STEVE VAI Talks Early Days, Musical Influences - "The West Side Story Original Soundrtrack Had A Huge Impact, But Then I Heard LED ZEPPELIN Coming Out Of My Sister's Room..." (Video)
March 30, 2016, 8 years ago
Ernie Ball has posted footage of a live Q&A session with guitar legend Steve Vai, conducted during NAMM 2016 back in January. Check out the interview below.
According to a brief update from Vai, he and his band will be playing the Ibanez Guitars Festival in Gutenstetten, Germany on June 18th, 2016. Tickets go on sale April 1st at this location. Stay tuned for details.
G3 featuring Vai, Joe Satriani, and The Aristocrats (Guthrie Govan, Marco Minnemann and Bryan Beller) have added three shows in Germany to their summer tour schedule. Dates are as follows:
July
2 - Rome, Italy - Ippodromo delle Capannelle
3 - Sogliano al Rubicone, Italy - Piazza Matteotti
4 - Ascoli Pigeno, Italy - Piazza del Popolo
11 - Munich, Germany - Circus Krone
12 - Offenbach, Germany - Stadthalle
13 Bonn, Germany - Kunstrasen
Vai recently sat down with friend and mentor Joe Satriani for an in-depth talk about his career from Surfing With The Alien to Shockwave Supernova. Topics of discussion include Joe's teacher Lennie Tristano, the pivotal moment in Steve's lessons with Joe, and improvisation and purity of musical expression.
A one-hour version of this show will be airing on radio stations across the U.S. throughout Joe's "Surfing to Shockwave" North American tour.
