December 17th, 2006
From: http://www.rosshalfin.co.uk/
December 13
Head off to meet up with Edward Van Halen. It is hot today and I'm in
black which doesn't help my thumping head. I feel like I'm being cooked in
the sun - tortured...
Edward is in a great mood, he's easy to work with. And I'm not saying who
or what I shot, but I will tell you Edward played a couple of cds which I
thought were from 1978 (it was from two days ago) of Van Halen rehearsing
with Wolfgang Van Halen on bass. It was jaw-droppingly amazing. They
played On Fire, I'm The One, Atomic Punk. I'm not listing the rest, but I
will tell you the band sounded untouchable. On Jamie's Crying they did a
long bass-lead jam on the intro - the band rocked. I don't like that word
(too American) but the band rock - really rock. It was as exciting as the
first time I saw them. They will come back and destroy the world. One of
the tightest, freshest sounding groups ever. I want to go and play the
first album as soon as I get home. Had a blast listening to them, it made
me remember why I liked music in the first place. Having Edward's son on
bass has rejuvenated them.
They were rehearsing later that afternoon. I was invited - I wish I was
staying...
Got to LAX and got moved to the front of the plane. I was going to shoot
the night sky, but couldn't get motivated. I'm still feeling ill - I
should have stayed and watched Van Halen.
Bumpy flight, I write this over the Green Mountain Reservoir above the
Denver Rocky Mountains. We start to be thrown all over the place...
Some new pictures of Van Halen - Vintage Van Halen...
http://www.rosshalfin.co.uk/van_halen/van_halen-bw22.html
http://www.rosshalfin.co.uk/van_halen/van_halen-bw23.html
http://www.rosshalfin.co.uk/van_halen/van_halen-bw24.html
See more Van Halen...
http://www.rosshalfin.co.uk/van_halen/van_halen03.php
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