. >> he was born into rock royalty as the son of guitarist eddie van halen and valerie bertinelli, evensaw it. >> pumping you up, buddy. >> literally, we wanted to talk about her cooking. you know what she said oh my god, my son is going to be on tomorrow. i can't wait i can't wait she talks about you as like the best thing that has ever happened to her in her life. >> yeah, she wouldn't shut up about me i'm sorry about that >> it's great. it's great i'm excited for this you know, you're going to do an acoustic version of "distance" >> mm-hmm. >> i got to tell you, man, we spoke last november about, you know, your dad and the love that's there and the tribute you made for him i got to tell you, i've road tested that lyric. the lyric, for those who don't know, who matter what the and, you know, i lost my mom, who was guilty of loving her kids too much, a couple years ago. that is true man, that lyric, you wrote that. i wondered, have you experienced that yet no matter what the distance is, i'll be with you and that you'll be okay? >> yeah, i think that's just a thing that is almost like