A Homeless Man Humming Mean Street While Staring at a Guitar — Eddie Van Halen Was Watching
26K views · Aug 14, 2026 · People & Blogs
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@EddieVanHalenHiddenStories · 1 month ago · pinned
Music speaks from heart to heart... 🎸 What do you think was going through Eddie’s mind as he watched him at that moment? 👇
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@kevykev38 · 10 days ago
I'll take things that never happened for 500 please
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@patrickshannon4516 · 4 days ago (edited)
Yeah you can get that sustain from other pickups I take it you have never tried sustainiac pick ups. Sustainiac are the best pick ups you can buy,
@samanthaoxford6285 · 3 weeks ago
That was an incredible story! Kind, compassionate and giving. A lesson for all of us.
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@dwaynemartin8305 · 2 weeks ago
Ok
@Guitarplayer-p8s · 2 weeks ago (edited)
Great story,tells you Eddie was a humanitarian
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@X1S-Ethan · 3 weeks ago
Ngl I thought that was axl rose on the picture thing
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@dappawap · 10 days ago
most likely fiction
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@meekercolarado · 10 days ago
59 Les Paul to bust the window and steal ! Never happened !
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@colinanderson9004 · 10 days ago
Is this true?
@arthurcooper471 · 3 weeks ago
Yeah , right , i'm sure eddie van helen's walking down the street
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@63kavon · 2 weeks ago
yeah I ain't buyin' it.
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