Past winners of the Les Paul Award include Paul McCartney, Neil Young, Herbie Hancock, Steely Dan, and Bob Clearmountain. In 2012, the TEC Foundation honored him with the prestigious Les Paul Award, cre-ated in 1991 to salute those who have set the highest standard of excellence in the creative application of technology. The 2016 Long Island Music Hall of Fame inductee was voted the 10th “Greatest Guitarist” by Guitar World magazine and consistently lands among the best in various lists of the top guitarists of all time. His career accomplishments have earned him honorary doctorates from Berklee College of Music and Musicians Institute. Vai’s work has been recognized with a long list of awards and honors, including over 15 from Guitar Player magazine alone. More than three decades, over 15 mil-lion in album sales, and three GRAMMY Awards later, Vai has proven himself, in his own right, to be one of music’s true originals.
STEVE VAI PASSION AND WARFARE SHIRT PROFESSIONAL
At 18, he began his professional music career transcribing for, and then playing with, the legendary Frank Zappa. At age 12, he started taking guitar lessons from Joe Satriani. A virtuoso guitarist, visionary composer, and consummate producer who sculpts musical sound with infinite creativity and technical mastery, Steve Vai has awed fans of all genres with his exceptional guitar skills and musicianship for decades.
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