David Lee Roth- Strummin' With the Devil

[McHaven]

I'm bassing this mainly off the performance I just saw on Leno.

This album is a new album by David Lee Roth which features Van Halen tunes in a country style. Upright bass, mandolin, acoustic guitar, fiddle, banjo and resonator guitar.

The Leno performance was a rendition of "Jump".

It depressed me. Roth looks nothing like what he should look like in my mind. He was dressed in a button up collared shirt, nice jeans with short perfect hair. He also just stood still... Just not David Lee Roth in my mind....

I didn't pick up the song was Jump until the entire band joined in. It started with a fiddle intro that wasn't just chords like the Van Halen version. Fiddle and banjo solos have replaced Eddie Van Halen solos.

Overall, I don't really like it. David Lee Roth is out of his prime (although, his singing sounds the same). This seems another attempt for David Lee Roth to get back in the spotlight, with a new image, directed towards a different audience.

Anyone actually hear the album yet?

[Blues Cat]

I'm going to need counseling after seeing that performance.

When someone would take a solo he couldn't even tell who was doing it. Pointing to the wrong person & then finding the solo a few measures later.

Can you imagine how long those bluegrass players are going to put up w/his crap.

You gotta give him one thing, he's havin' fun.

[dannoman]

that scared me.

[DrMWP]

+1 Dannoman

Frightening, disturbing. WOW, I need to lie down.

[agreatheight]

Um, yikes.

[Shearstown]

Funnily enough I heard the album was amzing.

[bassmonkeee]

I just watched it on YouTube.

Dave has aged a lot better than most, and he still seems to have fun.

Was anyone really expecting swordplay and high kicks? It is bluegrass, afterall.

AFAIK, he is only singing on a couple of tunes on the tribute cd. What "crap" are the bluegrass players supposedly putting up with? Having a bonafide rockstar not only sing on their album but also get them a slot on Leno? Poor guys.....

I think some people take party rock from the late 70s and early 80s waaaaaaay too seriously.

[AJ Brown]

Here you go. I'll never be the same... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9TlsVXnBn0

[mvw356]

***?????????????????
i feel sorry for david having to go this low to make some bucks.

on a side note, Eddie himself doesn't seem to be faring to well either lateley. is this the end of van Halen?

[Kmrumedy]

Holy crap!! It's like watching your Dad sing drunk at a family BarBQ!!

[stretchcat]

That wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be, in fact, it was kind of entertaining. It looked like they were having fun and the band sounded great. I liked how the banjo player played Eddie's keyboard solo.

[Nino Valenti]

OMG, that was aweful!!!!!!

[rulyøngo]

i saw it too, I thought I was dreaming!!! one of the best frontmen of all time and reduced to that... man!!! is it sad or what?!?!?

[ctbass]

I actually kind of liked. DLR has never been afraid to do something different. What's worse, experimenting and taking a chance by doing something like this, or being 50ish, bald and trying to wear spandex and pretending it's still 1980?

Not that there is anything wrong with being 50 and bald (I'm on my way).

He did look out of place during the solos but I give a lot of credit for not doing the same old tired nostalgic act.

[Alan Vorse]

I felt disoriented after seeing it, but thought those players were real good.

[groov'ster]

Funny things is I just lleft the music store 30 min ago and listened to several songs off of the cd a guy had. Musicians were good, the banjo player even does a banjo version of eruption , yep just what I thought.

In a way it sounded good but not really my cup-o-tea.