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Last week, the world lost one of the best, most innovative guitar players in history\u2026 the guy who created a movement, became part of the pop culture lexicon, and inspired (and continues to) generations of guitar players. The great Eddie Van Halen passed away October 6th at the age of 65 from cancer. So join Chris, and four of his guitar-playing friends who were all greatly inspired and influenced by Eddie \u2013 Trixter\u2019s Steve Brown, who had a personal relationship with EVH; Steel Panther\u2019s Satchel, an EVH disciple; Fozzy\u2019s Billy Grey who picked up the guitar after hearing Eddie play; and Fozzy\u2019s Rich Ward, who took from Eddie\u2019s rhythm playing style. Together, they pay tribute \u2013 honoring Edward Van Halen\u2019s playing prowess, his solos, his songwriting, his technical contributions to the guitar, and as you\u2019ll hear, his incredibly friendly, warm human spirit \u2013 the inviting smile and humility that endured even when he wasn\u2019t at his best. You\u2019ll also hear EVH stories and memories from Charlie Benante, Mike Portnoy, Stryper\u2019s Michael Sweet, AEW\u2019s Frankie Kazarian, and Dave LaGreca from Busted Open Radio.\xa0And thanks to Steve Brown and Billy Grey for sharing some original EVH-inspired licks and music especially for this episode.\xa0RIP Eddie Van Halen. Rock & Roll is forever in your debt.