Steve Vai Stories

A Frank Zappa Hologram Tour Is Coming In 2018 & Fans Ain't Happy

In a news statement that no Zappa fan saw coming, the Zappa Family Trust have announced a hologram tour with the late, iconic guitarist.Pairing with Eyellusion, the company that was in charge of Ronnie James Dios recent hologram tour, the hologram will go back out on tour playing his most well-known music as...

Sammy Hagar & Friends Offers Acoustic Weir & Friends Set, New Foo Fighters Tune

[instagram id="BUKQri_hfmQ"]James Hetfield (currently on tour with Metallica) and Sammy Hagar have been hosting Acoustic-4-A-Cure shows for several years, and the fourth edition was hosted at San Francisco's Fillmore Auditorium on Monday.With Hetfield away, Hagar started things off before inviting his friend and frequent Bay Area collaborator Bob Weir to...

A Very Frank Zappa Jazz Underground

This installment of Notes From The Jazz Underground features the playlist based on the December 20th show.Frank Zappa's birthday is December 21st. As is tradition, host Paul Abella goes for wall-to-wall Zappa...kinda.The set kicks off with some recordings from Frank himself (plus, I've substituted his version of "Hungry Freaks, Daddy" for the...

Chart: 64 Vintage Guitars Played By Your Favorite Rock Stars

Pop Chart Lab makes some of the coolest looking charts / prints / posters that I've seen. Their design philosophy employs a simple, clean aesthetic. I'm particularly happy to see their music-related efforts pop up every now and then. Though this print doesn't feature an Irwin or Languedoc, there are pleny of iconic guitars (...