Via, Steve - Inviolate (180 Gram Vinyl) Aglio E Olio (180 Gram) (RSD 2021)

Via, Steve - Inviolate (180 Gram Vinyl) Aglio E Olio (180 Gram) (RSD 2021)Over the course of a more than 40 year career, Steve Vai has routinely transformed what would appear to be outrageously impossible into something very, very possible and still also pretty outrageous. From his days as Frank Zappa's "stunt guitar" player to his more recent expansive and exploratory solo work, Vai has continually challenged notions of traditional guitar playing and composition and on more than one occasion even reimagined the very

“For the first time” melded klezmer

“Victory is Won”

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John Hicks

a catchy rock-pop tune called “I Gotta Remember”

with a high-gloss

which is no easy feat for all involved

Passing Strangers [Instrumental]

Tinsley Ellis

These singular sides highlight how the move to a more R&B sound at Atlantic (also aided by producers Gamble & Huff and Jeff Barry with such players as The Memphis Boys and The Sweet Inspirations) brilliantly capitalized on the smoky tones of Dusty's mezzo-soprano to create some of the most potent blue-eyed soul ever recorded