Mobility
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I love Joe's "Up in the Sky" from Crystal Planet. A week ago at the Beacon Theatre, he opened his show with this song. It was rip-roarin' rendition. I was thinking about it more after the show, and I realized what a classic song this was for a set-opener! But then it became clear that Joe has many tunes which fall into the catergory of great gig-openers.
So during this political season, how about another type of poll. What would all of you say is Joe's best live-show opener?
(In my opinion, criteria should be that the song has got to get people out of their seats, it's got to be amazing to both listen to and to watch being played by Joe, and it's got to get show off on the right foot.)
Thoughts?
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jelly man
Paul Huxley Guildford, Surrey England Plays: Bass (24 years)
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Do the stu - yeah! really great album... i don't really know phil keaggy anything but he appears a couple of times- he sings a duet with neal on one of the songs which is simply incredible...
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jazzzzzzzy i have not seen the VAI band live.. but the astoria dvd, shows t-mac giving mr vai a good run for his money. Mike keneally totay owned Vai.. but hey.. i think John 5 is over hyped and slash is terrible but still better than kirk hammett. I personally like Keneally in the Vai band better..does Dave weiner do anything in vai's band? just curious..oh well just my 2 cents..lol
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Mr Nick
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962..that didn't make much sense to me :P
do the stu..i work with dreamweaver..and then save it as html file and open in browser. dreamweaver is more friendly to use i find as its specificly for webpages.
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MegaBoyd
Boyd suisun city, california u s A Plays: Bass
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962 & jazzy,
I have met jeremy colson 3 times, reno concord & san francisco, & all the 3 times in different environments, & every time he was one of the coolest dude's ever. I really like what he does in the vai band, I was never a fan of virgil, he has skill's & flash, but no groove, ya need a drummer with groove, & mangini & colson have it....................
colson as well ROCKS the new stuart hamm band!!!!!!
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NewsMan
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seeing as though Dreamweaver is an HTML editor it's no surprise that it's "specificly [sic] for webpage" but you are quite obviously doing something really wrong,,,, did you try and "just fucking google it"?
megapuss he was one of the coolest dude's ever one of the coolest dude's what?. he has skill's - skill's what?
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Stu Clone
Graham Shackelford Tacoma, Washington USA Plays: Bass (26 years)
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those talking about FPS, specifically phrydom me: right around something like 32 frames per second is about where the eye sees stop-frames as continuous motion if i remember correctly.
my number was a bit off, but i am aware that the eye does not "see" at this frame rate, hence my phrasing. i was distinguishing the point where we start seeing motion.
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eamon7
ken nechvatal bloomington, wi usa Plays: Guitar (57 years)
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If you don't like Tony Mcalpine you must not have heard the maximun security album. Hundreds of thousands has some fantastic shredding and the rest of the album is great too. can't say i like some of his newer stuff though......Cant wait for tuesday. Joe in milwaukee and i am in the 7 th row seat 10 stop by and say hi
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Do The Stu
Austin Lewis, III Costa Mesa, CA United States Plays: Bass (25 years)
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jazzzzzzzy - "George W. Bush's hometown (Crawford, TX) endorsed Kerry!
That really says a LOT!"
Does it? Kerry's hometown paper also endorsed Bush.
I don't think either endorsement is a big issue.
Mobility - That's a cool question... I posted a similar question before the tour started (back in September). I was right about Up In The Sky, but I was wrong about some other guesses...
I think Not Of This Earth would be a cool opener...if not to open the show, at least to open the second set. I'd also like to see Joe open a show with Slick.
jelly man - "i don't really know phil keaggy"
You have to buy 220 right now. :-)
Mr Nick - I use Netscape Composer...it doesn't do much, but it works for me. I agree, though...Dreamweaver is more user-friendly. I'm actually considering buying it, as I can get it for about $100 with a student discount through my school. That's a steal, even if I won't use it often.
NewsMan - You're one of the last people who should be pointing out the spelling errors of others.
...Austin...
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taliesin
quebec canada Plays: Guitar (59 years)
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hey Joe (pun intended),
Next on G3 - The 3 greatest names in Ibanez rock - You, Steve Vai & Paul Gilbert !
Paul is one of the all time great shredders - what a sense of musical humour and what speed and precision !
Why not get Ibanez to promote the thing !?
;-)
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Pest
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Wow...talk about rocking the house down! You and your band did just that last night at The House of Blues in Chicago! My husband and I have seen your show just about every chance we can, and this by far, was the most AWESOME! What you played, how you played, the band...best show that I've ever seen!
I do have one question for Joe. I am sure that you become used to playing guitar, as it is your life! Do you ever need ice packs for those awesome playing hands that you have?
We were totally blown away by your show!
Keep up the great work that you do!
