Overview
Several of the album's songs are dedicated to fellow guitarists: Johnson revealed in a March 1990 interview with Guitar Player magazine that "Steve's Boogie" is dedicated to Austin-based pedal steel guitarist Steve Hennig, whilst "Song for George" is dedicated to an 80 year-old guitarist friend of his named George Washington. Furthermore, "East Wes" is dedicated to jazz guitarist Wes Montgomery, and takes its name from the 1966 album, East-West, by The Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Ah Via Musicom is Latin for "Ah! The music!"
A DVD-Audio edition of Ah Via Musicom was released in 2002 through Capitol Records, but without Johnson's input. After he expressed disappointment in the sound quality and mixing, it was soon withdrawn by the label after only 2500 copies were sold. Later, in an August 2005 issue of Guitar Player, he confirmed that an authorized 5.1 DVD-Audio edition of the album is in the works, but currently without a release date.
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