Van Halen meets Heart

[unchainedguitars]

Was reading about the new "Heart" book coming out, penned by Ann & Nancy Wilson, and came
across this little VH related tidbit:

No Eruption: The sisters once refused a four-way with Eddie and Alex Van Halen while the bands were touring together. That same night Nancy discovered Eddie didn’t own an acoustic guitar and gave him one of hers.

Haha, those Vh brothers sure are kinky (though, the Wilson sisters are not, apparently)

I wonder, since Nancy always favored those Ovation acoustic guitars, if she gave Eddie the one he recorded "Spanish
Fly" with?

[Simon Ribeiro]

Nice - read the same stuff last Tuesday:



http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/juicy-tales-from-hearts-ann-and-nancy-wilson-20120911

Juicy Tales From Heart's Ann and Nancy Wilson
Sisters publishing memoir 'Kicking and Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll'
By Jessica Hopper - September 11, 2012 8:00 AM ET

After four decades and 30 million albums sold, Ann and Nancy Wilson have
decided to tell their story. This week Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of
Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll (HarperCollins) hits shelves. With co-author
Charles Cross (Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain), the
Wilson sisters dish on Heart's formative years, the inspirations behind
their hits and their personal travails, along with some sordid rock
gossip. Here are some of the more notable – and curious – stories revealed:

[...snip...]

While Heart was on tour with Van Halen, Alex and Eddie, in their own
fumbling, wasted way, suggested a four-way-of-sorts between them. The
sisters declined, but later that night, when Nancy learned that Eddie
didn't own an acoustic guitar she was incredulous, and she gave him one
of her own before sending him on his way. The next morning, after a
night-long binge, he called her hotel room and serenaded her over the phone.

[Simon Ribeiro]

...
I wonder, since Nancy always favored those Ovation acoustic guitars, if she gave Eddie the one he recorded "Spanish
Fly" with?

Maybe it was Ted's acoustic guitar. Maybe they rent one just to record the tune.


I love the way EVH recorded the damn instrumental and his complain at the very beginning. I also think he was smoking while recording it.... .

[cowboydan]

Maybe it was Ted's acoustic guitar. Maybe they rent one just to record the tune.


I love the way EVH recorded the damn instrumental and his complain at the very beginning. I also thought he was smoking while recording it.... .

This!! I used to love listening to that 8 track and right as the song started I'd go "hhmmmmmmmmm"

[cowboydan]

Was reading about the new "Heart" book coming out, penned by Ann & Nancy Wilson, and came
across this little VH related tidbit:

No Eruption: The sisters once refused a four-way with Eddie and Alex Van Halen while the bands were touring together. That same night Nancy discovered Eddie didn’t own an acoustic guitar and gave him one of hers.

Haha, those Vh brothers sure are kinky (though, the Wilson sisters are not, apparently)

I wonder, since Nancy always favored those Ovation acoustic guitars, if she gave Eddie the one he recorded "Spanish
Fly" with?

Good call. I bet you're right. I love the sound of that guitar. The notes just float off it at the really fast parts.

[scottybharris]

Good call. I bet you're right. I love the sound of that guitar. The notes just float off it at the really fast parts.

If memory serves correctly, I remember reading years ago that VH was in the studio and Ted had an acoustic guitar lying around. Eddie picked up the guitar and started to shred. Ted says (not an actual quote but something along the lines) to Eddie "I didn't knw you played acoustic guitar". Eddie says "it has 6 strings doesn't it". And then they laid down Spanish Fly.

[cowboydan]

If memory serves correctly, I remember reading years ago that VH was in the studio and Ted had an acoustic guitar lying around. Eddie picked up the guitar and started to shred. Ted says (not an actual quote but something along the lines) to Eddie "I didn't knw you played acoustic guitar". Eddie says "it has 6 strings doesn't it". And then they laid down Spanish Fly.

That's cool. I never heard that story, but it isn't surprising. Very cool.

[Incomudro]

If memory serves correctly, I remember reading years ago that VH was in the studio and Ted had an acoustic guitar lying around. Eddie picked up the guitar and started to shred. Ted says (not an actual quote but something along the lines) to Eddie "I didn't knw you played acoustic guitar". Eddie says "it has 6 strings doesn't it". And then they laid down Spanish Fly.

^^^^
That's the story that I heard as well.

[unchainedguitars]

I believe the story was that they were at Ted's for a New Year's Eve party (not the studio).
Ted had the acoustic, and Ed started messing with it, to which Ted made his comment.

In the studio, i doubt Ed was playing Ted's same guitar.
I have a feeling it might have been the adorable Nancy Wilson Ovation, because she
favored those things, big-time.

[cowboydan]

I believe the story was that they were at Ted's for a New Year's Eve party (not the studio).
Ted had the acoustic, and Ed started messing with it, to which Ted made his comment.

In the studio, i doubt Ed was playing Ted's same guitar.
I have a feeling it might have been the adorable Nancy Wilson Ovation, because she
favored those things, big-time.

This story's got the Best! Of! Both! Worlds! Sorry couldn't resist.