And Steve Vai was here

We have this international music festival here, Golden Stag, which is a brand in our area. Well, it is a music festival oriented to interpretation, so I don’t give too much attention to it. However, each night there is a special guest and this year, the special guest in the final night was …the very Mr Steve Vai! Sweet!

I wanted to be there, really, but I had a very busy weekend that required my presence here. So, I watched his show on TV.

I must say that I was a bit disappointed at first because he was alone, no band, nothing, only himself, his guitar plus a backing one and 2 Legacy amps. That’s it. Ah, yes, and the backing tracks…

During the first song, I must tell you I was asking myself why did they bring him here because somehow this very festival had not the audience for his music, I was afraid of a cold response from the public. Man, I was wrong! After the first song, the public was already hot and when he started Tender surrender, I was amazed to see people reacted!

I can say I was again impressed by the strange music he makes, even if I knew the songs (well, I must admit I didn’t know the first one); Tender surrender was cool and Build the church has such a great and interesting theme, specific to Steve Vai…

The sad news for me it was that he only played 3 songs. That’s it! 3 songs! Glad I stayed home…

Now, my thoughts after this, and you be my guest and answer them if you want:

1. Why did he only play 3 songs? Could it be because the festival was not a rock one and they tried not to piss off the public?
2. Why didn’t he bring the band? Could it be because he wanted just to test the market? If I think about the 3 songs above, it may be so, testing the audience, to see if he has a public here. Hmm, but he was here in Romania before, playing a full concert…Maybe this was all he could do for the money he got…
3. Does Steve Vai ever miss a note?
4. If Steve Vai ever misses a note, can you actually tell that? I mean he could integrate it immediately into something else, I guess that you couldn’t even tell…

What’s you take on that?

By the way, here’s a piece of the show in Brasov, tonight:

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