🎸STEVE VAI On Joining 'Whitesnake' & Working with David Coverdale 🐍

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  • @banditalley9592
    @banditalley9592 Рік тому +246

    "You have to honour your creative impulses or slip into depression" might be the greatest quote any artist has ever said.

    • @NeilTurnbull007
      @NeilTurnbull007 Рік тому +3

      You could well be right !

    • @trowerz
      @trowerz Рік тому +8

      Many artists are manically depressed 😥

    • @aerotube7291
      @aerotube7291 Рік тому +5

      As a hobbiest writer, he is correct in my view..even my lamest nuggets must be seen through to make way for the hopefully next slightly less lame idea lol

    • @Chris_Prime
      @Chris_Prime Рік тому +4

      My thoughts exactly. This philosophy liberates you from feelings of guilt once you realize that you MUST honor your creative impulses: it's really not even a choice.

    • @kingtrance307
      @kingtrance307 Рік тому +3

      ⁠@@Chris_Prime- Never feel guilty for buying your next piece of gear and continue to glory in creating. Let your freak flag fly!! 💥

  • @canyonproductions7683
    @canyonproductions7683 Рік тому +209

    Does anybody else love listening to Vai’s stories? He’s like a Great storyteller!

    • @mikehabic6314
      @mikehabic6314 Рік тому +6

      One of my favorite story-tellers is GE Smith. Granted, he’s no Steve Vai, but an accomplished player himself. He could read me the yellow pages, and I’d hang on every word.
      Joe Bonamassa is another……But GE is my favorite story-teller.

    • @ZiggyTheAdventurer
      @ZiggyTheAdventurer Рік тому +5

      his wisdom is unapparelled in rock

    • @Good-Enuff-Garage
      @Good-Enuff-Garage Рік тому +1

      you have got to be joking

    • @highwaystar3780
      @highwaystar3780 Рік тому +9

      Because He thinks before He talks!

    • @claytonbouldin9381
      @claytonbouldin9381 Рік тому +8

      A great storyteller and one of the best guitar players ever....

  • @eddiemachetti6862
    @eddiemachetti6862 Рік тому +60

    When Steve said at the beginning,..”you have to honor your creative impulses or you slip into depression” man that was deep and very true. Great interview. Thank you for sharing.

  • @lysdexsick
    @lysdexsick 3 місяці тому +6

    I've seen whitesnake with Steve Vai in 1989, Cascais,Portugal!!! Amazing!!!!

  • @mrzap343
    @mrzap343 Рік тому +23

    Slip Of The Tongue was a guitar masterpiece! Period!

  • @mht525
    @mht525 Рік тому +24

    Awesome. Mr Vai is always a influential and a pure artist. ✌️🤘🇦🇺

  • @Beez27
    @Beez27 Рік тому +66

    Passion and Warfare...great album!!! Ran out and bought it as soon as it came out. It's still part of my treasured collection.

    • @v4v819
      @v4v819 11 місяців тому

      How did you even know about it when it first came out? You must have been a huge Vai fan!

    • @Beez27
      @Beez27 11 місяців тому +2

      @v4v819 I was into guitarists like Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani, Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen etc. If you knew them, you knew Vai.

    • @v4v819
      @v4v819 11 місяців тому +1

      I've always been into guitar and played since i got a guitar at age 11 and i never knew about any of those players but didn't mean i wasn't into guitar and guitar music... Not everyone knows every single guitarist on earth silly! LOL @@Beez27

    • @Beez27
      @Beez27 11 місяців тому +2

      @v4v819 For sure. Could be an age gap thing. You probably know guitarists I've not heard of.

    • @v4v819
      @v4v819 11 місяців тому

      Do you know Tina S? @@Beez27

  • @rochford59
    @rochford59 Рік тому +46

    Nice guy,super musician,down to earth...no Ego!

