Wolfgang Posts Tribute on Eddie Van Halen’s 69th Birthday

Wolfgang Van Halen is remembering his father Eddie Van Halen with a heartfelt tribute on what would have been the Van Halen musician’s 69th birthday.

The Mammoth WVH chief has typically shared how a lot his father meant to him, with the very first music that kicked off his Mammoth WVH profession, “Distance,” serving as an ode to Eddie Van Halen.

“I wish you were here so I could give you a big hug, go to dinner, celebrate it with you and make a dumb joke about it being your 69th birthday. Just regular shit. I miss hearing you laugh. I miss laughing with you. It’s the little things,” says Wolfgang in his social media post.

“I’ll do my best to keep a smile on my face and think of you today. But then again, that’s not very different than any other day so far without you. I love and miss you more than you could ever possibly know,” concludes the musician, signing off with a “Happy birthday, pop” and a coronary heart emoji and sharing a photograph they took collectively.

How Fans Responded to Wolfgang’s Tribute to Eddie Van Halen

With such a heartfelt tribute, it introduced up plenty of feelings with different followers as properly. “I lost my mother to dementia last July,” wrote one fan, persevering with. “I know exactly what you’re feeling. Losing a parent is hard. You’re a good man and a good son Wolf. There is no doubt your father would be so proud of you.”

“Lost my dad 30 years ago and the pain is still there. Lost my Mom 11 years ago and the pain is still there. My oldest brother 18 years ago and my one of my sisters last week. You are in my prayers as is your Dad,” added one other fan.

A 3rd supplied, “Love and hugs to you and your family. It is never easy when you lose a loved one. But I bet he is watching over you with that big smile. He would be so proud of you.” See a number of extra feedback from followers under.

What Wolfgang Van Halen Has Posted Since Eddie Van Halen’s Death

Wolfgang Van Halen has shared when ideas of his father have been hitting dwelling just a little extra considerably on social media. One the one month anniversary of Eddie Van Halen’s loss of life in 2020, the multi-instrumentalist supplied on Instagram,  “Not a second goes by where you’re not on my mind,” mentioned Wolfgang sharing a black and white picture of himself with Eddie. “I miss talking with you. I miss laughing with you. I miss listening to music with you. I miss making music with you. I just miss everything. I love you so much, Pop. It’s really hard being here without you.”

He additionally famous on Instagram after the one 12 months mark of his father’s loss of life, “One year. You fought so hard for so long, but you were still taken away. It’s just so unfair. I’m not ok. I don’t think I’ll ever be ok. There’s so much I wish I could show you. So many things I wish I could share with you. I wish I could laugh with you again. I wish I could hug you again. I miss you so much it hurts. I’m trying to do my best here without you, but it’s really fucking hard. I hope you’re still proud. I love you with all of my heart, Pop. Watch over me.”

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Who Else Posted About Eddie Van Halen’s Birthday?

It must be famous that Wolfgang was not the one member of the Van Halen household to mirror on Eddie Van Halen on his birthday. While Wolf’s mom and Eddie’s ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli re-shared Wolfgang’s tribute on social media. the late guitarist’s widow Janie Van Halen supplied her own heartfelt tribute to her late husband.

“Happy birthday my Peep,” she commented, including, “I love you and miss you so much, especially on days such as this. Wishing you a beautiful celebration, now with our little boy Kody and my dad too.” The submit was accompanied by a poem titled “For Your Birthday in Heaven.”

It learn: “Birthdays in Heaven / decorations of gold / Where the years come and go / and you never grow old / Where you celebrate with Angels / and past family there / With no illness in sight / just love everywhere / So I don’t need to worry / how your Birthday was spent / Cause you’re safe in Heaven / and my wishes are sent / Though I know you are safe / even though you’re away / I love and I miss you / a little more today.”

What Van Halen’s Musical Legacy Has Meant to Wolfgang Van Halen

Wolfgang Van Halen has additionally been very open concerning the impression that Van Halen’s music has had on his life. In 2022, he advised Classic Rock that the band’s 1981 album Fair Warning and the 1995 album Balance have been two of the Van Halen information that modified his life.

“Fair Warning, the Roth era album is a very special album to me. It was an album where my dad just said, ‘Fuck it’ and did what he wanted. I think that’s why it’s a cult classic – it was never really a huge album compared to the others…And it’s so quick – it goes by in 36 minutes or something, but it just makes you want to start it again. It’s such a great, dark, fun album that I think gets overlooked,” he defined of Fair Warning.

Of Balance, he added, “Socially, it’s [a] phenomenal-sounding album – it sounds incredible. It might be the best-sounding Hagar album, maybe the best-sounding Van Halen. The Hagar era shows another side of my father’s playing as well. I like how he leaned more into the melodic stuff – some of the most beautiful melodies he’s ever written have been in the Hagar era with things like ‘Dreams’ or the song ‘Not Enough’ from Balance.”

In 2023, he additionally shared with the Talk Is Jericho podcast his favourite Van Halen songs to play, and revealed that the one which stands out to him wasn’t one among their greater hits. “We played so many of the classic all the time that really we were so excited by the B-sides,” defined Wolfgang. “So playing things like ‘Dirty Movies’ and ‘Drop Dead Legs’ and ‘How to Love Again,’ but I think the most fun song to play was probably ‘China Town.’ Dad and I had a lot of fun playing that all the time. We didn’t even care if people liked that song, we just put that in the setlist because it was so fun to play.”