Guitar Tab: Vinnie Moore - The Journey

Описание: Vinnie Moore’s “The Journey” closes out Mind’s Eye — his breakout debut from the mid-’80s Shrapnel Records “guitar hero” era, produced by Mike Varney and Steve Fontano.

Recorded in August 1986 at Prairie Sun in Cotati, CA, Mind’s Eye was cut fast and hungry — famously tracked in about eleven days when Moore was only 21.

Even in a shred-heavy scene, “The Journey” stands out because it feels like a final chapter: it’s melodic first, flashy second — the kind of instrumental that tells a story without a single lyric. The supporting cast doesn’t hurt either: Tommy Aldridge on drums, Andy West on bass, and Tony MacAlpine adding keys — a lineup built for drama, speed, and those big cinematic turns.

A lot of fans point to Mind’s Eye as one of the records that helped define the era (it even landed high on Guitar World’s all-time shred album list). And Moore’s career arc makes this stuff even cooler in hindsight — he’d later become UFO’s long-running lead guitarist starting in the 2000s, bringing that same melodic precision into a classic hard-rock setting.

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