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Notice: The full-length version of this interview has been posted here: youtube.com/watch?v=mID7L1B92vA&t=364s. Here's the back story of how the interview happened: I was shooting basketball backstage at the July 1978 Day on the Green concert in Oakland, California, when a young guy came over asked if he could join me. After a spirited game of one-on-one, we sat down to cool off. He asked me what band I was in. When I told him I was an editor for Guitar Player magazine, he said, "Why don't you interview me? Nobody ever wants to interview me." I asked him who he was. "My name is Edward Van Halen." Whoa! I turned on my tape recorder and Eddie gave me what he'd call "my first interview." This excerpt is the beginning of that conversation. For more interview podcasts, interviews, and articles, check out "Talking Guitar" magazine at https://jasobrecht.substack.com. #vanhalen #eddievanhalen #vanhalenhistory
Notice: The full-length version of this interview has been posted here: youtube.com/watch?v=mID7L1B92vA&t=364s. Here's the back story of how the interview happened: I was shooting basketball backstage at the July 1978 Day on the Green concert in Oakland, California, when a young guy came over asked if he could join me. After a spirited game of one-on-one, we sat down to cool off. He asked me what band I was in. When I told him I was an editor for Guitar Player magazine, he said, "Why don't you interview me? Nobody ever wants to interview me." I asked him who he was. "My name is Edward Van Halen." Whoa! I turned on my tape recorder and Eddie gave me what he'd call "my first interview." This excerpt is the beginning of that conversation. For more interview podcasts, interviews, and articles, check out "Talking Guitar" magazine at https://jasobrecht.substack.com. #vanhalen #eddievanhalen #vanhalenhistory
