Roth with his voice and Vai with his guitar. With Yankee Rose, Steve Vai’s status as a guitar hero was sealed. And as he now tells MusicRadar, his inspiration for that song went all the way back ...

Credit: Getty Images/Paul Natkin Steve Vai had a great time in the ’80s, playing guitar for ex-Van Halen singer David Lee Roth and with former Deep Purple frontman David Coverdale’s band ...