Guitar Wars
Live At Akasaka Blitz
The Story
"Live At Akasaka Blitz" features the Guitar Wars participants (Steve Hackett, John Paul Jones, Paul Gilbert and Nuno Bettencourt, among others), over 27 big tracks, and even includes a bonus CD with nine more tracks. A rollicking encore closes the show, recorded on the 28th and 29th of August, 2003, with the band ripping through Zeppelin classics "Communication Breaksown" and "Rock And Roll", as well as the blues standard "Red Rooster". Each of the 'band' members gets a set, so there is a Paul Gilbert set, a John Paul Jones set, a Nuno Bettencourt set and a Steve Hackett set, as well as an acoustic set. Sets range from four to six songs in length.
Special DVD features include: Widescreen Presentation, Surround Sound, PCM Stereo, Bonus CD (nine tracks).
Additional Facts
The DVD includes the songs: Paul Gilbert set: "Gettin' Betta", "Viking Kong", "Down To Mexico", "Scarified", "To Be With You", "I Like Rock", John Paul Jones set: "Tidal", "Steel Away", "When The Levee Breaks", "Nobody's Fault But Mine", Nuno Bettencourt set: "Gravity", "Cupid's Dead", "Get The Funk Out", "Midnight Express", "Hole Hearted", acoustic set: "More Than Words", "Going To California", "Green Tinted Sixties Mind", "Classical Gas", "Horizons", Steve Hackett set: "Firth Of Fifth", "Mechanical Bride", "Dark Town", "Los Endos", encore: "Communication Breaksown", "Red Rooster" and "Rock And Roll". The bonus CD features the songs "Scarified", "When The Levee Breaks", "Hole Hearted", "Going To California", "Green Tinted Sixties Mind", "Rainbows", "Clocks", "Communication Breakdown", and "Red Rooster".