RIP Eddie Van Halen

[TheChamps990411]

One of the great guitarists of his time lost his battle with cancer.

Woah! Just last night i had the song "Jump" on my mind and i decided to listen to it and wondered how he was doing because last i knew he was in poor health and now i see this. Wow man. RIP to an absolute legend.

 

[87Xfer]

 

[Dove]

Maybe the most fun show I have seen at the Xfinity Theater in Hartford was the Van Halen show a few summers ago.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Huge loss and for those of us who came of age in the 80s it is particularly painful. He’s far too young, too close. RIP Eddie.

 

[FatHank]

So many great songs, at age 51, I feel like part of my childhood died. I drew that VH symbol on my book covers, remember Better Off Dead hamburger? Saw them live with Sammy at the New Haven Coliseum probably 1986. My favorite VH song is Mean Streets, but my deep track is Drop Dead Legs.

True dat. The VH on the books was dope.

 

[FatHank]

Sirius XM has a pop up Eddie Van Halen tribute channel on right now, FYI.

 

[Deepster]

Van Halen was pretty much my high school and early college year sound track. Saw them Worcester and Hartford in 1984 with DLR. Saw the show in New Haven with Van "Hagar" that they taped for their "Live Without a Net" VHS tape. Saw them at Monsters of Rock in Foxboro in 1988 with Dokken, the Scorpions and Metallica.

A lesser known project Eddie did was with Brian May of Queen. Mostly blues. I think it was 4 songs. Here's one of them. A lot different that what's probably being linked right now (Eruption, Jump, Runnin w the Devil) and shows another side of him.

 

[BlueDogs]

Brought a lot of joy and fun into the world for many and it will do so for a very long time on beaches, patios, bars and gatherings where a few tall ones are thrown back. That makes for a pretty good days’ work on the mean streets of planet earth. RIP

 

[HCCForever]

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Love the shirt. Where and when was this picture taken? He always seemed to be smiling with "that impish grin" as ex-wife Valerie described it. Quite a life doing what you love, doing it well and spreading joy to so many.

 

[UCSouth]

Sirius XM has a pop up Eddie Van Halen tribute channel on right now, FYI.

Channel 27 for those interested.

 

[FrostyNuggets]

Love the shirt. Where and when was this picture taken? He always seemed to be smiling with "that impish grin" as ex-wife Valerie described it. Quite a life doing what you love, doing it well and spreading joy to so many.

Hartford Civic Center. Don’t know exact year, was post-2000. Years ago, a friend told me he wore the jersey during an encore. Found photo on a VH msg board yesterday.

 

[Rico444]

Van Halen was pretty much my high school and early college year sound track. Saw them Worcester and Hartford in 1984 with DLR. Saw the show in New Haven with Van "Hagar" that they taped for their "Live Without a Net" VHS tape. Saw them at Monsters of Rock in Foxboro in 1988 with Dokken, the Scorpions and Metallica.

A lesser known project Eddie did was with Brian May of Queen. Mostly blues. I think it was 4 songs. Here's one of them. A lot different that what's probably being linked right now (Eruption, Jump, Runnin w the Devil) and shows another side of him.

Brian May is ridiculously underrated, and Eddie is obviously one of the all-time greats. I can't wait to get home and listen to this. Thanks for sharing.

I'm glad that even though I was too young to see them in their prime, that I was able to see DLR and Van Halen twice (first in 2007 and then again in 2009 or 2010). They were fantastic both times. RIP Eddie.

 

[Husky25]

Between my brother and I we wore out 1984 and 5150.

Saw them at the Centrum on the 5150 tour. It was my first concert. I don't remember the date because I was 9 years old and the set lists were pretty much the same for that leg. I do remember Hagar on the catwalk, the Jack Daniels' base, and all the solo sessions. Eddie played what would later be called 316, Spanish Fly, and Eruption.

It might be why I like the Hagar years just as much as the 1st Roth era.

 

[Husky25]

Brian May is ridiculously underrated, and Eddie is obviously one of the all-time greats. I can't wait to get home and listen to this. Thanks for sharing.

I'm glad that even though I was too young to see them in their prime, that I was able to see DLR and Van Halen twice (first in 2007 and then again in 2009 or 2010). They were fantastic both times. RIP Eddie.

