Subscribed faster than your arpeggios/picking.

Never stop being awesome Michael!

Thank you brother Michael, for sharing your blessings and gifts with so many.

@@ozzlayer Is that possible?

I like this better than the originals, not shy to say it! Amazing job !

joemama he puts the nitro in nitro

joemama 64 years old and still has thick black hair too. Edit. I love Batio by the way.

the same age as Satriani?

@@kcb5336 it's a wig.

Why not?

yes he played it all so well too truly epic 😬

I love the way the intro suggest hw is about to play Running with the Devil but he goes straight into Panama.. well played!

That is the plan! I have lots of videos queued up and ready to go & also have many more plans to continue working with my small production team to create videos like this. Thank you for watching!

@@MichaelAngeloBatioOfficial please keep up with the cljnics and the lessons ur amazing at teaching and playing..

Brian May plays some concertos on KZfaq these days !

Great Michael! We are waiting eagerly

@@MichaelAngeloBatioOfficial that's awesome 💪🏼💪🏼 cant wait to see you live again.

gsxerwhite and a maniac

Love Vai, and coming from him that's a huge compliment. Michael is up there for sure. Flawless execution for an amazing composition

Compared to MAB, Vai is a mere apprentice.

What a source for that quote?

john smith if I remember correctly it was a Vai video where he shows off his guitar collection and he had that three neck heart guitar with opposing necks and he talks briefly about MAB’s ability to play left and right handed.

Thank you!!

Not only that..but he is a genuine great guy...you can tell how much passion he has when he is in a group setting teaching...everything he says is poetry to a guitarist. Check out the classical guitar composition he posted not too long ago...its mind boggling. This guy plays fast but he has total command of the instrument... beast is an understatement...keep it up MAB !!

@Mister E. Hendrix has inspired far more guitarists than Johnson, regardless of "who's better". Hendrix innovated and his rhythm playing is absolutely killer. Johnson is a great guitarist and should be revered, but play the general public a Hendrix song vs a Johnson song, and most people who prefer Hendrix. He just has this feel and groove that few can compete with. That being said, this is all opinion.

Bear in mind Jimi changed the game in the early rock days plus wrote some pretty flipping outstanding tunes...plus he was a black man and dropped when the white boys were populising the blues to white audiences...a lot different to the shred legends of the 80's even those as mad as MAB :)

Actually Hendrix is nothing near mab.

RIP. We lost a great one today.

@@MichaelAngeloBatioOfficial I was at Hospital , Sunset Blvd , 5150 studio , his old house in Pasadena . Pay my respect to him and for you and for everyone that day... We've lost one the greatests indeed....😔😥

RIP to one of the greatest rock n rollers this world will ever see.

Peter Helmer he is guitar god..he is not this dude

Great idea. He would do awesome!

I'd love to see him jam out with gilbert.

@@wwattanapanich271 Guitar God really? He’s incredible and amazing, up there with a 100 other great players. Why do we need the hero worship? What’s he’s playing is not that difficult. It’s all about practicing and execution. Why subject everyone and MAB to that indoctrination? Remember that forced indoctrination renders cognitive ability inoperative whenever their god delusion is challenged. You will get nowhere. If theists were influenced by fact, 
evidence, reason, logic and reality, 
there would be no theists.

I think the reason why he us not under G3 so far is because Mike aint that known for live improvisation and G3 has a good 40% of the show about that. Nothing about being a lonewolf in your craft!

He's one of the most down to earth guys I have seen in this industry.

Absolutely, considering the fact that EVH and MAB are almost the same age and that just shows the amount of respect MAB has for EVH and many other guitarists and bands of his era.

He is

Met him live about 9 years ago. Absolutely amazing guy. He traveled without bringing his guitar or amp, he performed all his clinics in music stores that had his Dean Guitars MAB 1 in store and some Marshall amp and he just used that. He only had to bring one of his double guitars. Needless to say, absolutely amazing performance. AND he signed my guitar.

@@Chretze Wow, now that's some real trust in his brand!

SlayerX Cali Droner agreed! He does his thing and he just enjoys it. Really good to see.

Agreed. I also love how he's willing to teach and five advice to others. Mab is a Mad man! \m/.

That hair sits in the bullshit category. Absurd.

Yous Uck champ you must live in your bedroom. Get out and about. Blokes talk shit in each others hair on the daily. It’s be rude not to. It’s a wig too. I wouldn’t say hair. Looks like cousin it if he cut a fringe.

This is so true! And did you know he also teaches straight up jazz guitar? In a manner that is understandable even if you don't have a ton of theory knowledge.

Dweezil Zappa does a pretty great VH guitar too!!!

@@hdentaldude Not like this.

Satchels the best Eddie Van Halen impersonator

There are better tributes out there than this in my view

Aaron Taylor...Jacob Deraps plays an awfully mean Van Halen, too. He's a beast on guitar, has killer stage presence, and sings great, too. Definitely one of the up and coming rockers to keep an eye on.

epic playing throughout - but yeah, that part was my fave as well.

Even as a 12 year old kid i wondered why Eddie never did the key solo on guitar but leave it to the maestro Batio to do it proper justice!

I know right...wtf

Virtuoso comments virtuoso. 🤘🤘🤘

Its hard to get the brown sound. I do - low: 3, mids: 5, hi: 9 Distortion, sfx1 chorus, sfx2 delay 367 mms, reverb high. I still have a hard time to getting the tone though

Thanks! I sincerely appreciate your comment. Glad you noticed the arrangement.

