Steve Vai at House Of Blues
15 Oct 97

Steve Vai at House Of Blues
15 Oct 97

G-3 Concert Ver 3.0
Satriani, Vai, and
Jon Petrucci & Guests

The third release of the G-3 show rolled into Orlando on Sunday the 22nd of July. This release was one of those magical nights that we all have every now and then. The show started early (6:45) and John Petrucci came out and played a full set of new music. Awesome stuff with Dave Larue on bass. Dave and John get the musical Oscar for the tightest bass/guitar combination of the evening. Most of the compositions were similar to his work with the Liquid Tension Experiment. 

Steve Vai was the next up and as usual he had the best show. He was also the crowd favorite if you consider the way the crowd surged towards the front of the venue when he came on. With Mike Keneally on guitar and Billy Sheean on bass, he put on a solid set of guitar pyrotechnics. Musical Oscar for the best show of the evening.

Satriani's set was by far one of the best I've seen from him. His sound was absolutely perfect and his playing was spot on. Musical Oscar for the best sound of the evening. 

For the encore, all three guitar players came out, all three bass players came and and THEN they called out Steve Morse to make it either G-4 or G-7 depending on how you wanted to look at it. They all had big grins on their faces and were have a blast playing "Le-Grange", "Little Wing", "Voodoo Chile", and "I'm Down" to a screaming audience. All in all a fantastic show for $30.50. 

Photos are here because of a semi cooperative security guard and a friend of mine who flew in from France for the show.