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I will edit it.
The Guardian's was better in that it showed the writer had an understanding of what EVH actually achieved, rather than a load of blather about booze and drugs.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/oct/07/eddie-van-halen-was-the-heir-to-hendrix-electric-guitar
As for "when am I ready?" You'll never be ready. It works in reverse, you become ready by doing it. - pmbomb
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54446564
Impotently Outraged, of Wiltshire.
At the moment I'm looking for:
* Hamer SS2 & T62
* Music Man Luke 1
Please drop me a message.
The son of a Dutch band leader, Van Halen was originally a pianist, playing at weddings and bar mitzvahs with his family after they emigrated to Pasadena, California, in 1962.
A prodigious talent, he beat 5,000 students to first prize in a local piano recital for four years in a row, despite being unable to read a note of music.
"I fooled my teacher for six years," he told Rolling Stone magazine in 1995. "He never knew. I'd watch his fingers, and I'd play it."
In his teens, he switched to drums, then guitar, and formed his first band with his brother Alex in 1964. The Broken Combs made their debut one lunchtime in Pasadena Elementary School, and cemented the siblings' desire to become professional musicians."
Still, it is sad to read the news of his passing. RIP EVH
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
I never mastered Eddie's pickslide though. Still trying - it's my second most overused crutch.
Feedback : https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/58125/
such a big part of my youth and life ever since the 70s.
Its like losing a personal friend.
Feels like this shit world just got a bit shitter.
Thanks for the good times Ed, RIP
I was at the Birmingham NEC, Little Angels opened.
RIP Eddie. I named my cat after you and love the guitar even more so. You'll be missed for an eternity.