Fun little interview from the folks at Music Radar with Satch prior to his embarking on his tour to promote Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards, here’s an excerpt:
Craig Charson asks, What can you do on the guitar that Steve Vai can’t, and vice-versa?
[laughs] “Oh, that’s a good one. I’m sure there’s lots of stuff. Well, for one thing, ever since Steve was a little kid, he always had the ability to play very complicated flatpicking passages than I never could. I’m less disciplined when it comes to that. He has a great command over his hands, and he’s more disciplined. I think that’s why he was able to play those very difficult Zappa passages, which later became part of his writing style.“As far as what I can do that he can’t…I don’t know. I think it would be far easier for him to play like me than the other way around.”
Check out the whole interview at Music Radar