In 50 years of musical friendship iconic guitarists Joe Satriani and Steve Vai (here under the banner “Satch/ Vai”) have never collaborated on original music… until now.
Releasing on Friday, March 29th, “The Sea of Emotion, Pt. 1” showcases the unmatched synergy between these two legendary guitarists as they seamlessly trade solo sections throughout the nearly six-minute opus!
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Satriani says of the inspiration behind the new song, “When Steve and I decided the time had finally come for us to collaborate on an album I immediately thought of our humble beginnings, where we came from, and our teenage rock ’n’ roll hopes and dreams. Each part of the song has little reminders of what we were so into musically back then, including a chord sequence that Steve and I would sometimes jam over during guitar lessons. ”
Vai echoes the sentiment about their hometown, “This song, and its additional 2 parts, are inspired by a giant field outside the High School of the town Joe and I grew up in. As young teenagers, we would sit overlooking this magnificent field and wax on generously for hours about the meaning of life and many other deep, rich discussions, so we deemed this field, “The Sea of Emotion”.
Satriani continues, ”To anybody else it may look like just a field, part of the sprawling Carle Place Public School complex, but for some of us, back in the early ’70’s, when the sun went down and the moon came up, it became “The Sea of Emotion”.
50 years later, it has been memorialized in melody and groove. Joe’s son ZZ Satriani took a cue from the song’s inspiration and created a music video that celebrates the era in a crazy, over the top, funny look back at what Steve and Joe were doing back in the early ’70’s.
Joe muses, “Did we really wear clothes like that? Yes, we did!”
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