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Bruce Lee?Stan Lee?
Morty Feinbaum, the Klezmer King of Kenosha?
Bruce Lee had bass chopsBruce Lee?
Guess who’s playing. View attachment 4944120
This is Ed Van Halen. The pic of the dude with the clarinet is his father, Jan- who played a ripping solo on Diver Down's "big bad bil is sweet william now".
Yes. It’s Eddie Van Halen and the clarinetist is indeed Jan VH. Ed has said that he’s a closet bass player and also has megachops.
It’s a screen shot from this vid. I cannot tell what the bass is but Ed has a few unique ones on the wall in his 5150 studio.
If anyone wants to hear Ed playing bass, check out Sammy Hagar's 1987 album "I never said goodbye".
The song "Give to live" has some really excellent bass playing on it, courtesy of Ed.
Yes. It’s Eddie Van Halen and the clarinetist is indeed Jan VH. Ed has said that he’s a closet bass player and also has megachops.
It’s a screen shot from this vid. I cannot tell what the bass is but Ed has a few unique ones on the wall in his 5150 studio.
Eddie bought a white Spector after watching Sting.