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In Search of Emotional Oblivion
If you’ve ever been in a situation where you’re told you look like an idiot, or that you’re driving everybody crazy, and where you can predict that people are talking about you behind your back (because you hear them talking about others) —...
Harping the Rock World – Press Release 9/26/2012
ELECTRIC HARP joins LEGENDARY GUITAR SHREDDER. DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT – joins STEVE VAI Band and SOLO SHOW ADDED. BOSTON-AREA Solo “Solstice” Show Culminates Tour on Dec. 21st Boston, MA September 26,2012-Grammy-Nominated instrumental innovator, DEBORAH HENSON-CONANT...
Perfect Timing
One of the things about touring with a band – as a newbie – which I am – is that you don’t know the rules. There’s a protocol, a flow, an etiquette that’s completely unwritten. Everyone just knows … … except me. And...
What it Means to Rock
Last March I was in Eugene, OR for a show that included a morning outreach program – which meant that kids came to the theatre on field trips from several schools and I did a 45-minute show and Q & A. During the Q & A one kid asked, “What does it mean to...
The Train to Chapter Two
South Station, Boston: A last-minute bit of luck – two friends of Steve’s are driving to tonight’s show from the Boston-area today. We’ll meet in South Station, take the train to Canton and drive from there to Northampton for the show tonight. This morning, I’d...
Snared by the Bling
On my day off in Connecticut, my best friend, Celeste, drove down from Hartford to spend the day with me. Aside from luxurious long conversations sitting on the tour bus or on the hotel room floor, we went clothes-shopping at the mall — aaagh — there, I...
Visiting Lancaster, PA? Don’t Miss the Market & Lancaster Arts Hotel
A Visit to Lancaster Central Market The Country’s Oldest Continuously Operating Farmer’s Market. We don’t have many off-days on this tour, so when the folks at Lancaster Arts Hotel told me they have Complimentary BIKES and it’s a town MARKET DAY I knew exactly what I...
Time is a Garden
Yesterday – walking through Alexandria, VA on my off-day from the Steve Vai “Story of Light” tour – I noticed a telephone pole. Someone had built a wall of small grey stones around it about six inches high and about 12 inches away from the pole, and in...Rock Harp Diaries – Photo, Video & Review Gallery – Steve Vai Tour 2012
I’m the electric harpist on Steve Vai’s “Story of Light” album and on the tour. I spent 20 years working with the CAMAC Company in France to develop this amazing electric harp, Steve saw me playing it on YouTube, invited me to join his band...
