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Let\u2019s see how one guitar legend salutes the other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Red Hot Chili Peppers - Eddie (Official Audio)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pXMEXCT5ohY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eruption<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEddie\u201d appears on <em>Return Of The Dream Canteen<\/em>. Produced by Rick Rubin, the song finds Anthony Kiedis writing abstractly about Van Halen\u2019s early years on the Sunset Strip club circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lyrics reference Eddie Van Halen\u2019s two-handed tapping technique that became a signature feature of his playing, most notably on the 1978 instrumental, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M4Czx8EWXb0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cEruption\u201d<\/a>. Few guitarists in rock history have been as transformative. Although Frusciante is certainly one of those few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sailing the Sunset Strip, I\u2019m a bit of a king,<br>Granny would take a trip, I\u2019ve been bending the strings.<br>Got hammers in both my hands, such a delicate touch,<br>They say I\u2019m from Amsterdam, does that make me Dutch?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here, Kiedis waves at David Lee Roth, Van Halen\u2019s first front man. Without stirring the Dave-v-Sammy debates, if Eddie had retired when Roth exited, he\u2019d still be on the Mount Rushmore of shredders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the extended guitar solo, Frusciante\u2019s tribute features the kind of gymnastic playing that Eddie perfected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Please don\u2019t remember me for what I did with David,<br>You know I\u2019m talkin\u2019 David Lee.<br>Am I ready?<br>Please don\u2019t remember me for what I did last night, oh,<br>I guess I played a Flying V<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Give It Away<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Frusciante <a href=\"https:\/\/www.songfacts.com\/facts\/red-hot-chili-peppers\/californication\">returned to the band<\/a> (the first time) in 1998, he needed help building his touring pedalboard. He\u2019d become fond of a rare and fragile wah pedal made by Ibanez, but had trouble locating one after his had broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave Lee (not that one) was then working as a guitar tech for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. To assist with Frusciante\u2019s search, he reached out to fellow guitar technician Matt Bruck, who had a knack for finding rare equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thankfully, Bruck\u2019s boss, who happened to be Eddie Van Halen, had the pedal Frusciante was seeking. But Eddie had one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guitarworld.com\/artists\/guitarists\/eddie-van-halen-john-frusciante-wah-pedal-dave-lee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">question<\/a> for Lee when he arrived at the guitarist\u2019s house to pick it up: \u201cWhy does John Frusciante want a piece of crap like this?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo by Chad Buchanan\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2022, the Red Hot Chili Peppers released two albums, Unlimited Love and Return Of The Dream Canteen. It was a deluge of new material driven by the return of guitarist John Frusciante, his first with the band since Stadium Arcadium in 2006. 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