    • @MusicissuperiorEVHROX316
      @MusicissuperiorEVHROX316 4 місяці тому +2

      Onstage he appears a very flamboyant, commanding presence, someone whose playing demands attention, and he’s incredibly confident, which is why people label him as an egotistical douchebag. On the whole, he’s one of the nicest, humblest, most down to earth people in the industry.

  • @Tim091
    @Tim091 Рік тому +515

    Come on Backstage Pass lose the clickbait! For those who care about these things Steve is referring to David Coverdale as a monster performer who gave 100% every night.

    • @MrClassicmetal
      @MrClassicmetal Рік тому +29

      It would be weird if Vai were saying something negative about a fellow bandmate. He's known to be the nicest guy around. 😁

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg Рік тому +25

      I kinda guessed that Vai hadn't meant what the clickbait title implied.

    • @pulsarlights2825
      @pulsarlights2825 Рік тому +9

      Coverdale is probably a monster considering how often he fires everyone in his band, his ego is probably up there with Ritchie Blackmore, no shocker they never got along

    • @fredshepard1550
      @fredshepard1550 Рік тому +23

      Yeah I hate when they clickbate crap.

    • @100hooker
      @100hooker Рік тому +5

      I have yet to see Steve or Joe to say anything negative about anything. That’s the difference between musicians and “rock stars”. I’d rather hang out with a musician any day. If you haven’t heard Passion & Warfare treat your ears, it’s definitely a front to backer. 🎸

  • @toddclarke1580
    @toddclarke1580 Рік тому +28

    “Fool for your lovin” guitar solo was perfect , the subtle way it opens was so good.

    • @CB-xr1eg
      @CB-xr1eg Рік тому +4

      That version of FFYL was absolute garbage. Coverdale shat on his original version for reasons I guess only he can explain.

    • @pulsarlights2825
      @pulsarlights2825 Рік тому +14

      @@CB-xr1eg I agree the 1980 version of the song is much better, with Mardsen and Moody on the guitar. Whitesnake was better as a Deep Purple style blues band than the hair band they became in the late 80s IMO.

    • @Innerspace100
      @Innerspace100 Рік тому +1

      @@pulsarlights2825 I agree wholeheartedly. The "old" Whitesnake, with Marsden, Moody, Lord and Paice was THE Whitesnake, in my opinion. Live In The Heart Of The City is the ultimate document of their thing they had. After that, David Coverdale sold his soul to the dark side, and it all got utterly silly.

    • @79devo
      @79devo Рік тому

      @@pulsarlights2825everyone agrees with this. Saw them live, in period but after that Cov became a knobhead.

    • @BanalayerPete1972
      @BanalayerPete1972 8 місяців тому

      @@79devo: Speak for yourself and we'll do the same. I enjoy both those eras of Whitesnake.

  • @roberttaylor6374
    @roberttaylor6374 Рік тому +7

    I love how Steve THINKS...before he says something...VERY SMART GUY STEVE IS!!!!!💥♥️🌹🥁

  • @merttopel595
    @merttopel595 Рік тому +7

    Such humility is unbelievable! What a gentleman!

  • @ChristopherStendeck
    @ChristopherStendeck Рік тому +33

    Coverdale and Vai is a dream duo for me, especially for that era of emotionally charged hard rock.

  • @jonathangagne7109
    @jonathangagne7109 Рік тому +6

    Thanks for letting Steve talk. Most interviewers interrupt constantly.

  • @sn95_mustang_garage
    @sn95_mustang_garage 11 місяців тому +7

    Saw Vai with Whitensake in 1990. Sykes is the reason I took up guitar later in life but Vai was pretty damn good on that tour. I bought Passion and Warfare, still blows my mind. I was 17 at the time of all of this, great times.

  • @jeffprokes8990
    @jeffprokes8990 Рік тому +16

    I saw Steve playing with Whitesnake on the Slip of the Tongue tour. Talk about a Monster..🤘🤘🎸✌️♥️

    • @jamieokane989
      @jamieokane989 Рік тому +1

      What year was this, as I saw this tour and Vai wasn’t involved.

