About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 65. Chapters: Stephen Carpenter, Steve Vai, Vladimir Vysotsky, Brian Welch, Wes Borland, John Petrucci, Matthew Bellamy, James Shaffer, Lenny Breau, Arjen Anthony Lucassen, Clint Lowery, Jeff Loomis, Bulat Okudzhava, Howard Alden, Matt Heafy, Oleg Timofeyev, Don Ross, Bucky Pizzarelli, Alexei Khvostenko, David Immergluck, Corey Beaulieu, Chris Broderick, Peter Tagtgren, Ruud Adrianus Jolie, Dino Cazares, Steve Smyth, Fredrik Thordendal, Alexander Galich, Christian Olde Wolbers, Craig Else, Muhammed Suicmez, Arcady Severny, Rusty Cooley, Sergey Nikitin, Mauro Pawlowski, Shane Gibson, Marten Hagstrom, Yuri Vizbor, Rocky George, Trey Azagthoth, Ya mur Sar gul, Andrei Krylov, Rob Patterson, Ryan Shuck, Yamandu Costa, Tiago Della Vega, Alexander Dolsky, Dave Weiner, George Van Eps, Olli Tukiainen, Juanjo Dominguez. Excerpt: Steven Siro "Steve" Vai (born June 6, 1960) is a three time Grammy Award-winning American virtuoso rock guitarist, composer and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. After starting his professional career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai recorded and toured in Zappa's band for two years, from 1980 to 1982. The guitarist began a solo career in 1983 and has released 8 of his own solo albums since. Apart from his work with Frank Zappa, Vai has also recorded and toured with Public Image Ltd., Alcatrazz, David Lee Roth, and Whitesnake. Vai has been a regular touring member of the G3 Concert Tour which began in 1996. In 1999 Vai started his own record label, Favored Nations, intending to showcase, as Vai describes, ..".artists that have attained the highest performance level on their chosen instruments." Vai began playing guitar in 1973, at the age of 13. In 1974, he took guitar lessons from guitarist Joe Satriani, and played in numerous local bands, one of which was called "The Steve Vais." He ac...
