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Video: Avi Hadad Shreds Van Halen's 'Eruption' Solo

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Mar 30, 2015

National Wood Flooring Association COO Anita Howard threw down the gauntlet when she challenged Contractor Blog regular Avi Hadad to play the smoking-hot guitar solo by Eddie Van Halen in the song "Eruption." Hadad took up the challenge and videotaped the whole thing. He nearly started a fire in the process. Check out that smoke.

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