    • @musicman3641
      @musicman3641 Рік тому +1

      Saw That Tour As Well. Kix Opened For Them In Memphis, TN. Great Show😎👍🏻🤘🏻

    • @rockhopper01
      @rockhopper01 Рік тому +1

      @@musicman3641 bro I was at that show! I just remember that glitter guitar that Vai picked up during his solo. The arena blacked out and the guitar was spotlighted.
      Must’ve been 1989-90 timeframe because I was stationed at NAS Millington for training as a young Marine.

    • @musicman3641
      @musicman3641 Рік тому

      @@rockhopper01 Your Right. I Remember That. It Was A Sold Out Show At The Old Mid- South Coliseum. I Had Floor Seats. Still Have My Ticket Stub, Great Times.👍🏻🤘🏻😀

    • @jeffprokes8990
      @jeffprokes8990 Рік тому

      Ahhh, but how is Vai on guitar compared to you my friend ?

  • @robertbordevik5072
    @robertbordevik5072 Рік тому +14

    I just love Vai as a person. I met him years ago in Norway, (2003 maybe) and back then he had a reputation of being, well, a little full of himself But he was a gem, and i wanted to talk about his work on slip of the tongue, and he appreciated that cause he didn’t get asked so many questions around that album. But i think he colored that album IMMENSELY! It gave it the coolest sound imaginable. It’s so over the top, that it’s really NOT, it just adds an amazing dimension. So again, love the guy.

  • @stevekonbass
    @stevekonbass Рік тому +12

    His work on Skyscraper is killer.

  • @bluewaterfloor7509
    @bluewaterfloor7509 Рік тому +16

    It’s so nice hearing Steve say nice things about Roth and Coverdale; performers who’s personal attitudes you want to be just as laudable as their musicianship.

  • @WonderfulWino
    @WonderfulWino Рік тому +4

    Steve Vai is one of my idols and he got to work with two of my biggest idols. DLR and Zappa. Great dude.

  • @fredfloyd68
    @fredfloyd68 Рік тому +4

    Spot on...Coverdale is just brilliant.Together you just took it over the top..

  • @bell1684
    @bell1684 Рік тому +5

    I love his open honesty when he talks about creating Passion & Warfare

  • @ivomusician
    @ivomusician 4 місяці тому +3

    Steve Vai and David Coverdale - best match ever!!! Love and cheers from Europe💙💙

  • @georgegrewal8797
    @georgegrewal8797 Рік тому +6

    Incredible guitarist
    Very humble

  • @Williameagleblanket
    @Williameagleblanket Місяць тому +2

    I saw Whitesnake 1984, 1987, 1987, 1988, 1990. Great live band. 🤘

  • @toddclarke1580
    @toddclarke1580 Рік тому +9

    Coverdale is a Monster ! Steve Vai words ! Yes he was.

    • @tklrrbccar3906
      @tklrrbccar3906 Рік тому +4

      He was! But now?

    • @MrClassicmetal
      @MrClassicmetal Рік тому +1

      @@tklrrbccar3906 Well, he's older now. Father Time spares no one.

  • @surfrby8876
    @surfrby8876 2 місяці тому +1

    Steve is great person , very down to earth and honest , I think anyone that’s gotten to work with him I’m sure was happy to have him in the band

  • @davidsonowski414
    @davidsonowski414 Рік тому +5

    Coverdale was great with Deep Purple with Stormbringer and Burn and then Is this love and here I go again very underated performer

  • @rickjason215
    @rickjason215 Рік тому +28

    Vai doesn't say a bad thing about anyone. I find it hard to believe Roth and Coverdale were easy to work with.

    • @kurtsherrick2066
      @kurtsherrick2066 7 місяців тому +3

      Most creative musicians are hard to work with. They know what they want and don't buckle to be nice or compromise.

