Dream Theater with Dweezil Zappa and Steve Vai LIVE @ LA Progressive Nation 2009

One of the nights highlights.
Dweezil Zappa and Steve Vai join some of the Dream Theater guys to collectively shred and melt the faces of the crowd.

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[doors1122]

the last 2 minutes or so is basically like 4 guys cumming all over eachother

[ryegitarista25]

JORDAN and STEVE VAI is the best!

[RideTheRoses]

Too bad theres no badass myung bass solo

[SS4LZeppo]

And i JIZZED IN MY PANTS, holy cow u guys have talent

[SantomPh]

@Zappafan1980 Frank hired the young Steve Vai to transcribe all of his music; and occasionally play the odd solo as well. Transcribing for Frank Zappa is like trying to assemble a jumbo jet with a hand-held screwdriver.

[MrCold012]

it must have been weird for vai to play without fan blowing his hair :D

[senglar13]

@Zappafan1980 Zappa arranged Vai for transcribe his guitar solos in paper

[Zappafan1980]

@gumbilicious1

Steve Vai played ONLY the Rythem guitar when he played with Frank from 1981 to 1984

He only had Solos on You Are What You Is, Tinseltown Rebellion and Them Or Us

AND he didnt Compose these songs so it doesnt count for me sorry

And yeah i know he s theoretical capable of playing that stuff because he studied music for 2 years at Berklee

BUT HE DOESNT DO IT

Like i said i dont hate Vai

[gumbilicious1]

@Zappafan1980 wow dude, you're a zappa fan. he played all those genre's when he played for zappa (ie play raggae in 7/8, i hear linda ronstadt is looking for a guitarist...). from what i have heard, he doesn't like jazz that much. as for improvisation i thought he was phenomenal but you're allowed your biases.

[jacksamuk]

@Zappafan1980 Yes he can go through any music genre with ease. Just because you never saw him play the style doesn't means he is not capable. Just look at the guys technique, record, performance and etc. If you play guitar you might understand what I'm saying.

You may be right that he doesn't improve well "sometimes" but say he is an composer and not a improviser is just nonsense.

You own the cds thats fine. But looks like you didn't pay much attention yet...

[Zappafan1980]

@jacksamuk

WHAAT Steve Vai can go though every music genre with ease ?

I never heard him play, Classic, Fusion Jazz, or Blues Rock,

I never heard him improvise well, i own ALL the G 3 DVD s where he s on and he s way worse then Joe Satriani or John Petrucci or Eric Johnson when it comes to imrovising

I own Passion and Warfare, Alien Love Secrets and Ultra Zone so i might know what im talkin about

[jacksamuk]

@Zappafan1980 Come on dude you clearly don't know what you are talking about.

First. The audio is shit, because the video quality isn't good. So that makes it clearly dificult to jugde any note played well.

Now. Steve Vai won a Grammy...more than one just to know. Is out there for more than 30 years playing, can go through all the music genre with ease. And for sure, can IMPROVISE. He got exp for that, talen and more.

Plz, limit Steve just to Composer wans't really smart...

Tsc...Tsc.