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Sep 23, 2023 · The first song-based Frank Zappa album of the ‘80s, the 20-song double-album You Are What You Is, found the pioneering composer at his most eclectic, pop-oriented, and his most lyrically...
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"You are what you is" is a rock song with a syncopic movement from the 2nd to the 3rd bar. Its theme is built around two alternating bass notes/chords along a fast reggae rhythm, at that time called ska.
A three-time Grammy Award winner and fifteen-time nominee, [2] Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of eighteen as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, [3] and played in Zappa's band from 1980 to 1983. [2] He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released eight solo albums to date. [4]
Vai.com > Discography > Disc Notes - You Are What You Is. NOTES: "You Are What You Is" This was the first real studio album on which I ever played. I remember going up to Frank's house one night and staying for nine days. When you worked with Frank in the studio, you could just record and record until you couldn't stand it anymore.
Aug 4, 2021 · Steve Vai reflects on his role in Crossroads: “The guitar duel was energetic and well laid out – kids responded to that”. Guitarist editors. The virtuoso details his 'stunt guitar' days spent playing, transcribing and recording the most difficult compositions in Frank Zappa's oeuvre.
Mar 2, 2021 · The Untold Truth Of Steve Vai. For over three decades, Steve Vai has lent his versatile style to several wildly popular rock music acts, playing alongside greats like Frank Zappa, David Lee Roth, Whitesnake, Ozzy Osbourne, and more.
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Apr 7, 2020 · Vai left the Alcatrazz gig to join David Lee Roth in spearheading the singer’s wildly successful post-Van Halen solo group, a gig he left in 1989 only to have yet another coveted lead guitar role “fall in his lap” (as he tells it), this time with one of the biggest bands of the '80s: Whitesnake.