    • @friedrudibega6384
      @friedrudibega6384 3 місяці тому +3

      He worked for Frank Zappa. I know that’s a completely different scene but I would bet the pressure was intense. Probably made learning the business an easy task.
      Steve Vai is a legend and I don’t think he’s done amazing us.

  • @sgt.grinch3299
    @sgt.grinch3299 Рік тому +24

    Steve is one of my favorite guitarist. I’m always blown away by where he takes the music.

    • @markustargosz8796
      @markustargosz8796 Рік тому

      Modern und Avantgarde ! 💥💥❤

    • @mitsanut5869
      @mitsanut5869 11 місяців тому

      Passion And Warfare was his peak. Simply a monster album, packed with masterful playing, riffs and splendid ideas.
      After that, he started to slip into (for me) a weird groove with occasional departures (that were actually exciting), only to get back to that groove that rubs me simply wrong way. I hardly listen to his latter stuff anymore, even as I listen to everything he creates because he was my favorite guitar player. I still respect him great deal - who in his right mind wouldn't - but his music lost something with me personally.
      Maybe it's because I gradually stopped responding to not just him but to most of these modern age guitar wizards and returned to my favorite bands from 70's, like Blackfoot, Deep Purple, early Kansas, Rory Gallagher, early Steve Morse solo albums and some of his SMB stuff, like Vista Grande, and music where guitar playing has a prominent role but it's friendly to my ears and mind.
      Still, it's fascinating to hear from these guys how everything was intertwined, how tight this community is on top level and the level of respect they have for each other.
      Recently, I developed tons of respect for all of them because I started to learning guitar playing in my older years and I realized how difficult it is to play this instrument even on mediocre level, compared to playing keys (which is my department).
      So when I say I tuned out to modern guitar players, it in no way means that I am not painfully aware how good they all are.
      I saw total of 3 of Vai's shows, each and every one was a blast, each time with great band members, each time great sound, too.
      When Vai says he was bit of a primadonna in those years....well, he still is, but he was trying to make a name for himself in era where you had to cultivate your image to become memorable, where you not only had to be in great command of your instrument but also be a kind of a circus performer with some feminine element to it. He is one of the few that survived that stretch largely unscathed but I think some of it stayed with him until these days. He even said that "not only you have to be good at playing: you have to look good doing it".
      That part of him I really don't care for. That's for girls.

  • @bekind6763
    @bekind6763 Рік тому +19

    David Coverdale is a gift to mankind!

  • @chrisbooth3117
    @chrisbooth3117 10 місяців тому +15

    I'm 62, I've been to a lot of gigs and seen a lot of singers, Coverdale is the best and most powerful I've seen. His power as a vocalist hit you in the chest.

    • @bddrex
      @bddrex 2 місяці тому +1

      Whitesnake opened for Judas priest in 2009. I went to a show on that tour. I was very excited to see whitesnake because I also loved David coverdale's voice. I was extremely disappointed because he could no longer sing. He was so bad my friend and I went into the lobby and we waited for priest. I am not exaggerating it really was that bad. Priest was awesome Rob Halford hit every single high note but unfortunately Rob Halford can no longer sing well either. Yes I understand people's voices change when they get older and from singing at such a high level for decades but bad is bad at least to my ears. Oh well at least we have the records and the memories when these singers were in their prime.

    • @ChangeIsEverywhere
      @ChangeIsEverywhere Місяць тому

      In the early eighties…I was at a bar in arizona called the mason jar, it was 3 stories tall, the stage could rise and fall to all three levels with the middle of each floor empty. White snake performed and absolutely killed the show and drank among us after the gig. It was pure 80$ rock! Good times

  • @charlesdjones1
    @charlesdjones1 Рік тому +5

    Steve is one of my early guitar heroes. Hearing his '96 G3 "Answers" performance for the first time was one of those moments where I just couldn't believe what I was hearing. Love his honesty here, if he says he was "difficult" then I can only imagine 😂.

