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I actually thought the guy was maybe a year or 2 older than 54, he is certainly looking older these days, but today is in fact the 54th birthday of the guitar slinging extraordinaire Eddie Van Halen.Van Halen was one of my very first musical interests way back. I was singing along to Jump and trying to play along on a broom way back before i even hit kindergarten and was always fascinated by the little angel smoking a cigarette on the front of the 1984 album when my dad brought it home so Eddie has been filling my ears with rock and roll goodness for about as long as i have been listening to music. While someone may want to send Eddie a package of good personality and people skills for his birthday,you certainly wont have to send him any skills.Even though he has mostly squandered away the last decade or so not putting out music and being a grouchy recluse,Eddie is certainly still one of the finest rock guitarists we have on the planet and it will be a good day when he decides to actually get along with someone besides his brother and son and actually put out some new music. I guess we will just have to deal with what we have been given for the foreseeable future, good thing its good stuff though. Even though you are stingy with your music and don’t get along well with others, on this day i salute you,Happy Birthday EVH.(yeah, like he is going to ever read this!)

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