STEVE VAI
GT: What is it about guitar instrumentals that appeal to you?
SV: I don’t have to sing. Actually, I like singing but my voice is very limited and I never felt compelled to make it the main part of my show. The thing that I like about instrumental music is that it usually focuses on the quality of the melody to get its legs from. I enjoy vocal music just as much but I guess fate had other plans for me. Plus, I’m a big fan of the sound of a guitar. To me, and many others, it’s the most expressive instrument in the world. You can bend it, beat it, kiss it, fondle it, and touch it in infinite ways, and it responds differently every time. Every note ever played on every guitar ever built is like a snowflake in that, no two are perfectly identical.
GT: What can an instrumental provide a listener that a vocal song can’t?
SV: No need to figure out what the lyrics are saying that’s for sure. There is a vast amount of diversity in
