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“I’m going, ‘This guy is better at what I do than I am!' ” Eddie Van Halen on the one guitarist he said out–Van Halened him
Of course, I could never play like him. I never tried. Only an idiot competes with Eddie Van Halen.” So said Steve Vai to ...
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What You Should Know About Eddie Van Halen's Beat It Guitar Solo
You probably can't tell, but Michael Jackson's infectious "Beat It" was his first-ever attempt at a rock song. But, the King ...
The one guitarist Eddie Van Halen never cared for: “Too cluttered for my taste”
A look at Eddie Van Halen and his guitar playing at his 1980s peak, and how the playing of Dickie Betts of The Allman Brothers Band wasn't to his taste.
The two legendary guitarists Eddie Van Halen called “sloppy”
Eddie Van Halen was never afraid to criticise other players. He once dismissed two legendary guitarists as "sloppy".
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How Eddie Van Halen 'scared the hell out of a million guitarists'
Eddie Van Halen, who has died at the age of 65 ... at the Los Angeles Forum in the early 1970s that changed his guitar playing forever. A light bulb went off as Jimmy Page played the solo from ...
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“They Used to Lock Me in a Little Room”: How Eddie Van Halen Mastered His Signature Speed Through a Face-Slapping Piano Teacher
Eddie Van Halen mastered his signature speed and style on the guitar by studying a different instrument in childhood.
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Undone by the loss of his brother Eddie, Alex Van Halen looks back in a new memoir
MOSLEY: I want us to play a little bit of Eddie on his guitar, 1986, peak Van Halen. This is live in New Haven. The crowd is electric. And we see your brother in all of his glory at the top of his ...
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Undone by the loss of his brother Eddie, Alex Van Halen looks back in a new memoir
MOSLEY: I want us to play a little bit of Eddie on his guitar, 1986, peak Van Halen. This is live in New Haven. The crowd is ...