I interviewed Steve Vai back in September of 2003, when he was about to start a G3 Tour with Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen.

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I interviewed Joe Gooch three years after he replaced Alvin Lee as the guitarist-vocalist for legendary blues-rock band Ten Years After.

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I interviewed Godsmack guitarist Tony Rombola back in 2006, when the Boston alt-metal band was touring behind its fifth studio album, IV.

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I interviewed Steve Vai for the third time back in 2003, when he was about to start a G3 Tour with Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen.

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While prepping for my interview with Robben Ford I noticed in his Concord bio that he'd toured with George Harrison in the fall of 1974.

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I did my third interview with Zakk Wylde when his band Black Label Society was touring behind its sixth studio album, Mafia.a

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I interviewed Steve Vai back in September of 2003, when he was about to start a G3 Tour with Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen.

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The last time I interviewed Steve Vai he was preparing to go out on the road with Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen as part of the G3 Tour.

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I interviewed Montoya back in 2003, when he was heading to Vancouver for a coheadlining show with Tommy Castro at the Yale Hotel.

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Back in 1997 I interviewed Joe Satriani while he was touring with Steve Vai, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Robert Fripp in the second G3 Tour.

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