That time I asked Steve Vai if he had any desire, like his buddy Satch, to try his hand at vocals

By Steve Newton

I did my first interview with American guitar legend Steve Vai on May 31, 1990, eleven days after the release of his second album, Passion & Warfare–you know, the one with “For the Love of God”.

Seven months earlier Vai’s former guitar teacher, Joe Satriani, had released his third album, Flying in a Blue Dream–you know, the one with “Flying in a Blue Dream”.

That was the first Satriani album to feature him on vocals, so at one point in the conversation I asked Vai if he had any desire to follow suit.

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