Steve Vai On His Audition for Frank Zappa's Band

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Check out this video from Berkleemusic.com and watch as Berklee Alum / Berkleemusic Scholarship Honoree Steve Vai talks about his audition for Frank Zappa's band at his recent performance in Boston for the Zappa Plays Zappa show.

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[burninhellfire84]

great story of legend,people could talk about this in a hundred years still

[mattpipermusic]

"Well I hear Linda Ronstadt is looking for a guitar player!" LMFAO!!!

[guitarsdave]

Cool!

[kitarra13]

I would not get to too insulted about playing for Linda Ronstand considering that her back up band was none other than the Eagles, before they become famous, in the early 70s.

[kingfreeze]

When's the Rondstadt auditions !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VaiRendy]

@laurentius88 what makes hard is not the 7/8 reggae..

but 7/8 reggae with those 'unusual scales'? and then he had to add notes ,

in front of zappa. XD

[jezmundberserker]

I think 42 Linda Ronstadt fans watched this video :-P

[VaiRendy]

@SidVicious10101 doing just 7/8 raggae,yes it's not that hard.. but we don't know what SCALE vai played at that time that must be played in 7/8 reggae.. and every scale must be added some tone in every next. I cant imagine... u sould listen carefully :D dont blame me..

[katkal3]

it's a good thing that steve is a legend guitarist cause he would starve as a comedian.

[TheMonsterHawk]

It must have been truly impossible if Steve says that there is no way to put that note there

[RadioDiablo]

The facial features of Vai are like the cool, rock n' roll version of Robert Sean Leonard.

[ZackAPack]

@pattas2005 You're damn right!