, and for the same reason you mentioned. It's unbelievable that he lived another 15-20 years.

    • @timnolan4587
      @timnolan4587 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least he got it together before the end. The interview he did for the Smithsonian was a special one where you could see he was his real sober self. You could see he had the light back.

    • @joewilliams3919
      @joewilliams3919 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@timnolan4587 you sure could - seemed like by 07 the dark years were behind him forever
      Then came that last tour in 15 and he played like he hadn’t lost a step since 78!
      I really do miss him as much as you probably can for someone you never met - as I “ease” into the 50s I can say he’s as close to a hero as anyone I can think of - somehow much more than just a great guitar player in a great band

  • @mjh5437
    @mjh5437 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Were the years mentioned in the above Description "2004 to 2005" Ed`s most "reclusive" years also the years he was in the very deepest depths of Alcoholism? Anyone know?

  • @scottwaszak698
    @scottwaszak698 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wasn’t this at a time when Eddie was really “tweaked”?

    • @deebop4904
      @deebop4904 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was "tweaked" for 35 years.......he didnt do meth if thats what your implying. Blow/vodka/wine

  • @darinb7966
    @darinb7966 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He tells them to f off and Ed still chats with them.

  • @richardleerodgers5303
    @richardleerodgers5303 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Totally Awesome Eddie was the best period

  • @nickstrapko7549
    @nickstrapko7549 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I heard about my own reunion. :)

  • @trevorvogler4661
    @trevorvogler4661 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think even the best of the best get pissed off being haslted, when you're trying to work

  • @mindeloman
    @mindeloman 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    "I called Warner Bros. And asked for our catalog, a box......a box with each of our records." - - dude didn't even own a copy of own records!!!!!!!!

  • @JorshWarshington1
    @JorshWarshington1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dwyer, did you ever talk to him again?

  • @Betrayerslayer
    @Betrayerslayer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd have asked for the cow.

  • @ROOKTABULA
    @ROOKTABULA 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why are radio DJs always such tools?

  • @Forgiveandholyspirit
    @Forgiveandholyspirit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ed sounds burnt out and tired

  • @Forgiveandholyspirit
    @Forgiveandholyspirit 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    AANND! lol.

  • @mitchgalietta6564
    @mitchgalietta6564 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    EVH meant so much in my life, but jesus he sounds like a mess on this interview.

  • @expocat11
    @expocat11 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Put em in backwards or upside down, freak people out

  • @seymourmaupin6395
    @seymourmaupin6395 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I forget who wrote the book, maybe Van Halens first manager and I'm paraphrasing but he said somthing to the extent Eddie was the village idiot who played guitar. I can really say I don't hear this here. But as Eddie said, "2 qualudes and a bottle of Jack and see where insperation strikes" may come into play with the previous statement.

  • @NicholasNorway
    @NicholasNorway 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what year is it?

  • @TheDmonet
    @TheDmonet 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Judging from his condition at this time I'm not sure much of that music he's talking about is any good. None of it found it's way onto adkot that's all stuff from the 70s.

  • @carriebrooks6895
    @carriebrooks6895 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What year was this???

    • @DwyerMichaels
      @DwyerMichaels  3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      2004 and 2005. We talked to him several times and started a really cool friendship with him.

    • @marshascolpini2263
      @marshascolpini2263 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      This was so precious . What a tremendous loss. May you rest peacefully guitar God. There will never be another you. You're so missed. 💔

  • @aliaferguson6956
    @aliaferguson6956 3 ปีที่แล้ว

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