Well, I'd never heard of Greg Howe before. And, just watched some YouTube clips of him.

Vai is a legend. The movie Crossroads (Not with Britney Spears the other one from the 1980's), played with Whitesnake, 1990's album "Passion and Warfare".

Thank's for the UTube, I added this to my favorites. Have been playing this song here and there this summer. I love how they make Vai's hair blow all around while he is playing. . classic stuff. . very rock n roll. I also dig it when he plays the guitar in a piano position, his fingers are so long and crazy all over the place.

coolcat said:

MacAlpine is a MONSTER, too. I'm more into Greg Howe, though.

Steve is the quintessential rock guitarist...thus he gets very little love on certain messageboards. People think just because an artist publicly acknowledges his respect for another artist that it means they've all of a sudden turned fanbot and worships said artist. There are a lot of artists that virtuosos like just because they like them and not necessarilly for any particular reason. Tony MacAlpine was good friends with CeeCee from Poison. He liked them even though he could probably play circles around each member on each instrument.
I've got some decent live stuff of Tony Mac when he was doing his solo thing. Maybe I'll YouTube some of it.

allstatenorthside said:

David Lee Roth's band (with Billy Sheehan and Greg Bissonnette)...

http://www.youtube.com/wa...kee%20Rose

...was another interesting stopover for him.


Amusing video featuring the around-the-world guitar sling move.
This wasn't the best one posted, but it was the one featuring only the performance section.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431

There's some live stuff, and things from his instructional videos already on youtube.

I forgot how live Diamond Dave used to be on stage! The whole "Eat Em And Smile" album was tight.

That was lineup David Lee's to Van Halen.