I just finished a lengthy project and decided to kick back and watch [i]Crossroads[/i], which I hadn't seen for a while. As always, it is such an enjoyable movie that I wondered how many here have seen it. It stars Ralph Macchio, but the actual guitarwork is done between Ry Cooder and Steve Vai. If you haven't seen it you might like to look for it. The head-cutting contest at the end between Jack Butler (Vai) and Macchio, to try to win back Willie Brown's soul from ol' Scratch,is great fun.
Found this at Wikipedia:
Steve Vai's music has been featured in a number of feature films, including [i][url=mhtml:{AEC16636-467E-4EC1-BA75-3C245E4E5D6B}mid://00000187/!x-usc:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudes]Dudes[/url][/i] and [i][url=mhtml:{AEC16636-467E-4EC1-BA75-3C245E4E5D6B}mid://00000187/!x-usc:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_of_Mars]Ghosts of Mars[/url][/i]. He appeared onscreen in the [url=mhtml:{AEC16636-467E-4EC1-BA75-3C245E4E5D6B}mid://00000187/!x-usc:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_in_film]1986[/url] [url=mhtml:{AEC16636-467E-4EC1-BA75-3C245E4E5D6B}mid://00000187/!x-usc:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Macchio]Ralph Macchio[/url] movie [i][url=mhtml:{AEC16636-467E-4EC1-BA75-3C245E4E5D6B}mid://00000187/!x-usc:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_(1986_film)]Crossroads[/url][/i], playing the demonically-inspired Jack Butler. At the film's climax, Vai engages in a guitar duel with Macchio, whose guitar parts were dubbed by Vai and also [url=mhtml:{AEC16636-467E-4EC1-BA75-3C245E4E5D6B}mid://00000187/!x-usc:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ry_Cooder]Ry Cooder[/url], who played the initial slide work in the duel and Macchio's earlier performances in the film. The fast-paced [url=mhtml:{AEC16636-467E-4EC1-BA75-3C245E4E5D6B}mid://00000187/!x-usc:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassicism]neo-classical[/url] track entitled [i]Eugene's Trick Bag[/i] with which Macchio wins the competition was also composed by Vai. The body of the piece was heavily based on [url=mhtml:{AEC16636-467E-4EC1-BA75-3C245E4E5D6B}mid://00000187/!x-usc:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niccol%C3%B2_Paganini]Paganini[/url]'s [i]Caprice #5[/i]. He later borrowed the opening riff from the track [i]Head Cuttin' Duel[/i] for a song called [i]Bad Horsie[/i] from his 1995 EP [i][url=mhtml:{AEC16636-467E-4EC1-BA75-3C245E4E5D6B}mid://00000187/!x-usc:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_Love_Secrets]Alien Love Secrets[/url][/i]. Later the [i]Crossroads[/i] duel reappeared on the 2002 album [i][url=mhtml:{AEC16636-467E-4EC1-BA75-3C245E4E5D6B}mid://00000187/!x-usc:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elusive_Light_and_Sound,_volume_1]The Elusive Light and Sound, volume 1[/url][/i].[/QUOTE]
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