Kenny Wayne Shepherd Dispels Some Perceptions of Eddie Van Halen

Over the years, the story on guitar icon Eddie Van Halen was that he was brilliant, but could be aloof or negative as a person...one guy who toured with him two different times, once in the 1990's and again on the last Van Halen tour in 2015, was guitar great Kenny Wayne Shepherd. He says "I had nothing but great experiences with Eddie. He was always just, couldn't have been nicer to me." As far as the stories of Eddie being snarky or vindictive about other people, Shepherd says Eddie "Never trashed anybody." "He never was talking trash about anybody." Shepherd also thinks maybe because Eddie was shy, people interpreted that like he was aloof, or egotistical....in contrast, Shepherd says, that even though the last tour with Van Halen featured David Lee Roth on vocals, Roth's people always were acting like he was to be left alone and was extra special, although Shepherd says since Roth never spoke to him on the tour, he couldn't make a comment as to what he was like personality wise...here's more: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/kenny-wayne-shepherd-eddie-van-halen/