Alex Van Halen just blew us away.
In a tribute to his brother on what would have been his 71st birthday, Alex posted a short teaser video featuring a glimpse of a very young Eddie Van Halen playing guitar at home.
It’s surreal to watch this. Note the spark in his eye as he absolutely loves playing guitar at such a young age.
Thank you, Alex!
The silent home-movie clip is short (only 15 seconds long), but it’s priceless. Clicking ‘Watch on Instagram’ will open the original post shared today by Alex Van Halen. (There’s no way to watch it without clicking through to Instagram. Alternatively, you can watch it on Alex Van Halen’s Facebook).
The accompanying text that Alex included:
“Al, you and dad changed the world of music” -Wolfgang Van Halen
January 26th, 1955- October 6th, 2020
Alex has hinted at having early home movies of the family several times. Hopefully, we will see more of this incredible private footage in the future.