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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