...Tender Surrender





...Blue Powder





...Whispering A Prayer





...For The Love Of God




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Thanx

I saw this following clip on YT about a year ago. Really dig these kinda anecdotes


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Shango said:

You're welcome. I just sent that to someone the other day.
That's classic Zappa.


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theAudience said:

Yep ! All those thingfishes from Joe's Garage

Have you checked this one too ?





Here are also the first and third part. Interesting stuff he tells about.

Class act, talented, friendly, and a monster musician.

I was lucky enough to meet him and he is as humble as can be.

His whole team is fantastic, surrounds himself with great people too.

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Shango said:

Whoa, I hadn't seen Terry's audition story.
Zappa doesn't joke around when it comes to playing his music.

Thanks.


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carlcranshaw said:

Nice group of tunes.


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BlaqueKnight said:

He's the best combination of talent and nice guy that I've ever met. Great, great guy. Talented as hell and a very giving guy.

Vai + Holland Metropole Orchestra...



...For The Love Of God




...Salamanders In The Sun




...Lotus Feet



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I always wondered if you liked Steve Vai. He's got to be one of my favorite musicians. He's so much more than a great guitar player. I think his devotion to music in general really sets him apart from the other "meedly meedly" 80's shredders.

I have always seen him as having kinship with Prince. They have many of the same virtues and the same flaws (see Sex & Religion), and the same themes in their music.

Passion & Warfare is maybe my favorite guitar album of all time. Blow By Blow would give it a good fight however!

The Riddle has long been one of my top Steve Vai tunes. But part of the appeal may be where it comes on the album. The whole Passion & Warfare album is such a dense & complicated affair. Something that takes about 30 listens to begin to comprehend.

He's always gone beyond metal, as evidenced by the 1:45 mark on this track

And here's an example of an actual "song"

NDRU said:

I have a great deal of respect for him as a musician.
Anybody that can make the cut with Frank Zappa you've gotta give it up.
It was his compositions that I couldn't seem to get with.
They'll get a re-listen.


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My favorite Vai Solo:



Here is another kewl Vai solo.

Here's something that to me displays the side that he shares with Zappa. A goofy song, but something not many musicians could pull off.


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Steve is on the new issue of Guitar World that hits newsstands today.


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theAudience said:

He's an amazing player... he's done some stuff i really like... but a lot of stuff I don't like also... His tunes are generally a bit too experimental for my tastes...

my favorite album is "Alien Love Secrets"... it's the most stripped down, least experimental one... which is probably why I like it the most.

He's got a good voice, but I still wish he wouldn't sing... just let the guitar do the talking.

This is one of my faves. "The Boy From Seattle" (Jimi Hendrix tribute) from Alien Love Secrets. This is not played live BTW:

coolcat said:

I agree about the voice. It's not bad, but for some reason the singing just sounds terrible. I guess it just isn't up to the level of the playing, so it sounds even worse in comparison.

Alien Love Secrets is one of the few albums I don't have. actually.

NDRU said:

Yeah, I think a lot of people didn't get Alien Love Secrets for some reason. Which is why people keep thinking that Tender Surrender video is him playing live. If they heard the album they'd know the audio is exactly the same.