David Lee Roth – Diamond Dave (2003)

1.	"You Got The Blues, Not Me" (Chris Youlden)
2.	"Made Up My Mind" (Savoy Brown)
3.	"Stay While the Night is Still Young" (Chris Youlden)
4.	"Shoo Bop" (Steve Miller)
5.	"She's Looking Good" (Rodger Collins)
6.	"Soul Kitchen" (the Doors)
7.	"If 6 Was 9" (Jimi Hendrix)
8.	"The Beatles Tune (Tomorrow Never Knows)" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
9.	"Medicine Man" (David Lee Roth)
10.	"Let It All Hang Out" (William David Cunningham)
11.	"Thug Pop" (David Lee Roth, John Lowery)
12.	"Act One" (David Lee Roth)
13.	"Ice Cream Man" (John Brim)
14.	"Bad Habits" (William Bruce,Tom Price)

Gregg Bissonette 	Drums
Crowell Sisters 	Vocals
Alex Gibson 	Accordion, Mellotron, Mixing, Percussion, Producer, Vocals (Background)
Omar Hakim 	Drums
Jamie Hunting 	Bass
James LoMenzo 	Bass
Ray Luzier 	Drums, Vocals (Background)
Scott Page 	Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Saxophone
Greg Phillinganes 	Piano
Zac Rae 	Keyboards
Nile Rodgers 	Guitar
David Lee Roth 	Harmonica, Mixing, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Jaime Sickora 	Cowbell
Lee Thornburg 	Trombone, Trumpet
Brett Tuggle 	Keyboards
Edgar Winter 	Saxophone
Tracy Wormsworth 	Bass
Brian Young 	Guitar
Jeremy Zuckerman 	Fender Rhodes, Guitars, Organ, Organ (Hammond), Producer

Let's face it; David Lee Roth was the most exciting and entertaining singer to ever front Van Halen. And although his solo albums have not all been winners, at least he's been known to take chances and try new approaches with rock music (such as the entirely sung-in-Spanish Sonrisa Salvaje, the synth pop-ish Skyscraper, the Nile Rodgers-produced Your Filthy Little Mouth, etc.). For his 2003 release Diamond Dave, Roth uses the same approach he and his then-comrades in Van Halen followed on 1982's Diver Down -- an album consisting primarily of cover songs, with a few originals sprinkled in. As expected, the covers that work the best are the ones that aren't that well known, including the lead-off single "Shoo Bop" (a cover of Steve Miller's "Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma") and a big band reading of a tune Van Halen covered way back when, "Ice Cream Man," while a few of the better-known songs (especially Jimi Hendrix's "If 6 Was 9") don't fare as well. Of course, Diamond Dave is no Fair Warning. But it's a hell of a whole lot more listenable than anything Van Halen has issued in ages (especially when compared to the 1998 atrocity Van Halen III). ---Greg Prato, AllMusic Review

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