#247 Steven Rosen - 26 Years friends with Eddie Van Halen and The Price of Fame

Steven, a songwriter and guitarist has written for dozens of major publications including Guitar World and Rolling Stone and recorded a treasure trove with classic Rock Stars on his cassette player. Here Steve is hanging with #EVH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EyQLuVgKE8 GUEST LINKS: YoutTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SteveRosenInterviews Book: https://www.tonechaserbook.com SPONSORS: https://playcast.io 0:00 Intro 2:12 Where did the interviewing all begin? First interview with Joe Cocker. 7:56 Passing up one of the first-ever Queen interviews 9:37 Why were you terrified in your first interview? 17:23 Dealing with the growing list of your Rockstar guests that have died 27:06 How Steve became friends with EVH 42:48 EVH smoking in Steve's house 53:56 Reliving their life without fame to have a happy family? 58:00 Rockstars coping coming away from the stage high 1:07:56 Journalism as an outlet for the pain of stars 1:15:19 Steven’s own band 1:22:46 Joe Satriani 1:26:41 Prince 1:29:36 Steven Rosen 1:34:28 Michael Jackson PODCAST LINKS: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-nikos-show/id1240503636 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2dBlXuaLe1IHkXqG2whQNC Website: https://show.nikoskatsikanis.com/