1/26/1957 Eddie Van Halen born. Posted Sunday, January 26th, 2025 12:00am by Rock Insights Edward Lodewijk van Halen born this day in the Netherlands. His middle name is the Dutch variation on Beethoven’s first name, Ludwig. Eddie’s father played jazz piano, clarinet and saxophone and both Eddie and his brother and future band mate started piano lessons not long after the family relocated to Pasadena, California in 1962. Eddie would earn top honors several years running in a regional piano performance competition staged at an LA area community college. Alex took up the guitar before his brother, so Eddie started playing drums, but the pair switched instruments shortly after Alex blew Eddie a
Edward Lodewijk van Halen born this day in the Netherlands. His middle name is the Dutch variation on Beethoven's first name, Ludwig. Eddie's father played jazz piano, clarinet and saxophone and both Eddie and his brother and future band mate started piano lessons not long after the family relocated to Pasadena, California in 1962. Eddie would earn top honors several years running in a regional piano performance competition staged at an LA […]