  • @Jaden48108
    @Jaden48108 Рік тому +4

    I bought the CD Passion and Warfare when it came out and after listening to it acknowledged something great came into existence.

  • @13AndreFalcao666
    @13AndreFalcao666 Рік тому +6

    Vai's solo on "wings of The Storm" is top 5 vai solos material.

    • @JorgeAlvarez-me9dg
      @JorgeAlvarez-me9dg Рік тому

      On my personal opinion, this is at his best, I was trying to find this comment, and I did, lol. I remember very well where I was, who I was , I even think I remember the face I did that first time I hear it.

  • @wango556
    @wango556 Рік тому +3

    That Steve Vai, what a nice little boy.

  • @IusedtohaveausernameIliked
    @IusedtohaveausernameIliked Рік тому +1

    Thanks for making Passion and Warfare Steve. Great album! It was worth it. At least from us music lover's point of view.

  • @JamesMoore-un3cu
    @JamesMoore-un3cu Рік тому +2

    I agree with most others here. Steve is just your average guy, who just happens to be one hell of a guitar player. And he's always humble and complimentary of his fellow musicians. Even had that young girl Ellen, in his studio. That's class, man.

  • @kevinprowse406
    @kevinprowse406 Рік тому +2

    My first concert was Slip of the Tongue. Unbelievable concert and seeing Vai in person was a highlight!

  • @bigg7047
    @bigg7047 Рік тому +2

    You won’t beat come and get it. I am 56 now and still love the album. Have it on original vinyl too..

  • @ericmarin6454
    @ericmarin6454 11 місяців тому +2

    Remember him in the movie Crossroads 🤔, good stuff..

  • @carolynrebeccadick3907
    @carolynrebeccadick3907 7 місяців тому +9

    I love David Coverdale he my favourite singer ❤

  • @kjelledbom1728
    @kjelledbom1728 3 місяці тому

    I love listening to Steves stories and how nice he seems to be. I bought Passion and Warfare and i still have it on vinyl, he is one of my favourite guitarrists. Be safe all

  • @freaker126
    @freaker126 2 місяці тому

    i love steve vai passion and warfare. bought and listen to it on my cassette player back then. i bought many instrumental guitar album back in the days.

  • @saraivatoledo1842
    @saraivatoledo1842 11 місяців тому +3

    I really can´t get into what Steve Vai does solo but I find his contributions incredible , PIL ´s "Album " being a prime example of that .I think he has said that some of his best work ,ever , was on the aforementioned album.

    • @DutchEddie
      @DutchEddie 11 місяців тому +1

      I love PIL. So sad for John Lydon after he lost his wife, he also lost his manager and friend Rambo Stevens last year.

    • @saraivatoledo1842
      @saraivatoledo1842 11 місяців тому

      Tf ! I just saw PIL a couple months back and Rambo looked pretty alive to me ...when was this again ?@@DutchEddie

  • @solozzo30
    @solozzo30 Рік тому +1

    Lucky to have seen him live with whitesnake..12th of May 1990..Los angel es.

  • @BuckJoFiden
    @BuckJoFiden Рік тому +2

    Saw Steve on the Skyscraper tour in Australia. Never seen a showman like him before. It was crazy. It was the Steve Vai show with DLR.

  • @ronnieparker4311
    @ronnieparker4311 Рік тому +4

    I rem. When that first video from passion and warfare came out on m t v ! I believe back in those days the video was out before the album was released! So I got it and still have my cassette to this day and it plays awesomely ! Steve is awesome !!!!! Space ace ton ⚡️⚡️⚡️

  • @josephdato2606
    @josephdato2606 Рік тому +3

    Great Guy and player and all

  • @jimmycrackkorn1596
    @jimmycrackkorn1596 Рік тому +21

    Reminds me of the "airplane" movies where passengers off themselves while having to listen to Ted Stryker's stories.

