Years ago (more than 10 years ago) I saw a movie about a young electric guitarist learning from a black old man and then he went for competition (guitar wanking?) and beat a famous rock guitarist (the fella's string broke because he couldn't match the boy's tone)

What's the name of that movie ? Anyone remember ?

"Crossroads". The black guy is Ry Cooder and Steve Vai was the "Guitarist from Hell" the young punk beat.

Apparently, the riff that the boy used to defeat Vai in the movie was written and performed by Vai himself!

THANK YOU! Been trying to find that name for yearss!

Thanksssss!!!!!

Any other good guitar movies to recommend ?

Aside from the instructional videos by John Petrucci, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen and the G3 tour videos, hmmm... don't think so.

But I think I might catch "Tenacious D & The Pick of Destiny" at the movies!

Oh wait, my bad! The black guy isn't Ry Cooder. Ry Cooder was the composer of the movie score.

This post has been edited by changhao: Dec 9 2006, 01:30 AM

Somebody was selling the Tele from Crossroads on eBay. Asking price is in the thousands for that Squier Tele. And oh yeah, it was signed by the cast and director...

...too lazy look for the link tho.

Yep, I found it... hahaha he's waiting for the bid to reach at least usd 68,000


Nutcase, I might as well spend just usd 5000 on a good strat.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=150066218267

This post has been edited by bman: Dec 9 2006, 04:18 AM

since when did ry cooder turn into a black guy?
ry cooder actually did the parts of the karate kid.

School of Rock

ROFLMAO!!!!

Well, at least I got the movie title right~

But if the Wayan brothers could be white chicks and the karate kid could play guitar, why can't Ry Cooder be a black guy?

I luv Hollywood!

Here's a couple more!

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (Steve Vai's handywork is featured!!!)
Waynes World 1 & 2 (Alice Cooper??? Aerosmith!!!)

Not to mention Zakk Wylde's debut in "Rockstar"......

There's also a show called Crazy (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443474/). Haven't seen it..... but it's about guitars too......

is there a movie called 'spinal tap' which is about musician also? i haven't seen it buy my friend say it's hilarious...

This post has been edited by asura_86: Dec 9 2006, 11:29 PM

The movie's called "This is Spinal Tap". It's ric in British humour and you gotta know your rock & roll history to appreciate the puns and jokes inside.

"These go to 11." - Nigel Tufnel. That's gotta be my favorite line!

Oh man......... I forgot about Spinal Tap!!!!
It's THE music mockumentary......
And yes..... It's freakin' hilarious.

Yup. Its crossroads. More to like Steve Vai vs Stevie Ray. Well, personally, I feel Stevie Ray plays better than Vai although I am a big fan of Vai.

Was Stevie Ray even in the movie?

If I'm not mistaken, the piece that the kid plays was played by Vai themselves. The kid was 'miming' to a slower version of the solo and the video was then sped up.

the piece is crossroad is called 'eugene's trick bag' right?

not sure whether the movie Detroit Rock City qualifies as movie about guitarist...

OMG Stop referring to the Karate Kid as 'BOY'!!! Ralph Macchio!!! woot woot



"Detroit..." was an awesome movie too! But my all time fav has gotta be Spinal Tap. My god that movie was brilliant.



A guy is rocking on stage and he cranks up his volume to 10, where does he go from there? that's right.. 11.

What do u do when you're up to 10? ... These go up to eleven.

Thank you all for introducing this movie.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AhVWJgIzftE