Hi Brad and Brad,
I first want to mention that I can't remember the last time I laughed as hard as I did while listening to you two and Clint Wells go on about spoonfuls of flour and uncooked spaghetti. I almost had to pull my car over as I was driving home during that part of the episode!
Since Eddie Van Halen passed away on October 6th, I've been listening to a lot of Van Halen. I didn't really get into them until 10-15 years ago, but I consider them to be one of my favorite bands of all-time. Eddie was truly an innovator on shredding guitar solos and may be my favorite lead guitarist ever. I saw Mike's comment on Pearl Jam's Twitter feed referencing how he began playing guitar shortly after their first record came out. He goes so far to say "it sounded like Eddie was from another planet" and "Eddie was like Mozart for guitar. Changed everything and he played with Soul."
I know the guys have covered Van Halen here-and-there and I looked up which songs and what shows they ended up performing a Van Halen song. The most often performed song was Mike shredding "Eruption." The other song they covered several times was "Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love." One cool sequence was during two shows they played in Hartford about 3 years apart. The second time they played in 2013, Eddie was recalling the fact "this is where we played that song." However, before replaying the song, Mike starts off with "Eruption" and then they directly transition into "Ain't Talkin 'Bout Love."
Forced to endure, what I could not forgive,
Chris
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