Passion & Warfare
I’ve been a huge fan of Steve Vai ever since I heard his first album, Passion & Warfare, back in 1990. 15 years ago the idea of seeing him live seemed impossible. Last weekend, this particular dream came true.
It probably sounds like an exaggeration, but it really meant a lot to me.
My brother was in charge of digital camera battery charging duty, which he savagely neglected. I was lucky the camera would start and even take pictures, but the it would shut down as soon as I turned on the LCD screen to aim. My solution was to just blindly shoot pictures at the stage, under the assumption that some of them would end up OK. The result: I have 46 (!) pictures of stage illumination, and about 15 pictures of the band, of which abou 6 are reasonably framed, with no cut-off heads or extraneous crowd elements.
Considering the circumstances, I’m highly satisfied with the outcome. Steve played for a bit over three hours, and the opening act (Eric Sardinas) was great as well. I’d have to say I enjoyed this concert more than the U2 one. Now I just need to see Prince in concert, and I can die a happy man…
alvarete wrote:
Yeah, Billy Sheehan in the background. Awesome!
Posted 07 Nov 2005 at 4:57 pm ¶
Chase Ransom wrote:
That is some unadulterated fucking awesome shit. I have no other comments.
F it.
Posted 07 Nov 2005 at 10:31 pm ¶
edipa wrote:
…. I can´t wait to be a citizen of the first world
un beso don flaco
Posted 08 Nov 2005 at 7:47 pm ¶
Chito wrote:
All I can say -besides my envy- is that I’ll be joining the first world in about two weeks. Hope to see ya soon mate.
Posted 09 Nov 2005 at 12:01 am ¶
Chito wrote:
Now that the envy is over, I have a question. What songs did he played??
Posted 09 Nov 2005 at 12:05 am ¶
alvarete wrote:
He played everything. Did an acoustic set, solos for all the bandmembers, and a lot of stuff from the new album. I wish chito could’ve been there with me, I know he’d enjoyed it almost as much as I did.
Posted 10 Nov 2005 at 8:43 pm ¶
Chito wrote:
Yeah, I wish I could´ve been there. I certenly would have enjoyed it. Specially the new album stuff, cuz I haven’t listened a single song. I saw the album on amazon and the reviews weren’t that good (at least the ones I saw) and I haven’t seen it on any store here. Also, I still have dial-up connection wich sucks big time and I don’t have the patience to downlad a whole album.
Posted 11 Nov 2005 at 7:00 am ¶