But Macchio has had a long film career, one in which he also did some sweeping up in a guitar battle for his soul in the 1986 movie Crossroads ... at the time, Steve Vai. Up to that point ...

but the actor's guitar pieces on screen were all performed by Ry Cooder. Vai said: "I believe the music in Crossroads and the whole idea of the duel was energetic and well laid out, and kids ...

Beware young Eugene Martone (aka Ralph Macchio) -- the devil wants your soul and he's sending his guitar-slinging henchman Jack Butler (aka real-life guitar great Steve Vai) to collect in a guitar ...

At age 14, Steve Vai began guitar lessons ... Vai appears in the 1986 film ‘Crossroads,' with his character Jack Butler challenging Ralph Macchio to a guitar duel. But really he was fighting ...

When I was a wee lad of 12 and just getting into the guitar, my dad sat me down and made me watch Crossroads, the 1986* classic take on the old Robert Johnson story. Of course I was only mildly ...

In Steve Vai’s hands ... Speaking of props, my understanding is the red Jackson guitar you play onscreen in the movie “Crossroads” was a prop and not played in your recording for the ...

Guitar prodigies Joe Satriani and Steve Vai’s Satch Vai ... remember his performance in the 1986 film “Crossroads,” where Vai has a “guitar duel” against Ralph Macchio’s character.

Credit: Jen Rosenstein Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson shred the blues classic “Crossroads” in this exclusive new video of the three electric guitar virtuosos from the 2024 G3 reunion ...

There are guitar gods, and then there’s Steve Vai ... guitar player in the infamous guitar duel with Ralph Macchio’s character in 1986’s Crossroads, and helped David Lee Roth establish ...

Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson shred the blues classic “Crossroads” in this exclusive new video of the three electric guitar virtuosos from the 2024 G3 reunion tour. The video is a ...