Jack White (The White Stripes) Pays Emotional Tribute To Eddie Van Halen: Watch
Jack White was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live and paid an amazing tribute to Eddie Van Halen…
Jack White was the musical guest on this week's episode of "Saturday Night Live" - he was asked to replace country singer Morgan Wallen. In addition to playing a medley of 'Don't Hurt Yourself' (his collaboration with Beyoncé), 'Ball and Biscuit' and 'Jesus Is Coming Soon', a gospel song about the Spanish flu of 1918, together with 'Lazaretto' , White also resorted to a guitar designed by Eddie Van Halen.
Jack wrote the following on his instagram page:
“i thought it could be a nice gesture for me to use this blue eddie van halen model guitar for one of the songs tonight on SNL. the guitar was designed by eddie (with a few customizations i had added). eddie was very kind to me and saw to it that this guitar was made for me to my specs. i wont even insult the man’s talent by trying to play one of his songs tonight. thanks again
eddie for this guitar and rest in peace sir.”
See Jack’s full Instagram post below:
Jack used the iconic blue Eddie Van Halen model to perform one of his most famous songs “Lazaretto”.
You can watch the full performance of “Lazaretto” live on SNL below:
Eddie Van Halen passed away at 65 years old…
Edward Lodewijk Van Halen was born in Amsterdam The Netherlands on January 26, 1955. Eddie was the son of Jan and Eugenia Van Halen being Alexander, his older brother. Eddie's father was a clarinetist, saxophonist and pianist. His mother was an Indonesian from Rangkasbitung on the island of Java. Music has always been present in Eddie's life. His second name is a tribute to the great German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven. The spelling in Eddie's name is the Dutch equivalent of Ludwig. Interestingly, Eddie used the same approach as his father, when he named his son after the Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Eddie Van Halen has passed away at 65 years old. The Legendary guitar player was battling with throat cancer for several years and, now according to TMZ, the iconic musician unfortunately died.
Eddie Van Halen was battling with throat cancer for several time now and according to TMZ, he died at St. Johns Hospital in Santa Monica Tuesday. His wife, Janie, was by his side, along with his son, Wolfgang, and Alex, Eddie's brother and drummer.
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