Edward Van Halen Appears At 10th Anniversary George Lopez Celebrity Golf Classic

By Eric Senich

Edward Van Halen – The King of ten fingers, six strings….And a golf club?

Van Halen appeared at the 10th Anniversary George Lopez Celebrity Golf Classic on Monday, May 1st at Lakeside Country Club in Toluca Lake, California to help raise awareness about kidney disease and organ donation.

You can read more about the event plus check out some additional photos at Lopez’s foundation website.

Recently, Van Halen donated a guitar to the George Lopez Foundation to help raise funds for kids with kidney issues. 

Below are videos and photos featuring Van Halen’s appearances at the event.

Lopez explained when he became a Van Halen fan and how he came to be friends with Edward.

“Mr. Van Halen, well, first of all I love the band, but from the first time I put the record needle on that first Van Halen album I’ve been a fan. I was at The Forum in 1981. We meet in 2011 and since then we’ve played golf for the last few years on a weekly basis. I can’t imagine a more caring friend and a better dude than Eddie. The one thing that has eluded me in my life is learning to play the guitar. Eddie has been so kind to gift me a couple EVH Gear guitars, so I don’t have an excuse not to play. I consider [him] family. I’d of never imagined when I was in my grandmothers house dreaming about where my life would take me that [this hero of mine] would become my friend.”

The photos below are from George Lopez’s Instagram, where he explained when he became a Van Halen fan and how he came to be friends with Edward.

A post shared by George ?? Lopez (@georgelopez) on Apr 30, 2017 at 3:45pm PDT

(L-R) Journalist Roland Martin, Golf legend Lee Trevino, George Lopez, Edward Van Halen & Train singer Pat Monahan

Life is a series of twist and pinche turns , these two guys have been so influential in my life #leetrevino is a 6 Time @pgatour Major Champion we met in 2004 , he’s like the family member who you could always go to , well I never had that , he’s a little older and wiser but still in touch with heritage and his wisdom and confidence in me is something I’d of never imagined, he always knows the right thing to say to me , my love of golf comes from Lee Treviño he’s opened his home to me , and his wife Claudia is also an amazing person she knew the holidays were tough for me , they invited me out for Christmas and Claudia decorated my room with a day of the dead Christmas tree . And Mr @eddievanhalen well, first of all I love the band , but from the first time I put the record needle on that first #vanhalen album I’ve been a fan , I was at @theforum in 1981 when #VanHalen headlined for the first time , we meet in 2011 and since then we’ve played golf for the last few years on a weekly basis , I can’t imagine a more caring friend and a better dude than eddie , they one thing that has eluded me in my life is learning to play the guitar , eddie has been so kind to gift me a couple of @evhgear guitars so I don’t have an excuse not to play .. I consider these two guys family , I’d of never imagined when I was in my grandmothers house dreaming about where my life would take me that these 2 of my heroes would become my friends #Chingon

A post shared by George ?? Lopez (@georgelopez) on May 9, 2017 at 9:37am PDT

This article is by VHND contributing writer, Eric Senich. You can listen to Eric live on the radio at Brookfield Connecticut’s Home of Rock And Roll, i95 WRKI every Saturday from 10am to 3pm on 95.1 FM. You can also listen online by clicking here or by downloading the radioPup app for your mobile device.