Yesterday, Eddie Van Halen Passed after an unsuccessful fight with Cancer. He was 65. It’s 2020! enough said!
I was introduced to his music in 1996, by my brother, back in India. It was fitting that the first song I heard was Right Now.
After that I heard the entire string of hits including Jump & top of the world.
The introduction to “God Level” guitaring in Eruptions propelled him to the top of my book in terms of best guitarists and I actually introduced my 5 year old son to Van Halen to have him now almost daily say “Hey Google, Play van halens jump”.
In a fitting tribute, last night, when my son asked for “relaxing music” instead of Jazz by coltrane, he wanted Jump!
Rest in peace Eddie! Thank you for introducing me to Rock!