Diamond Dave (album)

Diamond Dave is the sixth full-length studio album by David Lee Roth, vocalist of Van Halen. It was recorded at Henson Studios in Hollywood, California and released in 2003. It consists mostly of covers of classic rock and blues songs and has an overall laid back bluesy sound. Two of the tracks ("Bad Habits" and a remake of the 1978 Van Halen song "Ice Cream Man") had been recorded in 1996 but were not released at that time.

Track listing

1. "You Got The Blues, Not Me..." (Chris Youlden) - cover of "I'm Tired" of Savoy Brown – 3:17
2. "Made Up My Mind" (Savoy Brown) – 3:00
3. "Stay While the Night is Young" (Youlden) - cover of Savoy Brown – 3:43
4. "Shoo Bop" (Steve Miller) - cover of "Shu Ba Da Du Ma Ma Ma Ma" of Steve Miller Band – 5:11
5. "She's Looking Good" (Rodger Collins) – 2:50
6. "Soul Kitchen" (John Paul Densmore, Robert A. Krieger, Raymond D. Manzarek, Jim Morrison) - cover of The Doors – 4:32
7. "If 6 Was 9" (Jimi Hendrix) - cover of The Jimi Hendrix Experience – 3:32
8. "That Beatles Tune" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - cover of "Tomorrow Never Knows" of The Beatles – 3:49
9. "Medicine Man" (David Lee Roth) – 1:12
10. "Let It All Hang Out" (William David Cunningham) – 2:25
11. "Thug Pop" (Roth, John Lowery) – 3:35
12. "Act One" (Roth) – 1:34
13. "Ice Cream Man" (John Brim) – 3:23
14. "Bad Habits" (William Bruce Field, Thomas Shelton Price) - cover of Billy Field – 3:44

Personnel

• David Lee Roth - vocals, harmonica, producer
• Alex Gibson - producer, percussion, accordion, backing vocals, engineer, mellotron, mixing
• Ron Richotte - guitar
• Toshi Hiketa - guitar
• Nile Rodgers - guitar
• Brian Young - guitar
• James Lomenzo - bass
• Tracy Wormsworth - bass
• James Hunting - bass
• Ray Luzier - drums, backing vocals
• Omar Hakim - drums
• Gregg Bissonette - drums
• Scott Page - alto saxophone, baritone saxophone
• Edgar Winter - saxophone
• Lee Thornburg - trumpet, trombone
• Brett Tuggle - keyboards
• Zac Rae - keyboards
• Greg Phillinganes - piano
• Jaime Sickora - cowbell
• Nathan Jenkins - programming, producer
• The Crowell Sisters - backing vocals
• Jeremy Zuckerman - guitar, accordion, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ, percussion, programming, engineer, producer, digital editing, sound design
• Kevin Mills - engineer
• Brian Humphrey - engineer
• Brian Gardner - mastering
• Neil Zlozower - photography