His guitar parts were replaced by Zakk Wylde. Despite Vai penning the track he does not appear on the album. Only one track from these sessions and " My Little Man" was released on the Ozzmosis album. In 1994 Vai began writing and recording with Ozzy Osbourne. The song "For the Love of God" was voted #29 in a readers' poll of the 100 greatest guitar solos of all time in Guitar World Magazine. In 1990, Vai released his critically acclaimed solo album Passion and Warfare. Big bassist Billy Sheehan also joined him for a world tour.
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Vai continues to tour regularly, both with his own group and with his one-time teacher and fellow guitar instrumentalist friend Joe Satriani on the G3 series of tours. Vai also played on the Alice Cooper album Hey Stoopid along with Joe Satriani on the song Feed my Frankenstein. But, when Adrian Vandenberg injured his wrist shortly before recording was due to begin for the album Slip of the Tongue, Vai played all the guitar parts on the album. Then, in 1989, Vai joined Whitesnake, replacing Vivian Campbell. In 1986 Vai also surprised everyone by playing with ex- Sex Pistols John Lydon's Public Image Ltd on their album Album (also known as Compact Disc or Cassette). This significantly increased Vai's visibility to general rock audiences, since Roth was in a highly public battle with the Van Halen members and Vai was favorably compared by many commentators to Eddie Van Halen. Later in 1985 he joined former Van Halen front man David Lee Roth's group to record the albums Eat 'Em and Smile and Skyscraper. In 1985 he replaced Yngwie Malmsteen as lead guitarist in Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz with whom he recorded the album Disturbing the Peace. In 2006 he returned to playing music composed by Frank Zappa as a special guest on his son, Dweezil Zappa's ' Zappa Plays Zappa' tour, alongside old friends from his early years who he had performed with when Zappa was alive.Īfter leaving Zappa in 1982 he moved to California where he recorded his first album Flex-Able and performed in a couple of bands. He would later be a featured artist on the 1993 recording, Zappa's Universe. Zappa referred to Vai as his "little Italian virtuoso" and was listed in liner notes as performing "stunt guitar" or "impossible guitar parts". While touring with Zappa's band, Vai would sometimes ask audience members to bring musical scores and see if he could sight-read them on the spot. One of those early shows with Vai on guitar, recorded in Buffalo was released in 2007. Thereafter he became a full-fledged band member, going on his first tour with Zappa in the Autumn of 1980.
Subsequent to being hired as a transcriber, Vai did overdubs on many of the guitar parts for Zappa's album You Are What You Is. These transcriptions were published in 1982 in The Frank Zappa Guitar Book. Zappa was so impressed with the abilities of the young musician that he hired him in 1979 to do work transcribing several of his guitar solos, including many of those appearing on the Joe's Garage album and the Shut Up 'n' Play Yer Guitar series. Vai mailed Frank Zappa a transcription of Zappa's " The Black Page", an instrumental song written for drums, along with a tape with some of Vai's guitar playing. Steve Vai (on guitar in between the drum set and keyboard set), Frank Zappa and band during a concert at the Memorial Auditorium, Buffalo, NY Vai followed those lessons by attending and graduating the Berklee College of Music, afterwards recording a promotional piece for them, speaking about auditioning for Frank Zappa, at age twenty. He has acknowledged the influence of many guitarists including Jeff Beck and jazz fusion guitarist Allan Holdsworth. In 1974, Vai took guitar lessons from guitarist Joe Satriani, and played in numerous local bands, one that took the name, "The Steve Vais". In 1999 Vai started his own record label Favored Nations with the intent to showcase, as Vai describes: ".artists that have attained the highest performance level on their chosen instruments." Career 1970s and 1980s Vai has been a regular touring member of the G3 Concert Tour which began in 1996.
Apart from his work with Frank Zappa, Vai has also recorded and toured with numerous musical artists including Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth and Whitesnake. The guitarist began a solo career starting in 1984 and has released 13 solo albums as of 2008.
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After starting his professional career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai would also record and tour in Zappa's backing band starting in 1980. Steven "Steve" Siro Vai (born Jin Carle Place, New York) is an Italian American instrumental rock guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, producer, beekeeper, and actor. Instrumental rock, hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rockĭavid Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Alcatrazz, Frank Zappa, G3, Billy Sheehan, Ozzy Osbourne
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