[Rick Lee]

I also focused mostly on Eddie's solos when I was growing up. But once in a while I'd see someone play a VH tune in a music store or see Eddie play it live (had front row on the Balance tour) and then I'd run home to relearn the song I used to think I was playing right. So many of his chords and melodies have so much genius to them and get overlooked because of his solos. Honestly, I think I could nail just about any of his solos if I went back and relearned them. But I still cannot get all the cool rhythm stuff down from Fair Warning. Listen hard to Sinner's Swing, Dirty Movies, Hear About It Later and especially the bridges in Unchained. Pure genius rhythm playing. That album could be years worth of lessons. I got it when I was in grade school and stil pick out new stuff every time I listen to it.

I gotta get a camera rigged up and then brush up on some VH tunes. I have a Boss GT-3 running through a Fender Hot Rod DeVille and can get just about any sound from it. I have a 5150 setting and another for a Marshall Plexi. But my 22 yr. old Gallien Krueger 250ML (solid state) still gets closer to the olf VH sound than anything else I've heard. I remember my dad yelling at me for spending the money on that when I was 16. But to this day it's still been the best $325 I ever spent.