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Steve Vai

Steve Vai (Steven Siro Vai; June 6, 1960, Long Island, New York, USA) is an American virtuoso guitarist, also known as a composer, vocalist, producer, and actor. He began his career as a guitarist and interpreter for Frank Zappa, with whom he recorded and toured starting in 1980. Since 1983, he has led an independent career as a solo guitarist. In addition to his work with Zappa, he collaborated and toured with groups and musicians such as Alcatrazz, Whitesnake, David Lee Roth, and was a permanent participant in the concert tours of the G3 project. In 1999, he founded his own label, Favored Nations, focused on recording virtuoso performers.