How many people can say they’ve played basketball with Eddie Van Halen or spent a week on Santana’s tour bus? Jas Obrecht has done those things and much more throughout his career as a writer for magazines such as Rolling Stone, Guitar Player, Mojo, and Living Blues, among others. He now teaches creative writing at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, MI; the college ran a feature story on Obrecht last year. They’ve also posted a video interview with Obrecht on YouTube, where he talks about playing basketball with EVH and then interviewing him long before he became the guitar god he is today: