For Eddie Van Halen’s Birthday, Check Out Van Halen’s 1980 Missoula Concert Poster We lost some well-known, much loved celebrities, musicians and legends in 2020, but the one that hurt the most, and bonded Blaze listeners in mourning the deepest, was the loss of Eddie Van Halen. We paid tribute, murals were painted and special guitar collections were released in his honor, his son Wolfgang released a tribute song. As we continue to mourn a gifted musician and huge part of our musical upbringing, we continue to read about, learn about, and love the work of Eddie Van Halen. With that, I was reading an article this morning about Adam Jones of Tool, and his recollection of having Eddie and Wolfgang at their show last year. You might remember a photo went viral of Eddie taking a random Tool fan's photo. The fan had asked him to take his picture so he could prove he saw Tool, the whole time never realizing that he was asking THE Edward Van Halen for a favor. Naturally Eddie obliged and Wolfgang snapped the viral photo. Anyway, I was reading this interview with Adam Jones and it struck me that