RIP Eddie Van Halen

[TitoFan]

Wow sad news. R.I.P. Eddie.

I could never think of Eddie without also thinking what a lucky S.O.B. he was, having married the not-too-shabby Valerie Bertinelli.

[Beanz]

[SlimTrae]

How many players finger tap & don't know who started it?! LOL! 1984 was my first time being introduced to an entire rock album. What a gem.
Eddie V. Go head & Jump!

[Dia bando]

Very sad remember seeing them backing BlackSabbath in the late 70s hell of a guitarist Eddie RIP.☹️

[Spicoli]

This one hits home. I remember some little kid stuffed in the back of an old Nova driven around by his sisters listening to Diver Down. I say "listening" as opposed to those sisters blaring it so they it drowned their little snotty brother out . I remember my paper route and using bungee cords to fasten a little Radio shack tape deck to my handle bars, riding to Licorice Pizza with the first pay and scooping up my first half dozen cassettes, 1984 right on top. Roth may have been one of the best front men music has known..but Van Halen was all Eddie Van Halen and the brothers. He was a master of his art form and left his soul on the strings. Rock on Eddie and thanks for the memories.

[greynotsoold]

A demo from 1976 of a song that ended up on Van Halen 2.

[SlimTrae]

I don't remember the 1st song I heard from him. But I do remember the 1st time I heard Spanish Fly. Every guitar store at the time, always had some guy showing how great he was by playing either eruption or Spanish fly.
Either way they were paying homage to a Guitar Hero.