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Steve Rosen, Rock Journalist and Author of “Tonechaser” Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey with Edward Van Halen, joins the live show. Steve and I discuss the book and cover some of the great stories from the 1st time that Steve met Eddie, approaching Eddie and asking about writing the book and Eddie’s response “I truly want you to know that you will be the only one to write a book,” the 1st interview, Van Halen getting signed in 1978, The “Day On The Green” at the Oakland County Coliseum and getting sidetracked with a spur of the moment interview with Angus Young and Bon Scott, Eddie calling after the 78′ Tour to say that the 2nd album is ready and he wanted to come over and play it and discuss it, the tapping technique and playing the “Bumblebee” guitar, playing a song with Eddie at the 5150 Studio in 1985 and much, much more.

Steve Rosen is a professional music journalist with a career spanning 50 years. During this period, he has published well over 1,000 articles in major periodicals originating from around the globe. Rosen was the West Coast correspondent for Guitar World magazine for four years during the seminal mid-‘80s, when he wrote eight cover stories—including three lead features on Edward Van Halen recognized as pivotal pieces on the legendary guitarist.

As a contributor to Guitar Player magazine, Rosen also wrote a prodigious 16 covers in a six-year span. A recognized authority on the eclectic world of Rock, Rosen has been tapped seven times to write books on several high-profile musicians, including Jeff Beck, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Black Sabbath, Free/Bad Company and Randy Rhoads.

The traveling troubadour’s work has taken him to distant vistas in search of mysterious stories and elusive sagas—hand-selected to accompany numerous bands as a traveling wordsmith for the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Who, Deep Purple, Jethro Tull, Loggins & Messina, ZZ Top, Aerosmith, Lenny Kravitz, Alice Cooper, The Firm, Van Halen, and others.

Recently, Rosen’s main focus has been organizing his incredibly extensive and rare collection of audio interviews dating back to 1973. The entire library represents well over 1,500 hours of content, with hundreds and hundreds of classic rock’s most-engaging, enraging and entrancing characters, including Edward Van Halen. This archival process led to the unearthing of what Rosen called “The Twilight Tapes”—50 interviews representing hours of late-night phone calls with the Van Halen guitarist, who happened to become a very close friend over the years. “The Twilight Tapes” sparked the idea to sit down to write TONECHASER in 2020 and the rest, as they say, is rock and roll history.