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GREAT MOMENTS IN METAL CINEMA: STEVE VAI’S EPIC GUITAR SHOWDOWN IN CROSSROADS

 Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 at 4:04pm by

When I was a wee lad of 12 and just getting into the guitar, my dad sat me down and made me watch Crossroads, the 1986* classic take on the old Robert Johnson story. Of course I was only mildly interested until the end, when Steve mothafuckin’ Vai has an epic guitar battle with classical wunkerkind Eugene, played by Ralph Maccio.

According to Idolator, Vai has a role as Hank Williams in the upcoming film “Crazy” which about Hank Garland. The trailer looks pretty awesome, but nothing can ever reach the badass level of this:

Watch the whole fuckin’ thing. So worth it.

-VN

*please note, I was not 12 in 1986.

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  • Tommy Leebowitz

    Absolutely fucking epic.

  • bucketochicken

    H/T: Ry Cooder’s finger’s (playing Ralph’s parts).

  • Eric

    Steve Vai can act?
    Sweeeeeeeeet

  • http://www.myspace.com/evilsammy Sammy

    It was pretty awesome that Maccio actually learned how to “guitar-sync” to emulate the playing and was pretty damn accurate.

  • bucketochicken

    @bucketochicken: nice use of the possessive apostrophe, idiot.

  • http://www.hibernum.net hibernum

    Crossroads is one of those movies that every guitar player I ever met has watched. Maybe in 10 years every guitar player I meet will have watched Crazy? That will be the true measure of its success.

  • http://www.myspace.com/evilsammy Sammy

    @bucketofchicken: Dont be too hard on your’self. We all make mistake’s and typo’s.

  • Jim Gilletowicz

    ABSOULUTLY FUCKING EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • razzo

    I haven’t watched this in years!
    Maccio really is pretty good.
    He shred-syncs even better than he Miyagi-Do-Karate-Syncs!

    Who knew he was such a method-actor??

  • Andres

    Neo-Classical shredding for the win!

  • Ol’ Timer

    Thanks for making me feel old on my birthday. I was 12 in 1986.

  • http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantasyh fantasyh

    Maccio has nothing on Vai. And besides, if he wanted to play fingerstyle he should get a classic guitar.