Title: If I hadn't seen 'Live In Concert' with Erick Johnson...
Product review: This performance has Vai and Satch burning up like we all know they do. Mr. Malmstien can wail all over the fretboard like a mad man but it would be nice if he would actually compose some music. Arpegios and blazing neck length scales are impressive but tiresome after all of 2 minutes. The "Live in Concert" DVD (filmed in Mineapolis) with Erik Johnson is WAYYYYYY better in every way. Vai, Satch and Johnson have a chemestry that just works. The songs played by Satch and Vai are better on the Johnson concert and they are each in absolute top form in every set. The last set with all 3 maistros is blues/rock oriented and is so well done! I was absolutely amazed how well Satch and Vai incorporated thier unique playing to more traditional blues/rock covers. Malmstein is an ego-maniac who was an uncomfortable ingredient in an other wise fairly good mix. Smashing his guitar to pieces might have entertained us when we were all teenagers... not today.
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