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EDDIE VAN HALEN’S BIRTHDAY

LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 26, 2020…TODAY WE WISH A HAPPY 65th BIRTHDAY TO EDDIE VAN HALEN. THE VAN HALEN BROTHERS BOTH STARTED OFF MUSICALLY PLAYING CLASSICAL PIANO. IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WITH ALL THE TRAINING, EDDIE NEVER LEARNED HOW TO READ MUSIC. HE WOULD LEARN BY OBSERVING, AND WHEN HE PLAYED THE PIECES, WOULD BE TOLD HE HAD INTERESTING INTERPRETATIONS. HE THEN BOUGHT A DRUM SET, AND HIS BROTHER ALEX BOUGHT THE GUITAR, BUT WHEN EDDIE WAS OUT ON HIS PAPER ROUTE (THAT HE HAD TO PAY FOR HIS DRUMS) HIS BROTHER ALEX PLAYED HIS DRUMS. EDDIE SAID ‘FINE PLAY MY DRUMS, I’LL PLAY YOUR GUITAR’. THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN TOUGH ON EDDIE HEALTH WISE. YEARS OF JUMPING AROUND ON STAGE TOOK ITS TOLL ON HIS HIPS (HE’S HAD HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY) AND HE ALSO BATTLED THROAT AND TONGUE CANCER. HERE’S TO WISHING HIM NOTHING BUT GOOD HEALTH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVH. HERE’S THE OFFICIAL VAN HALEN VIDEO FOR RUNNING WITH THE DEVIL

 

 

photo thanks-Carl Lender