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Steve Vai
The 7th Song - Enchanting Guitar Melodies
(Favored Nations)
Release year: 2000


Relevant Track Listing:

7. Melissa's Garden
9. Christmas Time Is Here


Personnel:

Steve Vai: Guitar
Mike Keneally: Piano
Bryan Beller: Bass
Philip Bynoe: Bass
Gregg Bissonette: Drums
Mike Mangini: Drums


Equipment used:

MTD 535 5-String Bass (on "Melissa's Garden")
Fender Jazz Deluxe V 5-String Bass (on "Christmas…")
Ampeg SVT Classic Head
Ampeg 8x10 Speaker Cabinet
Various Rack Units (unknown) in Steve's Studio

Like most tracks I've done for Steve, "Melissa's Garden" was a last-minute call of the "can you be here tonight, I've got this song?" variety. I came in never having heard it and did it section by section, swaying back and forth with the (purposefully) floating time of Steve and Gregg Bissonette's existing tracks. Then, months later, the surprise: he forgot to credit me in the liner notes! He did so, belatedly yet kindly, on his following release, Alive In An Ultra World.

For the details on "Christmas Time Is Here", check out the Merry Axemas compilation CD entry in this discography.

Click here for Steve Vai's official website.

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