he was a smoker. cancer.
Big bummer. Just was watching the US Festival with them as headliners on YouTube earlier today.
Eddie was so damn great and got caught into that spiral we don’t dig.
Saw the 2007 tour and at the Meadowlands was on the right side of the stage when Eddie appeared on a break and handed a Budweiser up to the crowd.
That person who he handed the beer was me. Split it with a kid not old enough to have seen them when I first saw them in Madison Square Garden.
Damn security guard came after the show when we were taking pics with the can and snatched it. We both started yelling, “Eddie gave it to us.”
He looked stunned as the entire section was already empty with folks exiting. Thankfully, the security guard gave it back (it was empty anyway). The kid asked me if he could keep the souvenir. I could not say no.
Really incredible to see live. What a sound.
Hope Eddie beats this. He really is a pioneer of rock guitar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwCdjtfrtLI