With the sampler "She Rocks, Vol. 1", released in January on Steve Vai's label Favored Nations, the guitar virtuoso fulfilled a heart's desire and chose recordings from eleven of the most interesting female rock guitarists today. In addition to the goal of promoting talent, this project was based on the realization that women who play the guitar are still not regarded as serious musicians by the general public. There might be some truth to that assumption: In the "Rolling Stone" special edition "Die 100 größten Gitarristen aller Zeiten" (2003) only two women appear: Joni Mitchell and Bonnie Raitt. The "Guitarist" special issue "Rock Guitar Heroes" (2012) is also disappointing from a female point of view, as it only mentions the Australian Orianthi. This blatant disproportion could be interpreted as a sign of sloppy research work.
