• Brad Gillis

Sep 30, 2010 A tribute song of the Lords of Karma Album, an album with tribute songs to Joe Satriani and Steve Vai made by various artists. This song, Always with Me. Oct 01, 2010 A tribute song of the Lords of Karma Album, an album with tribute songs to Joe Satriani and Steve Vai made. Tribute to Vai/Satriani: Lords of Karma - Tribute to Vai / Satriani: Lords of Karma - Amazon.com Music.

Normally tribute albums run in one of two directions: they're either fairly solid, sincere tributes featuring a group of like-minded artists paying homage to an idol or colleague, or they're haphazardly thrown-together groupings of an artist's most popular songs performed by nameless studio musicians who could very well be recording another tribute session a week after their current session. Thankfully, the former applies here, as collects several guitar shredders of reputable matter paying homage to two of the biggest guitar shredders of them all: and his former teacher,.

Guitarist leads the way with a beautiful rendition of the classic 'Always With Me, Always With You,' and contributions from, and several others follow suit. It doesn't mimic the two paying tribute here note for note; which is good because undoubtedly and would not want that at all. Rather they lend their unique tones and styles and reinterpret the originals with great sensitivity: not over playing or showing off, but not running through the motions either. On the whole it's a tribute albums fans can be proud of, especially considering the alternatives out there.

Brad Gillis

Lords Of Karma: 'A Tribute to Vai/Satriani' features past and present members of KISS, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, Dokken, Night Ranger, Enuff Z'nuff, TNT and the Smashing Pumpkins paying tribute to the virtuoso guitar stylings of Mr. Steve Vai and Mr. Joe Satriani. The guitar roster includes Bruce Kulick, Jake E.

Lee, Neil Zaza, Brad Gillis and George Lynch, among others. Five carefully chosen tracks from each of Satriani's and Vai's compositions are presented, from a cruncher version of Satriani's 'Surfing With The Alien' (Lee) to a blistering take on the Vai/Roth/Sheehan/Bissonette recorded 'Shy Boy' (Lynch). Lords Of Karma: 'A Tribute to Vai/Satriani' is another heady variation on the music that guitar fans can't seem to get enough of.