Guitar hero talent show
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Having Frank Zappa as your dad has its benefits. At 12 years old, Dweezil Zappa found that out when his guitar hero, Eddie Van Halen, showed up unannounced at the Zappa family home.
Two weeks later, the guitarist turned up again at Dweezil's high school to gift him a rare Kramer guitar and deliver a valuable guitar lesson.
Dweezil has likened Ed's availability to "having your own toy Eddie Van Halen." Inspired by their close encounters, the youngster was set to perform "Runnin’ With the Devil" at his high school talent show shortly afterward when Eddie unexpectedly appeared during soundcheck.
“Eddie Van Halen shows up at the house, and he's backlit in his Women and Children First jumpsuit, holding a guitar,” Zappa recalls of the first time he met his hero.
“And for me, it was just like he was backlit with a smoke machine and 'Mean Streets' is already playing.”
The guitar in question was a purple, twin-humbucker Kramer, but with a piece of tape covering the name on the headstock to keep Ed's then-secret collaboration with the luthier under wraps.
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