  • @HutchWarren
    @HutchWarren Рік тому +1

    The best sounding concert I've ever attended!

  • @ManyFunAdventures
    @ManyFunAdventures Місяць тому

    'Little Stevie Vai, such a nice young boy'. Wow, we're all getting older ain't we. But I still have your music and videos dude! What a guitairist. When you joined Whitesnake it was such big news to us over here in the UK. Played Slip of the Tongue album to death! STILL play it today!! 😎👍

  • @tedsperos1620
    @tedsperos1620 Рік тому

    Oh God, Passion and Warfare! I totally loved that record! I think I still have the cassette.
    Yes, children, cassette.

  • @montsetse
    @montsetse 2 місяці тому +1

    Just saw him with King Crimson, just oozing talent

    • @ToneTraveler
      @ToneTraveler 2 місяці тому +1

      Saw KC a few years ago with the Zappa Alumi Band (Vai a couple times solo), that would have been a great show

  • @toma.4808
    @toma.4808 Рік тому +4

    I remember when steve joined alcatraz after yngwie left. As a graham bonnet fan i was super excited when he joined.

    • @grahamdrummond2412
      @grahamdrummond2412 Рік тому +1

      I had that album, & played some songs from it just this week, I may go & see Alcatraz, they playing the UK next year, Joe Stump on fretboard duties.

    • @MusicissuperiorEVHROX316
      @MusicissuperiorEVHROX316 7 місяців тому

      I loved Vai era Alcatrazz, when he joined they stopped being the Bonnet/Malmsteen vehicle or Rainbow wannabes and started being an actual band. Everything about the music and the nature of the band was better.

  • @xxcharmed1xx
    @xxcharmed1xx 8 місяців тому

    SOTT lineup was so flawless and legendary! Steve Vai doesnt get enough credit. His solos are so perfect and amazing.

  • @MikkelGrumBovin
    @MikkelGrumBovin Рік тому

    whatta sweetheart of a cool, gentle , man !

  • @tugboat9041
    @tugboat9041 Рік тому +2

    Saw him play with Whitesnake at The World series of rock at Alpine Valley with Skid Row,Great White,Bad English, and Hericane Alice.He jammed.

  • @HumblyServingGod
    @HumblyServingGod Рік тому +5

    Blow by Blow may be the best rock guitar compendium I’ve heard. Jeff’s utter mastery of the instrument was unmistakable, every nuance was a thing of beauty.

  • @jamescoker8807
    @jamescoker8807 Рік тому

    I saw Steve Vai with Whitesnake in Memphis. It was a great show!

  • @S1ojim
    @S1ojim 3 місяці тому

    Passion and Warfare…blew me away, what an album…

  • @floresnashvilledrummer
    @floresnashvilledrummer Рік тому +20

    "Coverdale was a monster." What he really said: "Coverdale was a monster performer who delivered every night." 🙄

    • @PortalToAwakening
      @PortalToAwakening Місяць тому

      Yep, FAKE headlines to get more views or to create drama come from truly WEAK people. :(

  • @adhuruesi
    @adhuruesi Рік тому

    I love a lott Slip of the tongue album,thank you for this video .

  • @sparklerdynamo9187
    @sparklerdynamo9187 Місяць тому

    Actually I saw Vai on the Slip of the Tongue tour, and indeed Passion and Warfare had come out and it became huge. So much so, that Steve was allowed to perform some of the songs from it during these Whitesnake concerts. I suppose it was his solo spot in the set but I distinctly remember his guitar was suspended in the air and landed in his hands while he walked on stage as if it flew or glided towards him, it was very impressive. I am sure that David knew from the get go he hired a high profile guitar player and subsequently had to give Vai his space.

