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Carlos Santana’s “Europa”, Jeff Beck’s “Cause We’ve Ended as Lovers”, Gary Moore’s “Parisienne Walkways”, but “For the Love of God” could be one of the best, it blends such virtuosity with emotion that it never fails to leave me absolutely breathless. A guitar ballad a primarily an instrumental song with a lead guitar “singing” the melody and improvising on it all the way through. Let me digress for a moment and teach about guitar ballads for those who don’t know. The highlight though is definitely “For the Love of God” a guitar ballad. “Blue Powder” has an amazingly beautiful lead solo. A couple songs, “Ballerina 12/24” and “Alien Water Kiss” feature innovative use of the Eventide H3000 Harmonizer in a solo guitar context. Listen to the dirty grind of “Animal” which features a spontaneous sounding solo that is passionate and innovative. Absurd technique, with a deep blues soul, he stands out. No wonder he’s one of my biggest guitar influences. Steve got his start transcribing solos for Frank and then performing in his band.Īlthough he uses every trick n the book, wang bar theatrics, 2 handed tapping, crazy arpeggios, Steve is also a very soulful player.
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Frank Zappa called Steve Vai his “little Italian virtuoso”, and credited him on albums with “stunt guitar”. Guitar fans take note, this is one of the greatest guitar albums ever. My album pic for this month is Steve Vai’s Passion and Warfare.