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| | CMT.com : Stuart Hamm : Biography |
 | | After relocating to Virginia as a teenager, Hamm picked up the bass, and began studying the complex stylings of such fusion bands as Return to Forever and the Mahavishnu Orchestra (as well as prog rockers like Yes), and playing in his school jazz band. |
 | | Hamm and Vai formed a strong bond, which would result in the bassist following Vai (who by this time was playing with Frank Zappa, and later, David Lee Roth) out to California during the early ‘80s, where he supplied bass on Vai's solo debut, Flex Able. |
 | | Hamm also found the time to issue his first solo release in nine years, 2000's Outbound, and tour/record once more alongside his old pal Satriani (1997's G3: Live in Concert, 1998's Crystal Planet, and 2001's Live in San Francisco). |
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