May is also an astrophysicist, so...you know... in case the whole Rock God thing doesn't pan out...

 

[Chin Diesel]

Counterpoint:

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(BTW, his autobiography is amazing.)

RIP to EVH.

 

[Dove]

From WPLR's Chaz and AJ's facebook page...

Were you at any of these shows?

Van Halen as Support

1978 - New Haven Coliseum - 10-Sep-78 - Van Halen opening for Black Sabbath

Van Halen Headliner

1979 - New Haven Coliseum - 12-Aug-79 - w/ Screams
1980 - New Haven Coliseum - 8-May-80 - w/ Rail
1980 - Hartford Civic Center - 24-Jul-80 - w/ Cats
1981 - New Haven Coliseum - 16-Jul-81 - w/ The Fools
1982 - New Haven Coliseum - 7-Oct-82 - w/ After the Fire
1984 - New Haven Coliseum - 24-Mar-84 - w/ Autograph
1984 - Hartford Civic Cetner - 29-Mar-84 - w/ Autograph
1986 - New Haven Coliseum - 26 & 27-August-86 - w/ Bachman Turner Overdrive * Recorded Live Without a Net Vide
1988 - Hartford Civic Center - 14-Oct-88 - w/ Private Life
1991 - Hartford Civic Center - 29-Oct-91 - w/ Alice in Chains
1993 - Thames River Music Center - 7-Jul-93 - w/ Vince Neil * Heavy Rain During Show
1995 - Meadows - 26-Aug-95 - w/ Our Lady Peace
1998 - Meadows - 29-Aug-98 - w/ Kenny Wayne Shepherd
2004 - Hartford Civic Center - 28-Jun-04 - w/ Silvertide
2007 - Mohegan Sun Arena - 5-Oct-07 - an evening with / no opener listed
2008 - Mohegan Sun Arena - 20-May-08 - an evening with / no opener listed
2012 - Mohegan Sun Arena - 3-Mar-12 - an evening with / no opener listed
2015 - Meadows - 11-Aug-15 - w/ Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Chaz and AJ Presents)

 

[HCCForever]

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Keith quit smoking earlier this year so can now live even longer. One of many disappointing consequences of Covid is the cancellations or postponements of concerts. I have tickets for a Stones show that should have occurred over the Fourth of July weekend in Tampa. Hopefully, this will happen next year but no guarantee as acts like Elton John rescheduled for 2022. I sure miss live shows as well as live sporting events.

Keith Richards quits smoking ahead of upcoming tour - National | Globalnews.ca

The Rolling Stones' No Filter tour returns to North America this spring.

globalnews.ca

 

[Deepster]

Funny coming of age story.

I saw them twice on the 1984 tour. First in Worcester. At one point, DLR is in the middle of a song, holding a bottle of Jack. He stops and says "Awww, man.....I'm so effed up I forgot the words!" Of course, being idiot teenagers, we were high fiving at this and all pumped up.

A few weeks later, at the show in Hartford? Same song, same bottle, same exact schtick. We just looked at each other and were like "Aw, wow. That sucks."

 

[CL82]

Counterpoint:

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(BTW, his autobiography is amazing.)

RIP to EVH.

I think you have exclude the Stones generally. Pretty sure they made a pack with Satan.

Seriously, though, are they even going to have to embalm Richards? It seems redundant at this point since he's ingested pretty much every chemical known to man.

"Embalming fluid? Yeah, I was pretty heavy into that in the 80's.
Totally smashed on that stuff during the Tatoo You tour."​

 

[alexd]

Frpm WPLR" Chaz and AAJs facebook page...

Were you at any of these shows?

