Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have unveiled their first-ever collaborative track, “The Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1.”
The guitar wizards have shared the stage many occasions over time as a part of Satriani’s G3 excursions, and lately kicked off their co-headlining “Satch/Vai” tour. Nonetheless, the brand new single marks the primary time the 2 have made a track collectively. Based mostly on feedback by Satriani within the press launch, it seems to be a part of a forthcoming album and the primary motion in a three-part suite.
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“When Steve and I made a decision the time had lastly come for us to collaborate on an album, I instantly considered our humble beginnings, the place we got here from, and our teenage rock ’n’ roll hopes and goals,” stated Satriani.
The monitor itself is a love letter to the duo’s ’70s rock roots and sees them buying and selling solos and attractive riffs that may be at house on a James Gang or ZZ Prime file. And if the track sounds like Satriani and Vai had been transported to the ’70s, the music video completes the retro look, donning the guitarists in classic threads.
“Every a part of the track has little reminders of what we had been so into musically again then, together with a chord sequence that Steve and I might typically jam over throughout guitar classes,” stated Satriani, who famously instructed Vai of their teenage years.
Added Vai: “This track, and its extra two elements, are impressed by an enormous area outdoors the highschool of the city Joe and I grew up in. As younger youngsters, we might sit overlooking this magnificent area and wax on generously for hours concerning the that means of life and plenty of different deep, wealthy discussions, so we deemed this area, ‘The Sea of Emotion.’ 50 years later, it has been memorialized in melody and groove.”
Watch the video for “The Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1” beneath, and get tickets to the “Satch/Vai” tour right here.
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