The music world lost one of it’s greats this week when guitar hero Eddie Van Halen passed away. He was 65 years old.Eddie was a true pioneer, a self-taught player who had a glorious career with his band Van Halen, as well as appearing on one of the most recognisable songs in pop history when he teamed up with Michael Jackson for “Beat It”.
Words really can’t describe the impact he had on the world, and you probably couldn’t count the number of musicians who were inspired to pick up the guitar after listening to a Van Halen album.
There’s really no better way to pay tribute to the man than to listen to the music he helped create. Here’s just a small selection of his work with Van Halen, as well as the aforementioned collaboration with Michael Jackson and what originally started off as a jam session with Queen’s Brian May.
1) Poundcake
2) Runnin’ With The Devil
3) Panama
4) Beat It (Michael Jackson)
5) Can’t Stop Loving You
6) Without You
7) Right Now
8) Jump
9) Star Fleet (Brian May & Friends)
10) Why Can’t This Be Love?
11) Hot For Teacher
12) Dancing In The Street
13) You Really Got Me
14) (Oh) Pretty Woman
15) Happy Trails
You can listen to this Mix Tape in full by visiting https://www.mixcloud.com/julian-radbourne/the-two-sheds-mix-tape-24-tribute-to-eddie-van-halen/
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