Eddie Van Halen- first interview

Jas Obrecht got hired in 1978 to write for Guitar Player Magazine. For his first assignment... he was sent to a music festival at the Oakland Coliseum Stadium, known as Bill Graham’s “Day On The Green,” to interview Pat Travers. But as rock musicians sometimes do, Travers sent him away without an interview. So Obrecht stayed backstage and played basketball – with a new guitarist named... Eddie Van Halen ??? 


The Eddie story starts at 2:24 into the video.