Nancy Wilson , from Heart , revealed during an interview with Dave Lawrence that she will release her first solo album and that it will be a tribute to guitarist Eddie Van Halen .
You and Me will be released this year, and three of the eight songs on the album will be covers. In addition, the singer revealed that she will have some special guests joining her on the album, such as Sammy Hagar, Taylor Hawkins and Duff McKagan.
The track that will serve as a tribute to the Van Halen guitarist is instrumental. “There’s a story that I was the first person to give him a guitar. When I was on tour with them [ Van Halen ] in the 80s, I said to him, ‘Why don’t you play guitar anymore?’ Then he replied, ‘I don’t have a guitar.’ So I said, ‘What do you mean you don’t have a guitar?’ So I went to the case, took out an instrument and gave it to him,” Wilson recalled.
“The next morning at the hotel, he called my room and played a beautiful piece of guitar for me. I was so moved and it was so beautiful, it was one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. So, I tried to return the favor by making a beautiful tribute to him,” the guitarist concluded.
Listen to the interview below.
