Steely Dan And Eddie Van Halen Inspired Dave Navarro Want To Play Guitar Again

In a recent episode of Kyle Meredith With…, Jane’s Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro revealed what inspired him to pick up a guitar again following the death of Taylor Hawkins. Navarro and Hawkins were recording together at the time of Taylor’s death, which caused Dave to stop playing. “Once we lost [Hawkins], I put the guitar away,” Navarro shared. “I couldn’t touch that thing for well over a year.” Gradually, he got inspired to make music again. “I started listening to Steely Dan in my house, and it was like, ‘That is some weird playing!’ I started learning Steely Dan stuff, which I never really did a deep dive into,” Navarro revealed. “And then I just got into playing guitar every day. [Then I] turned into Eddie Van Halen. I was like, ‘Oh, I’m just gonna go deep dive Eddie Van Halen.’ I think a lot of it has to do with years of loving the guitar and then getting sick to death of it, and not touching it for a year; then hearing something inspiring, and falling in love with it again. I think that once you fall back in love with it, you’re like, ‘Let’s f**king go!’” (Ultimate Classic Rock)