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Eddie Van Halen is half Indonesian from his mother Eugenia…what?!? So yeah…there’s a reason why I started this site…so many I didn’t expect/suspect…Holla! Edward Lodewijk “Eddie” Van Halen (born January 26, 1955), is a guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen. Van Halen is widely known for his rapid guitar playing, tapping, and high frequency feedback. The All Music Guide has called him “undoubtedly one of the most influential, original, and talented rock guitarists of the 20th century.

Eddie Van Halen is half Indonesian from his mother Eugenia…what?!? So yeah…there’s a reason why I started this site…so many I didn’t expect/suspect…Holla!

Edward Lodewijk “Eddie” Van Halen (born January 26, 1955), is a guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen. Van Halen is widely known for his rapid guitar playing, tapping, and high frequency feedback. The All Music Guide has called him “undoubtedly one of the most influential, original, and talented rock guitarists of the 20th century.

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    Michelle Branch

    Michelle Jacquet Branch (born July 2, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. She made her debut in 2000, and released the platinum-selling albums The Spirit Room and Hotel Paper in August 2001 and June 2003 respectively. During this period, she collaborated with Santana on the single “The Game of Love”, which won a Grammy Award. In 2004, she formed the musical duo The Wreckers with fellow musician Jessica Harp. Michelle Branch will release her fourth solo album with record company Warner Bros. Nashville, Everything Comes and Goes, in Summer 2009.

    Though the surname “Branch” is French, her father is of Irish ancestry while her mother was born in the Netherlands; her maternal grandmother was a Dutch Indonesian and was held by the Japanese in an internment camp during World War II, while her maternal grandfather was French and Indonesian.[1

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