By Steve Newton
Back in August of 1989 I interviewed American bass god Billy Sheehan, who was promoting the new, self-titled debut album by his latest band, Mr. Big.
The previous year Sheehan had been playing with Steve Vai in David Lee Roth‘s band, so as the conversation was winding down I asked him whether–if for some reason Mr. Big dissolved and Michael Anthony happened to quit Van Halen–he would jump at the chance to join Eddie, Alex, and Sammy.
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