David Lee Roth - Eat 'Em and Smile (Guitar Recorded Version) (Paperback)

~ David Lee Roth (Author)

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Product Description

This songbook matches Diamond Dave's first full-length album featuring Steve Vai, Billy Sheehan, and Gregg Bissonette as his back-up band. 10 songs, including: Big Trouble * Elephant Gun * Goin' Crazy * Ladies' Nite in Buffalo? * Shy Boy * Tobacco Road * Yankee Rose * and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (March 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0634078518
• ISBN-13: 978-0634078514
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #745,252 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars looks good, December 22, 2006

By	P - See all my reviews

i just got my book...after looking thru this book it looks well done...a must have for this classic album..nice and clean transcriptions that look correct..
worth the $$...this transcriber knows vai's way of playing around this era from the looks of it...well done..

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Way To Learn Vai's Fretwork On Dave's First Solo Album, March 30, 2008

By	YJM "amazon fan" (Somewhere In The South) - See all my reviews

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Not all guitar tab books are created equal. The skill of the transcribers differs as does the accuracy of the editing. Some are really good, some are okay, and some are really bad. I'm going to put this book in the really good category. The tabs are extremely accurate, with logical fingerings, and I haven't found any mistakes either. I would say if you have intermediate guitar skills this book should be no problem to work through. The most difficult solo being on the song Big Trouble. Vai pulls of a really nice tapped run at the end of the solo that will take a bit of practice to memorize and get up to speed.

Good stuff! I always loved this album, it's very representative of David Lee Roth the person. It has a great mix of different styles, from blues, to jazz, to straight up rock. The pairing of Billy Sheehan and Vai was genius. Dave was a smart enough man to know to get the best hired guns for his first album, and he made a statement with Eat 'Em and Smile. If memory serves me right, this album came out the same time Van Halens 5150 was released, and this one kicked the crap out of that album in every way possible. Van Halen will always be Eddie, Alex, Anthony, and Dave. I pretend as though the Hager albums and the one Cherone album never happened, like some sort of bad nightmare.

Anyway, great fun to work through the tunes in this book. Sadly it would be Dave's best solo album, as the follow-up Skyscraper was a big disappointment.