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Old 07-29-2004, 11:02 AM
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billy sheehan with steve vai.

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just caught the steve vai concert down in Singapore suntec city tonight. Everyone had a solo spot and billy took a few memorable soloes that simply blew me away.

ive watched his tapes but this is the first time i'm seeing him live in person. It's absolutely fantastic.

btw, anyone know how tall billy is? seems like a pretty tall chap.
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Old 07-29-2004, 12:26 PM
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After he saw Vai's DVD, our lead guitar player made us cover "Shy Boy."

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Old 07-29-2004, 10:35 PM
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..btw, anyone know how tall billy is? seems like a pretty tall chap.
He's only about 6'1 or 6'2 I believe, he's quite thin however, which contributes to the "height" perception.

....then again, I saw him standing next to Michael Anthony, sooo....
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i saw the vai concert monday night down in sydney...he is pretty talln lanky...but i gotta say i wasnt that impressed by him from what i had heard from people on here about him...of course he is good but he cant groove, even on vai tunes you need some amount of groove, billys solo left me bitter, i thought that vai was better off with phillip bynoe, even better with stu hamm...i was really cut that billy didnt slap on the bass solo of blue powder, and he massacered for the love of god....stu, phillip, come back please
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Old 08-04-2004, 12:18 AM
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I saw billy with steve a cpl years ago at G3, i must say, they were doin dueling solos.......completly blows you away.

Stu always was at that show......AND HE DIDNT HAVE A SOLO SPOT UNTIL THE VERY END GROUP PREFORMANCE ( Vai, Joe, John{from dream theater}, Billy, and stu) all on stage at once......just awsome
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Old 08-04-2004, 11:40 AM
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I saw the Steve, Billy version of the DLR band back in Eat Em and Smile days and they rocked the house! The new songs rocked and the VH tunes just shredded with the quality of the players. Too bad Dave couldn't hold on to that lineup!
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Old 08-07-2004, 10:40 AM
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...of course he is good but he cant groove
Wow..... IMO his playing with Niacin grooves. He grooves on 'Eat Em' and Smile' too.
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Old 08-08-2004, 05:42 AM
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ill put it this way, billys playing makes me wanna stand still, while stu, roscoe beck, phillip bynoe make me wanna dance, billy overplays, but stu really fits in with satriani's playing....i dont really care if he was voted by guitar world best rock bassist 5 years in a row, doesnt mean **** to me, plus they're also guitarists, if i was voting for best rock bassist, it either be adam clayton or flea
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