last Friday, part 2

So after the recording session, Milt and I high-tailed it out to Shaumberg to see Steve Vai -- this wasn't an ordinary concert (although I'd never call a Vai concert "ordinary") -- this was a meet and greet, up-close-and-personal experience at his brother's restaurant. And having been inspired by Vai's work for over half my life, this was set up to be close to a religious experience for me.

We got there just in time to grab seats -- our table was taken, but I spotted even better seats and cajoled the hostess to let us take them. To give you an idea how good these seats were, check out this picture Milt took:


And he was sitting behind me! We were less than 10 feet from the stage!

They say you should never meet your idol. Let me just say, that's a bunch of bull.


There's really no use to talk about this evening, because words just won't do it justice... but it was amazing, inspiring, and I doubt I will ever forget the experience.