"He has played for 'Weird Al' on many of his albums, playing guitar and mandolin; on the track 'Eat It', Derringer played the guitar solo, an homage/parody to Eddie Van Halen's solo on the Michael Jackson song 'Beat It'."
Sep 18 2010, 10:49 AM
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Guitarist Jim West is seen in one of the gangs playing a guitar. He later plays so fast that his guitar explodes (literally going up in smoke). However, on the recording, Yankovic's producer Rick Derringer actually plays the guitar solo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Derringer it was Rick Derringer: 
