Join Ferris professor Paul Kwant for a talk on Van Halen's influence on music history, part of the Festival of the Arts.

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October 7, 2020 Eddie Van Halen at the National Museum of American History via Flickr Eddie Van Halen at the National Museum of American History in 2015. Photo via Flickr Dutch American guitar player ...