#553:R.I.P. Eddie Van Halen - the Greatest Of All Time

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🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

October 6th 2020 we lost the greatest of all time

Mr Edward Van Halen.

Today I sat down and recorded everything I loved about Eddie.

I really can't believe he is gone and I will never forget Him.

Long Live the Legend Eddie Van Halen.

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0:00.0	Alright, here it is. It is a podcast that I'd never wanted to do, but I must do. Meaning a tribute
0:15.3	to the greatest guitar player of all time. And I'm talking about Eddie Van Hamlin, who we lost
0:26.5	yesterday, October 6, 2020. Fuck you, 2020. You were a monster.
1:26.7	When it comes to Eddie Van Hamlin, just legendaries, not even, it's not, they don't even make a word to
1:40.6	describe the level of this man's talent. It was absolutely insane what this man has done.
1:54.0	And listen, I want to, I want to definitely make this clear right now. And I've said it before,
2:02.4	yes, he is an absolute guitar god. But without his songwriting, we would be talking about Eddie Van
2:16.8	Hamlin, the way we talk about other fantastic guitar players, say a Steve V, a Joe Satriani,
2:27.2	these type of guys, okay? They're great, great, great players. They are unbelievable. They're in
2:34.0	the top 10, these type of guys, okay, when it comes to guitar playing. But with Eddie, it was to me,
2:44.8	his guitar playing is insane, but his songwriting, his songwriting, you understand? Like we wouldn't be,
2:57.4	look, the Instagram, the internet, the Twitter's, the Facebook's, they wouldn't be exploding
3:06.7	like they are. If he did not have these unreal, and I mean this unreal songs, this guy was the
3:20.8	whole package. I've never seen anybody like this in my life. This guy could sing, he played the
3:29.6	shit out of guitar, he built his own guitars, he tore apart his amplifiers,
3:37.8	stomp boxes, everything in search of the ultimate tone constantly trying to be better at all times.
3:49.2	Can you imagine your Eddie Van Hamlin in around 1982 and you're trying to be better? It's just
3:57.4	hilarious. This man was constantly moving the high watermark. And like I said, it has a lot to do
4:09.2	with the songs. It all comes down to the song and man, this guy moves me in a thousand ways.
4:21.5	And we've lost some very, very big musicians over the years, Prince, Tom Petty,
4:33.2	these guys come to mind as knock him me out. But this man right here, I don't think, besides ACDC,
4:45.2	I don't think anybody's had more of an impact on who I am and the beat that I walked to.
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