Let's get my bias out of the way before we go anywhere: Eddie Van Halen is the greatest rock guitarist of all time. As bold statements go, that's not much of one, I know. He won Best Guitarist so many times that Guitar Player permanently retired his name from the ballots, for crap's sake - hardly a man who needs little old me rising to his defense. But I sometimes wonder if people need to be reminded. So many times I hear "so-and-so is the best guitar player" and I wonder what people are…
Michael Anthony, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen...
Michael Anthony, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen of the rock and roll band "Van Halen" pose for a portrait session at the Cobo Hall on July 4, 1980 in Detroit, Michigan.
