STEVE VAI, ERIC JOHNSON Guest On New MIKE STERN Album
August 5, 2009, 15 years ago
Guitar icons STEVE VAI and ERIC JOHNSON are guesting on five-time Grammy-nominated guitarist MIKE STERN's new album, Big Neighborhood, which will be released worldwide on August 11 through Concord Records.
According to a press release, Big Neighborhood opens with the churning, rocked-up title track, in which Stern and Vai face off and create a thundering wall of distorted guitar riffs. “This tune obviously comes out of a JIMI HENDRIX inspiration,” says Stern. “Steve rocks it with so much attitude. Along with the technique, he also has a lot of humor in his playing, which I love.” Vai reappears several tracks later in the Middle-Eastern flavored 'Moroccan Roll', a song inspired by the exotic music of NUSRAT FATEH ALI KHAN, the Pakistani vocalist who appeared on a number of recordings by PETER GABRIEL, EDDIE VEDDER and other rock and pop artists of the West in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
For more on the record, and to order your copy, visit MikeStern.org. You can also preview the album on Mike's MySpace page.
