GREAT MOMENTS IN METAL CINEMA: STEVE VAI’S EPIC GUITAR SHOWDOWN IN CROSSROADS
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 at 4:04pm by Vince NeilsteinWhen 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.
Absolutely fucking epic.
H/T: Ry Cooder’s finger’s (playing Ralph’s parts).
Steve Vai can act?
Sweeeeeeeeet
It was pretty awesome that Maccio actually learned how to “guitar-sync” to emulate the playing and was pretty damn accurate.
@bucketochicken: nice use of the possessive apostrophe, idiot.
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.
@bucketofchicken: Dont be too hard on your’self. We all make mistake’s and typo’s.
ABSOULUTLY FUCKING EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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??
Neo-Classical shredding for the win!
Thanks for making me feel old on my birthday. I was 12 in 1986.
Maccio has nothing on Vai. And besides, if he wanted to play fingerstyle he should get a classic guitar.