LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JAN 26, 2019…TODAY WE WISH A HAPPY 64th BIRTHDAY TO EDDIE VAN HALEN. THE VAN HALEN BROTHER’S STARTED OFF 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 HE WAS OUT ON HIS PAPER ROUTE (THAT HE HAD TO PAY FOR HIS DRUMS) HIS BROTHER PLAYED HIS DRUMS. EDDIE SAID ‘FINE PLAY MY DRUMS, I’LL PLAY YOUR GUITAR’.
YEARS OF JUMPING AROUND ON STAGE HAS TAKEN ITS TOLL ON EDDIE.
HE’S HAD HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY, AND LOST PART OF HIS TONGUE TO 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
