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Eddie Van Halen on the music teacher who slapped his face — and his all-time worst song
Jas Obrecht’s chance encounter with a then-unknown Eddie Van Halen on July 23, 1978, led to the guitarist’s first magazine interview, published in Guitar Player ’s November 1978 issue.
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