Rest in peace, Edward Lodewijk Van Halen. I cannot believe he died today. As a guitarist myself, he was a bit of an influence. He got me more into tapping (a guitar technique he was famous for and you can see him doing it in the picture I provide). I remember I learned how to play a couple of Van Halen songs during my first years of playing guitar.
I was around 5 or 6 years old when I first heard Eddie Van Halen, he did a guitar solo on "Beat It" and it totally blew me away the first time I gave it a good listen. I was in my room back in Pomona, NY. From that point on, I wanted to know what that was. I was a very young child at the time and I couldn't really comprehend it that well. Click here for an article on EVH's guitar solo on that song. It was one of the most amazing things I ever listened to in my life at that point in time. I believe it got me hard rock and heavy metal. I am sure that was the song that was responsible for me loving heavy music.
2020 has been a rough & tough year. This 2020 death has affected me, just like Kobe Bryant's earlier this year. I hope the 2020's get better... this year has been a total dumpster fire. I can't believe this year has been so horrible. We're not even done with the year yet and EVH dies today. :( My condolences to the Van Halen family, friends, fans and anybody else.
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