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Eddie Van Halen called Steve Vai the day he left David Lee Roth’s band: “We struck up a friendship”

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Steve Vai has revealed that, on the day he quit David Lee Roth’s band, he received an unexpected phone call from Eddie Van Halen. Vai walked into the Roth gig with big shoes to fill.

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Eddie Van Halen called Steve Vai the day he left David Lee Roth’s band: “We struck up a friendship”

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