Van Halen, "Panama" (Guitar Solo Cover)
The Guitar Solo Session series features interpretations of some of my favorite guitar solos. In many cases, I try to stay true to the original solo, while also incorporating some different licks, nuances and inflections. My overall goal is to be in the musical ballpark.
About the song and the solo:
"Panama" was the third single from Van Halen's sixth studio album, 1984 (MCMLXXXIV). The song peaked at No. 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
On the original studio recording, the guitar solo was played by ... duh ... Eddie Van Halen. Much respect to the master.
For the guitar track on this recording, I played my Red-Black-White EVH Striped Series guitar through a custom patch on my Eleven Rack, which was designed to approximate Eddie's 1984-era "brown sound." The backing track, which features the original song minus the guitar parts, was downloaded via GuitarBackingTrack.com.