Wow astonishing really this guys a legend

@@MichaelAngeloBatioOfficial I loved this EVH medley. A local club band used to do a similar type thing with Led Zeppelin.

yes the jump sweep picking is amazing !

Glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you for being here!

@Art Gross ... Yes, so true ... M.A.B.'s musical arrangements are both the pinnacle of art & science, particularly when he does a tribute performance to other great artists. M.A.B. is a master of paying homage to other great artists.

Yes! Thank you for watching 🤘

Thank you!

Thank you Kilo! I am glad to be able to help you!

@@MichaelAngeloBatioOfficial your one of my guitar heroes

EVH is my favorite guitar player of all time but MAB is in a league of his own

Thank you for showing up early!

@@MichaelAngeloBatioOfficial Totally worth the wait! :) Can't wait for more videos so I can playlist them and listen over and over! Congratulations, it was awesome as always!

Thanks Michael.

It is just a sign of the times: no curiosity and huge egos. :)

@Ewolf5150 Thank you for your wonderful insight.

I appreciate the kind words, thank you!

Mike is right up there for me. Yes, Schenker and Howe are above him for me, but that's pretty great company. Mike, you are my favorite technical guitar player. I've been blasting Intermezzo in my car for a week now. I spent a little time talking to you and Elliot and having a few laughs after your show at Jammin Java, in Vienna, VA. I was saddened to read Elliot died a few months later after his fight with cancer. Sorry for your loss of a friend and musician. I watched and listen to Elliot play many times on stage.

He's super impressive. Up there with Gilbert, Satriani, Petrucci, or Vai.

Sorry, gotta disagree...have you seen Marshall Harrison? He's out of Houston, and has a live-stream every Friday night...usually late, like around 10:30pm, or most of the time, later...like 11:30pm (CST)....many of his previous live-streams are on here at KZfaq...

@@DougsterTx Sorry, gotta disagree.

You rock, thank you for your kind words!

I would say that Shawn Lane is faster, but speed is just one aspect of playing guitar, it's the music that makes Michael an amazing player🤘

I think Michael doesn't care about who is faster and so on and on. Michael puts great feeling in his playing. Nothing else matters.

Remember: Michael has the keys to the Lamborghini ;)

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it!

Thanks Brett!

Amico hang in there. Viva Italia, evviva!!🎸🎸🎸🎸

@@markusantonio4866 Thank you so much! Reading these words makes me happy. 🙌❤🙌❤

Thanks. There will be more.

I wanted to do a tribute to the music in my own style. Pay homage and respect, not try to copy and re create what has already been done. Thanks!

Thanks. I always loved the music of EVH.

You rock! Thanks for being here 🤘

You rock Jason, thank you so much! Great compliment for me to receive!

Michael Angelo Batio 🤘🤘🤘

@@MichaelAngeloBatioOfficial now you are a true manowarrior

Thanks. Feeling the music is so important.

Dude...I had never seen the alternating hand over neck before. Everything else was awesome, too.

You guys need to watch his old video playing double neck guitar

Wait until you see him playing a 4 neck guitar.

Many more of these coming Mark!

@Scott DePasquale that would be great.

I like how the video says 1 day ago but your comment says 3 days ago!

@Scott DePasquale Malmsteen

Would love that too!! Gary moore is amazing

That could actually be awesome, thanks for the idea!

He could do that in his sleep. Easy work. Hahahahaha. The vanhalen stuff is awesome.

Thanks!

I know, right?

@@MichaelAngeloBatioOfficial can't cook, won't cook... different style and taste overall:) I love and respect both!

Yep - a lot of people focus on his lead playing, but his rhythm playing, sound and songwriting are incredible.....he had the total package with that, especially in the earlier years.

Bravo. I was about to type something like this. There are many guitarists faster than EVH all day long. But how many have songs played in NFL stadiums and are still anthems to this day. So glad I got to see them in '84.

Well said. Couldn't agree more!!!

Well he also arrived on the scene in 78. Many shredders didn’t even exist yet. Via, Petrucci, etc all claim EVH as one of the guys that made them do what they do today. It’s no different than buddy rich inspiring a guy like Neil Peart

I don't care for his playing, but I'll admit he did bring shredding to the masses. Everybody knows what a guitar shredder is regardless of what they listen to and they all know the name Eddie Van Halen. My thing is just that he always played the exact same way with the exact same upbeat, pop phrasing. He and Randy Rhoads were the first true shredders and both developed tapping at the same time completely on their own. Eddie did it with his middle finger and randy more rapidly with the edge of his pick. Randy was better and his playing over a few years showed more musical ability and equal if not better technical ability. He never got to live a full life having died at 22 years old. If he would have lived he would have developed and grown constantly as a guitarist. Never playing the same thing twice. Eddie Van Halen stopped developing the second they blew up and has just played the same shit for 40 years. Still does. He has been addicted to drugs at times where he couldn't pick up a guitar and play a single lick. He and randy are like a model and an athlete. They both look like the pinnacle of performance, but only one actually is

@@MichaelAngeloBatioOfficial GOOD reason to celebrate Friday.🤘🤯🤘

This is not exactly question for youtube comment, try something more personal like fb or instagram...it's rude

@@CarpeDiem23 lol stfu

@@CarpeDiem23 hahaha loser

@@CarpeDiem23 yeah suck it your mom was obviously drinking while she was pregnant with you because that was the dumbest shit I've ever heard

@@ethanbloodytail9707 Dumbass imbecile