EDDIE VAN HALEN – Edward The Great (Best solos according to 0dayrox)
EDDIE VAN HALEN passed away today, Oct 6, after a long battle with cancer. He was the most inventive guitar player of his generation. It’s hard to imagine what rock & roll would sound like without the legendary Dutch-American Edward Lodewijk Van Halen.
Like Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, and Eric Clapton before him, he single-handedly (or perhaps, in his case, double-handedly) changed the vocabulary of guitar for a generation. My generation. Your generation.
His pyrotechnic finger-tapping, elastic dive-bombs, and bursts of melody redefined the guitar solo and inspired legions of musicians. But no matter what he was playing, he did it with heart.
To honor the late guitar Rock hero, we’ve selected what we consider his greatest solos — from unforgettable licks to genuine “how’d he do that?” head-scratchers — that show off his brilliance and…