Steve Vai + Mattias Eklundh Jammed

[Barking Pumpkin]

That would be Mattias Eklundh the Freak Kitchen guy.

It's not much at all, but I saw him mentioned on the VAI news site, so I thought I would post it here.

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Seems pretty fitting since Mattias is definitely influenced by Steve. Maybe Mattias will be on G3 sometime, even though that's Joe's pick and not Steve's, which sucks.

And the picture to prove it.

 

[The Invisible Guest]

Eklundh's latest Freak Guitar release is on Vai's 'Favored Nations' label, so I think they go back a ways. I think the Freak Kitchen stuff is on a different label though.

Britt

 

[Barking Pumpkin]

Yeah, I forgot about that when I posted it. I thought it was interesting that 'Burn The Sun' by Ark was also on Favored Nations.

 

[J-Dubya 777]

That would have been too cool to witness! The FK stuff is originally under Thunderstruck Productions and yes, IA got Favored Nations to distribute
"Freak Guitar" after Vai heard his version of Zappa's "The Black Page", which of course never made the FN version, and was only on the original release. Freak Guitar - The Road Less Traveled is also on FN...

BP - Did you ever get a chance to hear that None Radio show Eklundh did with Keneally?

 

[Cardinal Sin]

Yeah, I forgot about that when I posted it. I thought it was interesting that 'Burn The Sun' by Ark was also on Favored Nations.

Marty Friedman's Music for Speeding too