  • @zeus-bx9xw
    @zeus-bx9xw Рік тому

    haha...Steve is the Monster.. best live concert ive seen

  • @get1rocstartim5
    @get1rocstartim5 Рік тому +1

    A lot can be learned by Mr. Vai. Humble.

  • @donarmando916
    @donarmando916 11 місяців тому

    I purchased passion and warfare because of Steve playing for Whitesnake and his style came through very much even on the Whitesnake slip of the tongue album.

  • @kylef5474
    @kylef5474 2 місяці тому +1

    Passion & Warfare is the greatest guitar album ever made!

  • @timjohnson2186
    @timjohnson2186 Рік тому

    Brilliant

  • @mattharriss3835
    @mattharriss3835 5 місяців тому

    the quirky music in my head.... LOL! you have to love that. His CD with Devin Townsend will always be top 5

  • @Abidrahman
    @Abidrahman 11 місяців тому

    He's so cool.passion was a fantastic album

  • @smallmouthguy2264
    @smallmouthguy2264 Рік тому

    I love listening to Steve

  • @swordmonkey6635
    @swordmonkey6635 Рік тому +2

    I'm glad Steve learned from David Lee Roth's publicity and business acumen. Roth was the business guy out of the original Van Halen members. He was all about promoting an image and brand that was Van Halen. He saw himself (and the other members) as characters more than people, parts to play. Edward and Alex were very than David in that regard. They wanted the music to be the focus. David was about selling the image of Van Halen that would in turn, drive people to buy their music, merchandise and buy concert tickets. When he went solo, David turned the dial up to 11 on this idea. The image came first. The music would back it up.

  • @joses.a.2
    @joses.a.2 Рік тому +1

    P&W is a masterpiece!

  • @matthewbellafaire3914
    @matthewbellafaire3914 3 місяці тому

    I don't think Steve Vai is human. I think its a gift from the universe. Thanks to the universe.

  • @joseteem8032
    @joseteem8032 3 місяці тому

    You never give up on you took time to take care of it for yourself. What you needed for your own music while advancing that’s why you always be my girl. I grew up in the 80s with you senior with David Ron Whitesnake never seen you on your own one of my dreams, keep rocking and remember I’ve
    Ibanez life. I may be Fender man 59 but I love.💯 Ibanez🔥🎸👊

  • @Now_or_Never_777
    @Now_or_Never_777 4 місяці тому

    3:17 great group of guys…if there was anyone difficult, it was me…. Love this guy

  • @itsjohnnymillion
    @itsjohnnymillion 8 місяців тому

    What a thoughtful response.

  • @Magik1369
    @Magik1369 10 місяців тому

    The quirky music in Steve's heard turned out to be some of the most beautiful instrumental music ever created.

  • @toasttoasted3492
    @toasttoasted3492 2 місяці тому

    Passion & Warfare was an absolute masterpiece

  • @mellissatompkins4323
    @mellissatompkins4323 5 місяців тому

    Love him he is humble and true.

  • @czipendejs
    @czipendejs Рік тому

    I dont know why exactly but I love Steve, seems to be just a nice guy

  • @donarmando916
    @donarmando916 11 місяців тому +1

    That cover shown here was the 1987 album and at the time John Sykes was the lead guitarist.

  • @stenic2
    @stenic2 Рік тому

    Steve Vai is great

  • @barroncrist5779
    @barroncrist5779 11 місяців тому

    I loved Whitesnake's "Slip of the Tongue" Stevie Vai's debut with the band.

  • @BanalayerPete1972
    @BanalayerPete1972 Рік тому

    He's so darn modest. Even when he says he was a prima donna once, it doesn't ring true. Passion & Warfare and Fire Garden are unclassifiable!

  • @tracezachdaniels4264
    @tracezachdaniels4264 Рік тому

    GREAT JOB ALL...THANX 4 MAKING Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO the music worldwide.
    LOVE YOU ALL...!!!....MUCH LOVE.!!

  • @justinaaqlong743
    @justinaaqlong743 Рік тому

    Steve is the man.

