I bought tickets a few weeks ago for Steve Vai/Eric Sardinas at Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, AL 3/10/05. This was my second time seeing Steve (caught a show on the first G3 tour) and my first time seeing Eric Sardinas.
Last week I won passes for an aftershow meet and great as well, so I had pretty high expectations for the night. I came armed with a camera, my Steve Vai: Passion and Warfare, David Lee Roth: Eat 'Em and Smile, and Billy Sheehan: The Talas Years CDs, and a BUNCH of pickguards that I picked up in Nashville last weekend.
Here is the opener Eric Sardinas near the end of his set playing his resonator with a beer bottle. He was damned good, and I liked him alot better than I thought I would. His vocals were kinda rough though. But his slide playing was amazing.
So after Eric, Steve came out with Billy Sheehan on bass, Tony MacAlpine on guitars/keys, Dave Weiner on guitar, and Jeremy Colson on drums. Here is Steve playing EVO and Billy in the back on bass. They were recording audio and video last night as well.
Here is Steve and the multitalented Tony MacAlpine tearing it up...