ALEX Van Halen has revealed a new VH album is in the works, with Toto’s Steve Luthaker helping him sift through the archives of his late brother Edward.
Alex, 71, told Dutch newspaper De Telegraf: “Ed and Steve Lukather were very good friends and they often worked together. There is no one who can do this process with me as well as he can.”
Since the bombshell revelation, Luthaker, 71, has moved to distance himself from any suggestion he will play guitar on the proposed album.
Luthaker was subsequently also interviewed by the Dutch paper, saying: “Did Alex say that? Oh, in that case, the news is true. Ed, Alex and I were very close for years. It is true that we worked on it together.”
But the decorated axeman later issued a media statement that read: ““For the record: ever since Alex Van Halen dropped we were gonna work together I think there is a huge misunderstanding. I will not ever play a guitar note on a VH song ever!
“Al asked me to help him go thru a ton of unfinished recordings of Al and Ed writing and recording that never saw the light of day. As of now, that’s all I got.
“The fact that ANYONE would think for even a second that I would play anything on this is ridiculous. I have too much love and respect for that and … I play nothing like Ed… more as a co-producer or something. I am honoured Al would ask me though. Let’s see…”
