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- Subject: Re: Edward
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 19:34:24 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.042502.22693@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu> tiverson@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (Thor Iverson) writes:
- >In article <1993Jan25.190229.10019@bradford.ac.uk> A.G.Catchpole@bradford.ac.uk (Adrian Catchpole) writes:
- >>
- >>I'm so glad you posted this, I wouldn't want to spoil it by mentioning
- >>that Mr. Van Halen completely ripped-off Steve Hackett's two-handed guitar
- >>technique after going to see him at a show in the mid-seventies.
- >>-- Ade
- >
- >There's no question that Hackett tapped first. What's your evidence that
- >EVH copied it from him? He claims (in an interview) that it was Page's
- >simple hammer-on/pull-offs during the "Heartbreaker" solo that gave him the
- >idea, not seeing Hackett. Counter-evidence is welcome.
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- Gimme a break. I heard the same thing about him getting the idea from Page.
- Anyways, who cares?
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- Eddie is God and Steve Hackett is a nobody.
-
- -Don
-