Happy Birthday Eddie!

byFrankB-1

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3 years ago

Hi, WA Friends!

Just a reminder that today is the late, great Eddie Van Halen's Birthday for those Rock guitar players and fans of his music!

I wrote a short article when he passed away from throat cancer on October 6, 2020.
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In that article, I explained how he developed his famous "Brown Sound.

Of course, Eddie also perfected the two-handed guitar neck tapping technique for Rock, and the band Van Halen took the musical world by storm!

His son, Wolfgang (whose mom is Valerie Bertinelli), replaced Michael Anthony as bass player in the last Van Halen lineup. Wolfgang now appears as a guitar player in his touring band to keep his dad's music alive.

Remember this scene from the movie, Back To The Future I, where Marty puts the Walkman headphones on George McFly (his father) to make him think he is an alien from the future? That’s Eddie playing the song "Eruption."

Eddie also plays the guitar solo in the famous Michael Jackson song "Beat It."

Van Halen Honors And Awards

Inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame (2007)

Best Hard Rock Performance (34th Annual Grammy Awards)

Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock Album (American Music Awards)

Multiple MTV Music Awards

Discography

Here's a list of all the Van Halen recordings. Any of them are worth a listen, but my favorites are the first four.

• Van Halen (1978)
• Van Halen II (1979)
• Women and Children First (1980)
• Fair Warning (1981)
• Diver Down (1982)
• 1984 (1984)
• 5150 (1986)
• OU812 (1988)
• For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge (1991)
• Balance (1995)
• Van Halen III (1998)
• A Different Kind of Truth (2012)

Happy Birthday, Eddie! 🎂

Keep On Rockin' 🤘
Frank 😎🎸