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Transcribing a Steve Vai gem from the movie Crossroads. You know the one: Jack Butler flicks off his jacket and launches a slashing, high-speed display of alternate picking intimidation. The run ends in a devastating right-hand harmonic shake as Steve -- er, Jack -- nods to the band. It's on.

Steve launches this ferocious and precise attack with his glare locked not on his fretboard or his picking hand, but on his adversary. As a teenager, I was terrified. I was also surprised that such a domineering display seemed to sneak past the script, in a way almost stealing the thunder of the ensuing slugfest. The "intimidation breakdown", as I'd taken to calling it, was almost too good. Let's take a look at how it's played.

Includes analysis of the Elephant Gun lick, from Steve's classic album with David Lee Roth, Eat 'Em and Smile, as well as a look at Jack Butler's climactic solo -- the "Evil Solo" -- in the final Crossroads duel.

Article and analysis here:

http://troygrady.com/2014/01/22/steve-vai-crossroads-intimidation-breakdown/

Steve Always Wins: The Crossroads Intimidation Breakdown

Live cut at drummer's Brooklyn Basement
Shinnosuke Takahashi Drums
Ryan Berg Bass
SK Guitars

Isfahan

Shan Kenner (g) Albert Marques (p)

This track is from "The behavior of vibration", 
Shan Kenner Quartet, Guitar Lotus Recordings

Night And Day (Cole Porter)

Harmonics

Sixes

Evil

Elephant Gun

Intimidation

My blend of progressive jazz and blues, drawing on my love for Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Larry Carlton, and all the guitarists that blend Jazz & Soul.

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Joe Satriani - Always with me, always with You

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