Holy whammy bar Batman! This was a nice trip down memory lane…these guys bring me back a ways. And I’m talking a LONG way back. Decades, to the time when I first started playing guitar. Like most I’m sure, I got into the usual classic rock suspects—Hendrix, Page, Santana, etc.–jamming for hours to Led Zeppelin records and trying to cop Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile” ad nauseum. Perhaps different from the 60’s & 70’s, speed metal was starting to make an appearance in the early 80’s, which brought a total different flavor to my cassette jams. Metallica, Testament and Anthrax certainly come to mind. However, all that changed for the better when I first heard Joe Satriani and Steve Vai—especially Vai. These two guitarists really widened my horizons for the better. Of course, they are much older now—as am I—but they can still shred it up! And shred they did…
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