In a much-discussed excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, Brothers, Alex Van Halen writes to his late brother: “The world’s greatest guitarist is what everyone says. It’s kind of a dicey title. You never liked it.”
It’s understandable that Eddie might resist the title. Labels can be uncomfortable. But the truth is inescapable. Musical opinions are subjective, but the fact that Eddie Van Halen was the finest electric guitarist of his generation is a reality as irrefutable as gravity.
