Sunday, January 15, 2023

Eddie Van Halen and Cheech Marin Performed at 1985 Charity Gig

 Some really rare audio popped up on YouTube today.


On May 12, 1985, Eddie Van Halen and Cheech Marin, Cheech and Chong, team up to play some songs for a charity event. They play a cover of Marvin Gaye's Ain't That Peculiar, Cheech's songs "Mexican Americans" and "Born in East La", and The Troggs' "Wild Thing."

It's a cassette audience recording where Eddie and Cheech performed as Van Hey Man!

00:00 - Intro

00:21 - Valerie Bertinelli speaks

00:41 - Ain’t That Peculiar-Marvin Gaye cover

02:39 - Eddie Van Halen solo

05:07 - Mexican Americans

06:49 - Eddie Van Halen Ripping

07:17 - Cheech Marin rapping to the audience

08:14 - Born in East LA

10:43 - Edward letting loose

13:34 - Introduction to the Van Hey Man band

15:19 - Eddie Van Halen’s introduction and some shredding

15:45 - Intro for Cheech Lee Roth with scream

16:30 - Wild Thing cover song

18:19 - Ed does Eddie

The event was to support MER or Malibu Emergency Room, a charity that created an emergency room for Malibu residents. You can read more about the event here.

Here's an article about the event.


Friday, January 06, 2023

Cheech Marin to Appear in NBC's Lopez vs. Lopez

 Al Madrigal is very excited about the upcoming guests on NBC’s Lopez vs. Lopez with Rita Moreno and Cheech Marin.

The two beloved and respected Latin actors are set to guest star and appear in the eighth episode of the season tomorrow night.

Moreno joins the cast as George’s late Grandma Dolores, who becomes a feisty spirit that haunts George to do right by her, one way or another. And like the traditional grandmother, she has her chancla and razor-sharp tongue to set him straight when he disobeys or argues.

As for Marin, he plays Carlos, a curandero invited to their home to rid of the uninvited spirit. As an all-knowing, all-powerful mystic, he will be the powerful conduit between the supernatural and temporal worlds. Not to mention, he’ll be a straight-shooting shaman who can diagnose the ghost and accepts Bitcoin in the meantime.

Here is the official synopsis of Episode 108:

When the Lopez home is disturbed by an evil spirit, the family enlists a curandero (Cheech Marin) who tells them the house isn’t haunted, it’s George! The ghost of his grandmother (Rita Moreno) is hell-bent on righting a past wrong and will keep throwing chanclas at his big head until he does it.