thearabianmage said:Ry Cooder, from what I know is finger picker. At least 'Eugene's Trick Bag' the famous piece written by Paganini and arranged by Vai was played with his fingers. Fair shout. . .
Lev said:I didn't realise Ry played any of the 'Eugene's Trick Bag' in Crossroads, I thought Vai did all those parts and Ry played all the slide stuff.
thearabianmage said:
Yeah, Ry played the slide stuff, but when Ralph - 'Eugene' - puts the slide away, he pulls 'Trick Bag' out of his sleeve, which is a variation on Paganini's 5th Caprice arranged by Vai.
Ry is just unstoppable!
Jimi75 said:Most of the credit has to go to Arlen Roth! Vai didn't play Eugene's Trick Bag. Here's a part of an article, for the full read (very interesting) follow the link below.
Quote Arlen Roth: "Still, I got lots of mileage out of the film, lots of exposure, and Vai always mentioned in his interviews that I was the one who really created the guitar parts for the majority of the film. Bill Kanegiser did the classical playing throughout, and by the ending "duel" we were ALL involved in that music!"
http://www.arlenroth.com/crossroads.html