SatchVai Band

For the first time in their nearly 50-year musical careers, legendary guitar icons Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have united to form The SATCHVAI Band, with plans to ignite Europe through an electrifying summer tour. The duo’s musical careers have been intertwined since their early days. As teens on Long Island, Satriani served as Vai’s guitar teacher. Since then, they have remained thick as thieves, starting at Relativity Records in the late 80’s, to calling Sony/Epic Records home for a significant portion of the 90’s. They have also frequently teamed up with a third guitarist on multiple occasions throughout the span of 29 years, participating in the semi-annual worldwide G3 Tours. Satriani always looks forward to time spent with Steve, saying, “Every time we play together it takes me back to when we were teenagers, eating and breathing music every second of the day, pushing, challenging and helping each other to be the best we could be. I guess we’ve never stopped!” Vai agrees wholeheartedly, saying, “Touring with Joe is always a pleasure and an honor. He is my favorite guitarist to jam with, and now we have another opportunity to take it to the stage. I feel as though we are both at the top of our game and that the show will be a powerful celebration of the coolest instrument in the world, the electric guitar!”

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