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Uncle Joe

(63,376 posts) Sun Oct 12, 2025, 12:30 AM Yesterday

Guitar Battle Scene from "Crossroads" (1986) Steve Vai

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Guitar Battle Scene from "Crossroads" (1986) Steve Vai (Original Post) Uncle Joe Yesterday OP

And, who was the artist playing Ralph Macchio's guitar parts? OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #1

OldBaldy1701E

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1. And, who was the artist playing Ralph Macchio's guitar parts?

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Sun Oct 12, 2025, 08:06 AM

Yesterday

Well, it was both Vai and Ry Cooder (slide guitar parts).

This is one of my favorite tunes of his, and this was the performance where I first heard it.

(At 1:30 am on a Sunday because the show did not come on until then where I was living.)

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