{"id":3919,"date":"2021-09-07T07:58:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T07:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vancouverguitarlessons.net\/?p=3919"},"modified":"2021-09-07T07:58:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T07:58:16","slug":"eddie-van-halens-almost-lost-mean-street-variation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uptempomusiclessons.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/07\/eddie-van-halens-almost-lost-mean-street-variation\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Van Halen’s (almost) lost Mean Street variation!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eddie Van Halen’s (almost) lost Mean Street variation!<\/h1>\n

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Hey everyone welcome to ‘Eddie Van Halen’s (almost) lost Mean Street variation!’<\/p>\n

I was listening to the Sunset sound interviews with Dweezil Zappa a while back and heard him speak about a concert in 1981 where Eddie was expanding on his Mean Street intro and that this particular performance in Greensboro was never heard again after that.<\/p>\n

I thought it would be cool to teach you guys how to play this variation on Eddie’s mean street theme.<\/p>\n

The section Dweezil refers to is under a minute long and has a neat descending passage which, as he says, Eddie had rarely ever done live.<\/p>\n

BTW, after I made the teaching video below, a current student of mine sent me a video link to Eddie playing a variation of this variation during another concert in 1981, this time with video. I will post that as well.<\/p>\n

In the video below I not only go over how to play the piece, I go over how I achieved the tone as well.<\/p>\n

If you would like the tab for this lesson, please send me a donation to my paypal, satch@telus.net any amount you feel it is worth, and i will send you the tab right over.<\/p>\n

I have a ton of other educational vids on Eddie so make sure you check out my other posts on this site.<\/p>\n