Steve Vai - 777

After leaving Zappa in 1982, Steve moved to California where he recorded his first album Flex-Able and performed in a couple of bands – The Classified & 777 –. In 1985 he replaced Yngwie Malmsteen as lead guitarist in Graham Bonnet's Alcatrazz with whom he recorded the album Disturbing the Peace. But let’s harck back to the pre Alcatrazz period and the jamming bands. Steve says on his website that the 777 band was a great jamming one. That was kind of The power trio from Venus. This band is the core rhythm section that made up most of "Passion And Warfare". Quite a few songs already were tracked with the band just waiting for the light of day. Part of the concert taped at the spirit club in San Diego in May 1985 was released on bootleg: steve vai: 777. All tracks come mainly from the flex over album.

Setlist

Viv Woman
Salamanders In The Sun
Little Green Men
The Riddle
Call It Sleep
Lovers Are Crazy
Instrumental Jam
Ballerina
Exercises
Greensleeves
Groovy Thing
Sisters
God Bless Video
Black Napkins (Frank Zappa)
Variations
The Attitude Song

Line up:
Steve Vai: guitar
Stuart Hamm: bass
Chris Frazier: drums