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Steve Vai remembered being left feeling sick and scared after his first tour with Frank Zappa. And after completing three gruelling road trips with the notoriously demanding bandleader, the young guitarist thought he’d had enough – until his experience with David Lee Roth’s solo band changed his mind. Vai played with Zappa from 1980 to 1983, then joined Alcatrazz for a year before joining Roth for 1986 album Eat ’Em and Smile. “I started touring when I was 20 with Zappa,” he said in a recent episode of Paltrocast (video below). “And those tours were pretty brutal. READ MORE: When Steve Vai Cam...
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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai‘s current Satch / Vai Tour is technically a pairing of teacher and student — but during their Friday performance at Austin’s ACL Live, both guitarists displayed such a jaw-dropping mastery of their instrument that the distinction felt irrelevant. You can see UCR’s exclusive photos from the performance below. Vai noted during his opening performance that he had been waiting for this tour for 52 years. The 63-year-old virtuoso began taking guitar lessons from Satriani when he was barely a teenager, and his own genius quickly emerged — so quickly, in fact, that Satriani...
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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai‘s current Satch / Vai Tour is technically a pairing of teacher and student — but during their Friday performance at Austin’s ACL Live, both guitarists displayed such a jaw-dropping mastery of their instrument that the distinction felt irrelevant. You can see UCR’s exclusive photos from the performance below. Vai noted during his opening performance that he had been waiting for this tour — remarkably, his and Satriani’s first-ever joint road trip — for 52 years. The 63-year-old virtuoso began taking guitar lessons from Satriani when he was barely a teenager, and his o...
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It took Joe Satriani and Steve Vai only five decades to hit the studio together, but the guitar virtuosos are making up for lost time. They recently released “The Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1” and are prepping a full collaborative album. Although fans may have to wait a bit before that record materializes, there’s been plenty happening in the meantime. The pair first reunited earlier this year with fellow six-string wizard Eric Johnson to revisit the initial G3 outing that saw the trio team up in 1996. The ongoing Satch / Vai tour quickly followed. During a recent conversation with Ultimate Classic R...
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Joe Satriani and Steve Vai kicked off their joint tour on Friday evening in Orlando, Florida, going above and beyond with covers of the Kinks and Metallica. The two guitarists performed the Kinks’ breakthrough hit “You Really Got Me,” and Metallica’s 1991 classic, “Enter Sandman.” You can view fan-filmed video of both songs below. Satch/Vai Tour 2024 ContinuesThe two guitarists have a busy few months ahead of them, with U.S. dates scheduled up until early May. They’ll also release a collaborative song, “Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1,” on March 29. “Every time we play together it takes me back to when ...
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