Van Halen as Support

1978 - New Haven Coliseum - 10-Sep-78 - Van Halen opening for Black Sabbath

Van Halen Headliner

1979 - New Haven Coliseum - 12-Aug-79 - w/ Screams
1980 - New Haven Coliseum - 8-May-80 - w/ Rail
1980 - Hartford Civic Center - 24-Jul-80 - w/ Cats
1981 - New Haven Coliseum - 16-Jul-81 - w/ The Fools
1982 - New Haven Coliseum - 7-Oct-82 - w/ After the Fire
1984 - New Haven Coliseum - 24-Mar-84 - w/ Autograph
1984 - Hartford Civic Cetner - 29-Mar-84 - w/ Autograph
1986 - New Haven Coliseum - 26 & 27-August-86 - w/ Bachman Turner Overdrive * Recorded Live Without a Net Vide
1988 - Hartford Civic Center - 14-Oct-88 - w/ Private Life
1991 - Hartford Civic Center - 29-Oct-91 - w/ Alice in Chains
1993 - Thames River Music Center - 7-Jul-93 - w/ Vince Neil * Heavy Rain During Show
1995 - Meadows - 26-Aug-95 - w/ Our Lady Peace
1998 - Meadows - 29-Aug-98 - w/ Kenny Wayne Shepherd
2004 - Hartford Civic Center - 28-Jun-04 - w/ Silvertide
2007 - Mohegan Sun Arena - 5-Oct-07 - an evening with / no opener listed
2008 - Mohegan Sun Arena - 20-May-08 - an evening with / no opener listed
2012 - Mohegan Sun Arena - 3-Mar-12 - an evening with / no opener listed
2015 - Meadows - 11-Aug-15 - w/ Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Chaz and AJ Presents)

1984 HCC
2004 HCC
2015. The Meadows

 

[NJHusky]

Counterpoint:

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(BTW, his autobiography is amazing.)

RIP to EVH.

I think all the drugs embalmed him while alive

 

[ctchamps]

Good Article from the BBC:

How Eddie Van Halen 'scared the hell out of a million guitarists'

 

[ConnEd]

I saw them in the Centrum in Oct '82 on the Diver Down tour. It was the 3rd(?) show that got added. Incredible show. Still my favorite concert of all time. Eddie was nursing a broken hand at the time, but it didn't slow him down. The band had just been given the key to the city of Worcester. My friends and I were so hoarse from screaming and singing during the show and so deaf from the ringing in our ears that we could barely talk to each other after the show. I saw them again with Sammy a few years later. Another amazing performance. Even though I preferred the DLR version of the band, I had to give Sammy his props.

I really wish I had gone to see them on one of their more recent tours with DLR just for the nostalgia of it.

 

[87Xfer]

Frpm WPLR" Chaz and AAJs facebook page...

Were you at any of these shows?

Van Halen as Support

1978 - New Haven Coliseum - 10-Sep-78 - Van Halen opening for Black Sabbath

Van Halen Headliner

1979 - New Haven Coliseum - 12-Aug-79 - w/ Screams
1980 - New Haven Coliseum - 8-May-80 - w/ Rail
1980 - Hartford Civic Center - 24-Jul-80 - w/ Cats
1981 - New Haven Coliseum - 16-Jul-81 - w/ The Fools
1982 - New Haven Coliseum - 7-Oct-82 - w/ After the Fire
1984 - New Haven Coliseum - 24-Mar-84 - w/ Autograph
1984 - Hartford Civic Cetner - 29-Mar-84 - w/ Autograph
1986 - New Haven Coliseum - 26 & 27-August-86 - w/ Bachman Turner Overdrive * Recorded Live Without a Net Vide
1988 - Hartford Civic Center - 14-Oct-88 - w/ Private Life
1991 - Hartford Civic Center - 29-Oct-91 - w/ Alice in Chains
1993 - Thames River Music Center - 7-Jul-93 - w/ Vince Neil * Heavy Rain During Show
1995 - Meadows - 26-Aug-95 - w/ Our Lady Peace
1998 - Meadows - 29-Aug-98 - w/ Kenny Wayne Shepherd
2004 - Hartford Civic Center - 28-Jun-04 - w/ Silvertide
2007 - Mohegan Sun Arena - 5-Oct-07 - an evening with / no opener listed
2008 - Mohegan Sun Arena - 20-May-08 - an evening with / no opener listed
2012 - Mohegan Sun Arena - 3-Mar-12 - an evening with / no opener listed
2015 - Meadows - 11-Aug-15 - w/ Kenny Wayne Shepherd (Chaz and AJ Presents)

'91 w Alice in Chains

 

[Husky25]

Of course I’m partial to the original VH, but Right Now was one of the best synergies of song and video I’d ever seen. The first time I saw it, just blew me away!

Both Alex (is) and Eddie were accomplished pianists.