Audio CD review:
Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen - G3 Live: Rockin' in the Free World

Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen - G3 Live: Rockin' in the Free World

Band: Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen Title: G3 Live: Rockin' in the Free World Rating: Release Date: 10 March, 2004 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Extremist - Joe Satriani 2: Crystal Planet - Joe Satriani 3: Always With Me, Always With You - Joe Satriani 4: Midnight - Joe Satriani 5: Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing - Joe Satriani 6: You're Here - Steve Vai 7: Reaping - Steve Vai 8: Whispering a Prayer - Steve Vai 9: Blitzkrieg - Yngwie Malmsteen 10: Trilogy Suite Op. 5: The First Movement - Yngwie Malmsteen 11: Red House - Yngwie Malmsteen 12: Fugue (Concerto Suite for Electric Guitar and Orchestra in E Flat ...) - Yngwie Malmsteen 13: Finale - Yngwie Malmsteen 14: Voodoo Child (Slight Return) 15: Little Wing 16: Rockin' in the Free World

Customer Review G3 with Yngwie is the way to go Since Jason Becker is currently confined to a wheelchair, that leaves one solid option, and Steve/Joe selected the best option - Yngwie Malmsteen. There was only two ways that G3 could have been better than the original lineup with Eric Johnson. Yngwie draws a lot of criticism because most guitarist are jealous of his ability to pioneer neoclassical music on guitar (which he certainly did, and many others like Marty Friedman and Tony MacAlpine and even shredders like Paul Gilbert owe Yngwie a tribute for that). If you like listening to speed guitar with the infusion of elements of blues, classical, and basic rock where appropriate, I recommend grabbing this album and ALSO grabbing anything by Yngwie Malmsteen. Then I recommend graduating to Racer X or Cacaphony. One thing is clear, anyone who denounces Yngwie's playing as mere showiness or hackneyed obviously knows very little about the guitar as an instrument. Too bad. . You can see a complete list of all Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen discography, or go back to the Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen tabs