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- From: A.G.Catchpole@bradford.ac.uk (Adrian Catchpole)
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- Subject: Re: Edward
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.180003.3450@bradford.ac.uk>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 18:00:03 GMT
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- Thor Iverson (tiverson@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu) wrote:
- :
- : 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.
-
- Well, Hackett has claimed more than once that it EVH 'stole' this
- technique after going to see one or two Genesis concerts, so I suppose
- it's Steve Hackett's word against Van Halen's.
-
- I'm no expert on the matter, but it would be interesting to hear more views
- on this subject as it cropped up on the Genesis mailing list recently.
-
- BTW, Happy Birthday Edward if you're reading this.
-
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- -- Ade
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