Dweezil Zappa plays Eruption solo

[jl7986]

that was pretty damn good, he added in almost every little nuance 

[TheStoneAlexander]

Dweezil owns all.

[Free2shred00]

If I didn't know any better, I would assume EVH was covering Dweezil some 20 years ago.

[andybevill]

That's the most perfect copy of eruption I've ever heard! Great copying Dweezil!

[egotripband]

saw dweezil in melbourne australia zappa plays zappa, he played an absolutely awesome lead solo , on his sg in one song still don't know what it was..but it was cool

[Thirdgen83]

Dweezil ROCKS...

[The19763]

i just turned round looked at my guitar and it went,......"Don't even attempt it."

[Crimson28]

@The19763 LOL me too dude! I can imagine mine just shaking its head "no, don't even think about it"

[mattsplatt]

@michaeljamsmith, I did read that Eddie would come over to the Zappa house and show Dweezil some things. I also have heard Dweezil say he was a huge EVH nut.

[feickerr]

Dweezil's the only guy I've ever seen besides EVH himself do "Eruption" correctly.

[neverfrisco]

@feickerr My older brother took years to learn it, but he can play "Eruption" note-for-note perfectly, and with a very similar sound, too, which for him was harder to acheive than actually learning all the right notes. He's a pro living in the Sacramento area.

[feickerr]

@neverfrisco Awesome.  I'd love to see him post a video.

[ziggerzag101]

Man this must be the wierdest Zappa gig I have ever seen... playing to a bunch of suits next to an artificial tree......... really odd!

[Jacklovesrock]

@EIRayathon both!

[dav0113]

Genius. I saw Dweezil live in Calgary about 5 years ago. Insane talent.

[Ozzie9877]

Holy shit this is note for note!

[mattsplatt]

I don't know how anyone can NOT Like this! This is the closest to the original recording i've ever heard. I'm sure that's what Dweezil's intent was. He wasn't trying to 'one up' the master EVH, he was naturally paying tribute to one of his guitar heroes. I don't think even Eddie himself could have come so close to sounding like the original 'Eruption'... Kudos Dweezil

[michaeljamsmith]

@mattsplatt You do know Frank called Eddie over to his house to teach Zweezil, right?

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[surfdigby]

@mattsplatt This was when Dweezil was demonstrating Guitar Rig and was showing how accurately emulate specific guitar sounds. As Eddie's tone is something of urban legend, Dweezil used that as a base, and matched it with a super-accurate rendition of Eruption to go with it.

[Langtw]

@surfdigby Are you sure? You can see him running into an Axe FX, though I have seen the video you're talking about.

[scottfree6]

@Langtw YEAH MAN AXE FX ROCKS....FUCK SANTA IM GOIN TO GET IT MYSELF LOL!!! AWESOME PIECE OF GEAR, AND PROBABLY THE ONLY THING I WILL NEED FROM THE MOMENT I GET IT ON..KINDA SUCKS THOUGH, I KINDA LIKE TO COLLECT GEAR AS SOMEWHAT OF A HOBBY..I GOT A ROLAND VG-99(AWESOME TOO) AN EVENTIDE ULTRA-HARMONIZER DSP-4000..THE ONE VAI USES..ALSO NICE BUT WAY TOO INVOLVED LOL! TAKES A LOOOONG TIME TO TWEAK A GOOD PRACTICAL ALGORITHIM, EVEN THE ONE MARKED VAI-ATONIC OR SOMETHING NEEDS HRS. OF TWEAKAGE!!LOL!

[o0Slipdisc0o]

Pretty good rendition. However, nothing compared to Ron Thal's renditions. He played Eruption forwards and backwards by age 12, sounding better than EVH. Today he and Guthrie Govan are at the absolute forefront of contemporary guitar. Dweezil is pretty decent though...

[flyingsquirrel73]

Axe-Fx!!!!!!!!

