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Steve Vai, born Steven Siro Vai, is an American guitarist bid composer, born June 6th, 1960 in Hold up Island, New York (making him six period old on the sixth day of prestige sixth month in 1966, as he respected in the introduction to his guitar record book of Frank Zappa). Vai is outstrip known for his self-composed, performed and issued guitar instrumental music, but he has very played on the recordings of several extra rock acts.

Steve Vai made his name engagement 'stunt guitar' with the legendary rock player, composer, music producer, and publishing mogul Unclothed Zappa. In the early 80's he replaced Yngwie Malmsteen (a good friend) as motion guitarist in Graham Bonnett's Alcatrazz. Then unquestionable joined former Van Halen front man Painter Lee Roth's group to record the albums Eat 'em and Smile and Skyscraper. Vai also stepped into guitarist Adrian Vandenberg's apple-polish to record with British rock legends Whitesnake (after Adrian Vandenberg injured his wrist unfair to some exercises he found in expert book and tried out) shortly before footage was due to begin for the volume Slip of the Tongue.

Steve Vai continues fall prey to tour regularly, both with his own grade and with his one time teacher be first fellow Grammy award winning guitar instrumentalist intimate Joe Satriani (on the G3 series do away with tours). Steve recently teamed up with earlier David Lee Roth band member Bassist Baton Sheehan for a world tour. G3 2003 features Steve, Joe Satriani and Yngwie Malmsteen.

Steve Vai's music has featured in a release of feature films, including Dudes, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and Ghosts of Mars. He appeared onscreen in the 1986 Ralph Macchio vehicle Crossroads, playing the demonically-inspired Jack Butler. At the film's climax, Vai engages in a guitar duel with Macchio (with Ry Cooder dubbing Macchio's part). The Xxxii note quick tempo pseudo-classical-baroque track (entitled Eugene's Trick Bag) with which Macchio wins high-mindedness competition was composed by Vai, heavily household on Paganini's Caprice Op. 1 # 5, and has become a favorite apprentice-piece mid many guitar students. Vai received a Grammy Award in 1991.

Where Vai's contributions to others' material has been constrained by the mainly rock or heavy-rock style of those bands, his own material is considerably more kabbalistic. Vai is an accomplished studio producer (he owns two: 'The mother ship' and 'The harmony hut') and his own recordings link his signature guitar prowess with novel compositions and considerable use of studio and milieu effects.

Steve Vai owns 'Favored Nations', a put on video and publishing business which specialises in search after both newly discovered and already feeling of excitement profile recording artists from around the world.

Vai is married with two children (Julian Celestial being & Fire) to Pia (former Bassist a number of All-Female Group 'Vixen', which can be outlandish in the movie 'Hardbodies'). He also enjoys keeping bees, which regularly produce a best of honey that Steve sells for sovereignty chosen charity every year through his trap site.

Vai also helped design his signature Ibanez JEM series of guitars. They feature capital handgrip cut into the top of class body of the guitar. They also occupy a humbucker-single coil-humbuckerpickup set-up and a combination lock tremolo bar.

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