Guitar Villains

Steve Vai Made Me a VERY Special Promise


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Welcome to Season 2 of Guitar Villains! Today's guest is the incomparable Steve Vai.
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0:00 - Introduction

2:37 - Settling the score on Steve’s “Joint-Shifting” technique

12:36 - Steve’s greatest guitar solo

17:30 - Steve’s supervillain alter-ego

19:55 - Burning Questions

21:21 - Name Those Notes

22:56 - The importance of finger tone

27:00 - Steve’s most technically difficult song to play

31:42 - Music theory versus following your ear

40:24 - Steve made me a very special promise

44:06 - Playing Bohemian Rhapsody perfectly with Generation Axe

49:17 - Steve is teaching music on a giant ship

52:34 - The most important advice I took from Steve

1:03:55 - Steve wrote a song with one hand

1:06:40 - Steve had hand surgery because of a crazy guitar chord

1:10:42 - Steve’s supervillain advice

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