[BRADARISTA]

as good as eddie

[banzaimotorcross]

I was fortunate enough to attended one of many Papa Zappa's concerts in the 70's @ the Celeb theater in phx . every seat in that place is a front row seat. no matter where you sit. IT'S STILL RANKS AS THE BEST CONCERT I'VE EVER SEEN. hope i never end up with Alzheimer.. great to see his son following in franks foot steps,

[pourliver]

Thats is the worst crowd i've seen ... ever !

[eqsmooth]

why is he playing in a hotel conference room full of old salesmen?

[StewieFavre]

Frank (his dad for you rookies out there) would have inverted it, fucked with it, reintroduced it, diced it sliced it and mocked the hell out it before he would have EVER cared about playing anything note for note in a lame attempt to impress anyone. Franks was the best, and produced a pretty damned good guitarist. But it was your dad's wit, intelligence, sarcasm and focus that made the Zappa name great. remember, it was Frank who laughed at Carlos Santana. R.I.P. FZ

[gfgranja]

@StewieFavre Why he laughed at Santana?

[StewieFavre]

always some old douche recording shit walking past the camera. :27

[jpdumais]

Wow that's insane, sounds so much like it!

[DanianaJones]

pretty good! not eddie but...I wonder how steve vai would sound on this song?

[DemonofShadowFin]

Axe FX :)

[madercic3aolcom]

Wow, right on the money!

[xsited1]

Very, very nice DZ. Eddie taught you well.

[johno4521]

Note perfect, amazing!!!!

[AudioTrek777]

@TENBUX DWEEZIL ZAPPA AND ANYONE NAMED ZAPPA HAS MORE TALENT IN OME STRAND OD HIS HAIR THAN BUCKETHEAD EVERCOULD DREAM OF HAVING AND BUCKETHEAD IS A DECENT GUITARIST

[stevegrierson]

@AudioTrek777 Hows that then ?

[silentj80]

@AudioTrek777 I agree, Buckethead needs to go back to where he came from. We don't want what he's selling. We won't bother him when he's a regular average Joe, we just prefer him not to play guitar ever again in life.

[shearn666]

Thumbs up Dweez - nice work. Sound & everything.

[paulopezz]

eddie and jelly at 0.37

[scottk108]

pretty damn exact

[MrKingtonejoe]

The Axe FX is pretty stellar. That was muuuucchh better than a close approximation to Ed's tone. Pretty fuckin' cool !!!! Of course, you must have the talent to dial it in.

[tenbux]

mmmmmBuckethead is betta....juss sayin'....

[burnthermit]

@tenbux he plays it better than eddie. Big B that is

[randolph229]

That was really great. Well done.

[fadethetrade]

Did you get a look at that audience? Bunch of galoots!

[GoemonLovesFujiko]

@fadethetrade gallots? that what people eddie van halens age look like these days!

[gopussy1]

fuck yeah !

[Napalmdog]

Dweezil surely does take after his dad in regards to guitar playing...

[LINKx12]

Is that an Axe Fx I see there?

[pacree]

Wow! A touch rubato in spots, but that's cool... it aint a cd, it's live! Kudos! :)

[Svm777]

I just love how Dweezil is playing fucking Eruption and the bloke is walking like nothing is happening at 0:35

[iouakick]

@Svm777 lol chilled motherfucker is more bothered about spilling his drink xD

[CletusColtrane]

Dweezil was awesome with Don Johnson, lol

[CletusColtrane]

what a stiff room, lol

[allrapsucks]

"Somebody said Fair Warning, Lord strike that poor boy down!" This is a brilliant fuckin' rendition of Eruption. Just excellent beyond words. Peace.

[davemis40]

Brilliant rendition.

[grumpyjenkins]

He plays it better than Eddie does live! EVH always tries to add or take something away from it instead of just playing it like this. Dweezil is one hell of a good guitarist!

[guitarinkrys]

is that an axe fx hes using???

[FuneralFragz]

@guitarinkrys

yes.

[QtommyQ]

Alright kids. Here is the story. Dweezil growing up was a huge EVH fan. Dweezil tells the story of meeting EVH when he was 12. Eddie called and came over to the house to meet Frank. Frank called Steve Vai and they sat up playing guitar until 3:00am. Eddie later came to a talent show to see Dweezil (and actually gave him a guitar which he still has to this day). EVH later that year produced 'MMISC' for Dweezil. From what I understand, they have seen each other sporadically over the years.

