311boogieman
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Figured we have not had a EVH thread in awhile 
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https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitar...e-and-steve-lukather-will-work-on-a-new-album
"We’ve known him for a long time. He was one of the true best friends.” Alex Van Halen says he and Steve Lukather will work on a new album. Alex Van Halen says he’s getting ready to make a new album with guitar ace Steve Lukather, a longtime friend of Alex and his brother, the late Eddie Van Halen. “I’m getting ready to do this record with Lukather and a couple other people,” Van Halen said. “It should be exciting. -The- drummer announced that he was working with the guitarist to create a new album of tracks from Eddie Van Halen’s unfinished demos.
Asked if they’d begun rehearsing, Van Halen replied, “No, we don't need to rehearse,” and laughed. “There's a lot to be said for spontaneity,” he added. “That's how we did a lot of things together in the studio. [Eddie] would just play and we would just take snippets of it, and then you elaborate on little ideas and make a song out of it. Beethoven made a whole symphony out of [snippets],” he added, before singing the opening notes from the composer’s famed Fifth Symphony.
Van Halen also spoke of his close friendship with Lukather.
“If you're in this line of work… it goes beyond a superficial contract, and ‘I want you to do this and do that.’ We do it because we like something, or we want to do it because it's creative. The moment you get into contracts that are very specific about what your role in the project is, it falls apart. That's our experience anyway."
I also got the impression that Steve will not actually be playing guitar, but helping Alex in another role.
@SQUAREHEAD 's post from March-
https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitar...e-and-steve-lukather-will-work-on-a-new-album
"We’ve known him for a long time. He was one of the true best friends.” Alex Van Halen says he and Steve Lukather will work on a new album. Alex Van Halen says he’s getting ready to make a new album with guitar ace Steve Lukather, a longtime friend of Alex and his brother, the late Eddie Van Halen. “I’m getting ready to do this record with Lukather and a couple other people,” Van Halen said. “It should be exciting. -The- drummer announced that he was working with the guitarist to create a new album of tracks from Eddie Van Halen’s unfinished demos.
Asked if they’d begun rehearsing, Van Halen replied, “No, we don't need to rehearse,” and laughed. “There's a lot to be said for spontaneity,” he added. “That's how we did a lot of things together in the studio. [Eddie] would just play and we would just take snippets of it, and then you elaborate on little ideas and make a song out of it. Beethoven made a whole symphony out of [snippets],” he added, before singing the opening notes from the composer’s famed Fifth Symphony.
Van Halen also spoke of his close friendship with Lukather.
“If you're in this line of work… it goes beyond a superficial contract, and ‘I want you to do this and do that.’ We do it because we like something, or we want to do it because it's creative. The moment you get into contracts that are very specific about what your role in the project is, it falls apart. That's our experience anyway."
I also got the impression that Steve will not actually be playing guitar, but helping Alex in another role.
@SQUAREHEAD 's post from March-
