RIP Eddie Van Halen

[markinnaples]

Bruce, those must have been some epic times! I've been a fan of Patti Smyth for as long as long as I've been a fan of VH and I'd love to have been at that concert.

I did see VH in 1982 with Diamond Dave at the Civic Arena in Pittsburgh. Free tickets through a buddy's dad where we got to sit in the Super Box, and that concert was almost life changing. I was just a stupid kid into old regular pop music that was on the popular radio channels, with only some rock interest, but after that, I expanded my tastes into some of the harder rock and VH has always remained one of my favorites by far. I hate to say it, but DLR really kind of stole the show (he'd probably be proud to hear that, lol) and I wasn't mature enough to understand the legend who played before me. I do now, and his loss hurts.

I know that EVH was remarried, but Valerie Bertinelli's Instagram said that she and their son Wolfgang were holding him when he passed away. I guess their love was always there in spite of their breakup. May he Rest in Peace.