[sowhatdude1]

@QtommyQ- NO, no- Ok here's the REAL story! Steve Vai was then, & from what I hear, still IS a huge "fan" of young boys, & when he got hungry nothing could satisfy more then little Dweezil's warm supple buns. SO, one night Steve was on a butt-pirate rampage! he'd already torn through Satriani's pooper but wanted more, WAY MORE. So he ran over to "the house" to get him some sweet Dweezie, & was shocked to find EVH was there! He quickly jumped in the middle for a "Lucky Pierre" moment- the END.

[SuperAlessio71]

steve vai was his baby sitter... Eddie his teacher... the FATHER... is the father...something or someone is missing?

[theyetidude]

They should kick Eddie out of the band and hire Dweezil!

[alwaysopen]

Let's have more stupid responses put up here so everyone appears to be a stoned 13 year old asshole.

[eddiehalenvan]

@mikeshredder233 no eddie didnt have tudor.

[machtanger]

This Is Dweezil playing 'Sex Farm' at the Lindberg Air Force Base. They just had one request, would he play a couple of slow numbers so they could dance.

[stewarddesse]

errr ..

[fakeox]

Dweezil is awesome. Great in Dread Zep, Great as Ajax, Saw him 'bout 3 years ago with zdz in toronto.. Great again! This vid? *WOW*

[boardboy1914]

The Ax FX is awesome!!

[zenopation]

Eddie was Dweezil's personal guitar teacher when Dweezil was a kid.

[DarthKazi]

@zenopation Eddie came over to Frank's house while Vai was there and they jammed or something, but Eddie was never Dweezil's "guitar teacher". I can't imagine Eddie ever being even remotely interested in that.

[halcon7000]

@DarthKazi Eddie did give actual technical advice and tips to Dweezil at Frank's house after Dweezil played "Spanish Fly" for Eddie .

[DanskeSange]

@zenopation How do you know?

[lordpookus]

@zenopation i heard it was steve vai

[DaveSustaine]

@zenopation Nahh man, Steve Vai was his teacher, he was just a big fan of Eddie Van Halen, and met him a few times through his Dad, since Eddie was in fact a Frank Zappa fan.

[DanskeSange]

@zenopation How do you know that?

[masterchees98]

@zenopation

Why wouldn't he just get his father (A far better guitarist) to teach him?

[ElRayathon]

@masterchees98

As Dweezil himself puts it: As a teenager in the 80's, who would you rather have teach you, Eddie Van Halen, or your dad?

[SanctumStudios]

@zenopation is that true? if so cool!

[leviatanoaxaclan4545]

@zenopation and steve vai, warren cuccurullo, holdsworth and many others.. great artist..!! dweezil is very lucky and humble and great guy..!!! best for him... and family..!!!!

[rpgavan]

@zenopation Actually Steve Vai was his teacher. Ed came a high school performance of Dweezil's and showed him how to properly play "Runnin' with the Devil"

[losaface4]

Best i've seen so far. Other than Eddie himself.(of course)

[ak1969]

@losaface4 I will give +1 for this. Really, the first time somebody else plays it, as it should be played.

[joexschmoex85]

@losaface4 i dunno, buckethead does some pretty mean shreddin on it in some older vids with the deli creeps

[metachozoite]

@losaface4 well wait till ya get a load of me lol...

nah I gotta re learn it...but i do a good one :) theres lots of guys who do...just take some time and search :P

[metropolisimages]

@losaface4 you are right. best ive seen. however, you should google joel gregoire. he does an awesome version too



[Deanguitarman123]

yea yur right about the tempo. But still Amazing cover

[stiggyto]

there was a noticable mistake during the tapping part(off tempo).great vid tho

[eddietwo]

""HOLY FUCKIN SHIT"" !!!!!!!!!!  almost better than eddie's live versions nowadays