© 2021 - The Community Foundation of Middle TennesseeĪbout Us | Advertise | Donate | Submit an Event | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Contact Us The label struck Grammy gold in 2002 for best pop instrumental album for “No Substitutions” by Larry Carlton and Steve Lukather. In addition to his influence on musical inspiration and innovation, Vai began branching out into the business of music last year by launching his own record label – Favored Nations. Vai continues to work with Ibanez, and literally put himself into a recent collaboration dubbed the JEM VAI2K DNA guitar – a limited-edition release of the JEM. In 1987, Vai helped guitar-maker Ibanez design the JEM, and then in 1989, the Universe 7-String guitar, which provided the low-end rumble many guitarists were craving. Not only did Vai’s music have a huge influence on contemporary hard rock, so did his guitar.
Ironically, two record labels dropped Vai while he recorded the breakthrough album.
The album expanded the lexicon of rock guitar and ushered in an era of guitar virtuosos in the early ’90s. His debut – “Flex-Able” (1984, self-released) – set the stage for Vai’s most influential and best-selling album – “Passion and Warfare” (1990, Relativity). But Vai’s indelible contribution to music came during his solo career, which includes combined sales of nearly six million albums.
Steve Vai first stepped into the spotlight in 1980 as a guitarist in Frank Zappa’s band.
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