Has anybody here met Jake E Lee?

randys roadie · Post by **randys roadie** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:15 pm

I wondered if any of you have ever met him?

deansolo · Post by **deansolo** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:03 am

Never met him face to face, but speak frequently via e-mail. Very nice guy, down to earth, modest and has a great sense of humor! It's an honor to know him. He's also one of my all time fave guitarists.

SixPounder · Post by **SixPounder** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:13 am

deansolo wrote: Never met him face to face, but speak frequently via e-mail. Very nice guy, down to earth, modest and has a great sense of humor! It's an honor to know him. He's also one of my all time fave guitarists.

I've always heard he was an asshole..But I guess you never know until you talk to him yourself

Post by **skezza** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:29 am

deansolo wrote: Never met him face to face, but speak frequently via e-mail. Very nice guy, down to earth, modest and has a great sense of humor! It's an honor to know him. He's also one of my all time fave guitarists.

get him sign up to here

Post by **Trigger** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 8:31 am

SixPounder wrote:I've always heard he was an asshole..But I guess you never know until you talk to him yourself

I met him and he was a really nice man

when I have a bit more time I will tell you all about it. He wasn't an asshole he had time to talk and was very modest.

deansolo · Post by **deansolo** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:21 am

skezza wrote:
deansolo wrote: Never met him face to face, but speak frequently via e-mail. Very nice guy, down to earth, modest and has a great sense of humor! It's an honor to know him. He's also one of my all time fave guitarists.
get him sign up to here

Yeah, Right!

I wish. He's very low key. i don't think he's into the rockstar thing anymore,... He kind of shruggs it off and refers to himself as "Da Oge" (Old guitar playin' effluvium). He seems to do what he wants, when he wants...and I don't think wild horses could drag him into any forum.

would be cool though to have him be more communicative.

Post by **Stiltzkin** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:13 pm

you know if he checks out the jakelee.com forum ?

deansolo · Post by **deansolo** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 4:54 pm

Stiltzkin wrote:you know if he checks out the jakelee.com forum ?

Dude, I bet he does, even though I don't know for sure. The fact he mentioned them on his most recent album is indication that he is aware of the site. He does surf the web. He told me he frequently visits my website looking for 'new toys to sink his teeth into' and commented about the lack of updates! LOL!!

So, yeah, I think he visits the site.

Xanadu · Post by **Xanadu** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:37 pm

Dean...Trigger...Great stories. I was lucky enough to see Jake E. Lee during Ozzy's "Bark At the Moon" tour in '84. I really, really liked his playing as well as his aggressive stage presence. Jake was far and away my favorite of Osbourne's guitarists after Randy.....as well as "Bark at the Moon" being third in line behind "Blizzard of Ozz" and "Diary of a Madman". Simply an outstanding musician.....

Post by **The Flying Dutchman** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 7:58 pm

Jake is for sure a great player! Amazing technique. But I never liked his guitarsound. One of my favorites with Jake & Ozzy is "Rockn'roll Rebel". Great song! Don't know his Badlands stuff. More bluesy I heard.

Post by **Stiltzkin** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:14 pm

what is it about the sound you don't like ?!

Post by **The Flying Dutchman** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 8:17 pm

Stiltzkin wrote:what is it about the sound you don't like ?!

It's too thin for my taste. (I refer to his sound when he was with Ozzy)

Post by **Trigger** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 1:52 pm

Back in 1986 I was outside the De Montfort Hall Leicester Ozzy was playing that night. I saw Ozzy get off the bus followed by the band minus Jake! I waited and 5 minutes later off got Jake looking very sad I said hi and he asked how I was and if I was going to be at the show that night after a short chat he walked into the venue.

That night I was at the show it was great!

After the show we walked home and decided to stop at a local Hotel to get a drink. we walked in and were told we couldn't use the bar as it was closed for a private function

, we were about to leave and from out of nowhere Jake wandered over and started to chat with us

. I canÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t remember exactly what we talked about I know we told him how great the show was. And I remember he said or implied that things were not that happy in the band. I remember that in the bar you could see the band all having fun. But Jake seemed completely isolated from them and looked very unhappy

. He was a very nice guy and had lots of time for us

.

T

Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:07 pm

Trigger wrote:Back in 1986 I was outside the De Montfort Hall Leicester Ozzy was playing that night. I saw Ozzy get off the bus followed by the band minus Jake! I waited and 5 minutes later off got Jake looking very sad I said hi and he asked how I was and if I was going to be at the show that night after a short chat he walked into the venue.

That night I was at the show it was great! After the show we walked home and decided to stop at a local Hotel to get a drink. we walked in and were told we couldn't use the bar as it was closed for a private function , we were about to leave and from out of nowhere Jake wandered over and started to chat with us . I canÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t remember exactly what we talked about I know we told him how great the show was. And I remember he said or implied that things were not that happy in the band. I remember that in the bar you could see the band all having fun. But Jake seemed completely isolated from them and looked very unhappy . He was a very nice guy and had lots of time for us .

T

Great story thanks! Jake was a good guy!

I can imagine that it can be pretty tough if you are touring and have to go up on stage every night while you are not on great terms anymore. Must have felt awful.....

It looks like the same thing happened to him as with Randy, I remember Kelly Garni once said that Randy was very isolated as well......

randys roadie · Post by **randys roadie** » Thu May 04, 2006 11:30 pm

Flying Dutchman wrote:

Great story thanks! Jake was a good guy!

I can imagine that it can be pretty tough if you are touring and have to go up on stage every night while you are not on great terms anymore. Must have felt awful.....

It looks like the same thing happened to him as with Randy, I remember Kelly Garni once said that Randy was very isolated as well......[/quote]

Perhaps Ozzy never realised when he had real talent in his band.