  • @martinaalderink7773
    @martinaalderink7773 Рік тому

    Love Vai`s 3min+ solo in Star One`s Lost Children Of The Universe. Also with Roy Khan and Tony Martin. Vai`s words : He impregnated the song with his solo .

  • @robfrasier9412
    @robfrasier9412 Рік тому

    Great content. Thanks guys!

  • @mccloysong
    @mccloysong Рік тому

    The interviewer (apologies for not knowing names) is so great I forget he's there after he asks the question because he lets Steve (and all his guests) finish his entire thought without interruption..

  • @Za7a7aZ
    @Za7a7aZ 2 місяці тому

    I am proud to say that I am the guy who bought the very first passion and warfare cd available in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. You know...the town the Van Halen brothers are from. But wait...there is more I am proud of, but those are stories I will keep for my biography...lol

  • @leegoddard2618
    @leegoddard2618 11 місяців тому

    I bought P&W brand new fresh off the shelf. Had a pretty big impact on my musical choices over the years, still. It was a bizarrely wonderful album. My cousin bought the Ah via musicom album, I liked it too.

  • @frufru0071
    @frufru0071 2 місяці тому

    This is the first time I’ve ever…"enjoyed" an interview with Steve Vai. Thanks for sharing-you should change its title, perhaps?

  • @nikoniko893
    @nikoniko893 Рік тому +30

    Coverdale was indeed a monster, he fired everyone that played on their most successful album.

    • @aerotube7291
      @aerotube7291 Рік тому +5

      Definitely a snake lol....yeah 1987 was a kick ass piece of work

    • @buckshroyer5665
      @buckshroyer5665 Рік тому +3

      I believe he is referring to the album “Ready and Willing”.
      Not the 1987 “cover” album….🙄

    • @outermarker5801
      @outermarker5801 Рік тому +8

      DC says he always envisioned WS as a flexible band where members come and go. (which when you think about it is how a lot of bands are anyway.)
      But yeah, definitely always had that "I'm a rock god, you're my servant" air about him. Karma's a b though, now he's immortalized on video as the weakest member of his own band in latter years as his high range disappeared into cackles, rattles and cringe

    • @tiberiusclaudiusnerogermanicis
      @tiberiusclaudiusnerogermanicis 11 місяців тому +5

      And needed 2 guitar players to replace John sykes wall of sound..

    • @jaaxxone
      @jaaxxone 11 місяців тому +6

      Correct. Whitesnake *could* have been up there with all the best, but it was Coverdale's hubris that killed them. Such a shame.

  • @finlaysonm
    @finlaysonm Рік тому

    I watched Vai last week - a better frontman than many singers in my opinion

  • @roninnotasheeplikeyou.2631
    @roninnotasheeplikeyou.2631 Рік тому +3

    Coverdale is like Ozzy & Sharon wrapped up in one person.
    Like Ozzy he is a good singer that's been fortunate enough to have surrounded himself with very gifted musicians.
    He's also ruthless when it comes to business like Sharon as he kicks those same very gifted musicians to the curb when it suits him.

    • @dave9732
      @dave9732 Рік тому +2

      That’s not what the headline was referring to. It was clickbait. He was saying that he’s a monster in the rock music business. Meaning he’s huge.

  • @jamesnorton7601
    @jamesnorton7601 Рік тому

    Nice to give Coverdale his due. Guy was the real deal sometime. And it was good when it was.

  • @elihyland4781
    @elihyland4781 2 місяці тому

    0:31 Vai comin in with DEEEP HEAT!!!!

  • @tommyt1971
    @tommyt1971 Рік тому +2

    Steve mentions Eric Johnson here - saw Eric play a blues fest with BB King headlining and Buddy Guy & Jr Wells & the Alligator All Stars all in one night. Still one of the greatest shows I went to. Eric was damn good but the guy who stole the show was Buddy!