Sincerely,
Linda Bjork
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jsJeffof04
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Joe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...what's ^ THE MASTER OF GUITARISTS?? nm here I bow down and worship you...ur the best guitarist in the world... I like Steve Vai too, but I mean you taught him...he's your student, that tells me something there..., I also like Ingwie, but he's a kinda an attitude that says " I'm Inwie and ur not!!! ", and ur like all for the fans and ur like a normal person. Stene and Ingwie are awesome guitarists...but ur all about style, and u play 4 feel, like I try to do...and ur normal, as I can see well l8er Joe...
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climber
Don Cutler Washington USA Plays: Guitar (55 years)
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Tony McAlpine is great. I wish I could play that good, so I respect his talent. Just like some of you people on this site.
Therefore how can I say any of you suck? There's my two cents.
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michelle
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117 pages behind, but...
Bad news at NASCAR -
A plane owned by Hendrick Motorsports crashed Sunday on its way to Martinsville, killing all 10 people aboard. The dead included four relatives of team owner Rick Hendrick, including his son Ricky and brother John.
Ricky Hendrick, Rick Hendrick's son and a retired NASCAR driver; John Hendrick, Rick Hendrick's brother and president of the organization; Kimberly and Jennifer Hendrick, John Hendrick's twin daughters; Joe Jackson; Jeff Turner; Randy Dorton, the team's chief engine builder; Scott Latham, a pilot for NASCAR driver Tony Stewart; and pilots Dick Tracy and Liz Morrison."
That's some pretty shitty news if you're a NASCAR fan or not.
On a brighter note, McAlpine and Colson ROCK!
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guitarnett
Plays: Guitar (24 years)
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Joe,
The show at the Rock Club Pa was fantastic. The setlist was great, and you guys played excellent. Other than that, getting a chance to shake your hand, signing my "Is There Love in Space" cd, and getting a pick really made the night even better. Also, I handed you a cd of my own original music. That was really cool for you to take it, I sure hope you got a chance to hear it.
Can't wait for another show Joe, keep up the writing!
Thanx for being an inspiration
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Fretslayer
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962: Cool man, I'll keep it in mind. To be honest I didn't even know that Toto was still playing.
Jazzzy: Dude, no love for Macalpine!!! Wow, well to each his own. Honestly, I really only like the "Maximum Security" cd. It's a classic. There are some killer songs on his 92' "Freedom to Fly" cd, it's more a rock album and not so neo-classical. Glad you dig John 5! I want to get the Vertigo cd bad!!
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KoolKittenJess
Jessica Grider Morganton, North Carolina United States Plays: Vocals (26 years)
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From Morganton, NC, Hello Joe and fans! I can't believe i've just now found this site after being a fan for so long. I love guitar music. It is full of soul and life. I'm desprately trying to learn guitar to go with my vocals..any hints from seasoned guitarest? I think i'm going to enjoy my stay here!
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Steven Wilde
ShredZone, CaliFunia USA Plays: Guitar (21 years)
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SUZIE2000- If You logged on to My site there is an album called "morning light" That was the 1st recordings! July 03'...All original and totay experimental(probaby because i did'nt know any real song's) I did not know anything about EQ or compression, and I Just picked up the guitar!...So I was reacting on feeling and what I was hearing, A year later is when I began taking lessons and learned all My pentotonic scales and the whole circle of 5th pattern, Plus a whole lot of other basic stuff, I can say I learned from the best in the new york, LA, CA. area- John Mcarthy-Tony Burnett. and My home studio experiance came by serious trial and error!...I have screwed up many a take!...I know quite a lot about Home recording, Now.The good equipment and the prices, the ease of use!...I have owned quite a few! from Yamaha, to tascam, fostex, Korg , Zoom...You name it. I chose to stick with Boss...Because of My "limited range of readin comprehension" That was the most user frendly for Me!...But You realy cant go wrong, If You want i could give You a list of some realy awesome ones such as the V-studio's or the less expensive stand alone, Most come with 24-16 bit conversions which is standard comercial CD quailty!...I started green in late december 02' so that would make Me playing for a total of 2/12 years. And The stuff I have learned is very insightful!, and ......wait a minute I have to post again this is getting realy long...hang on.....
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Artanis I
Ben Kenobi Australia Plays: Drums (30 years)
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Hi all, just thought I'd add one comment to the weekend's WWII conversation. Despite everything Winston Churchill did in that war, he'll still be remembered in Australia as the ^%#&^$&^ that sent the WWI ANZACS to a freaking beach at the bottom of a cliff covered in Turks at Gallipoli. Welcome to international war, colonial boys. Thanks for supporting the Empire, I hope you all get shot dead on your first assignment. (Those are not his words, note!) Of course, Hamilton was responsible for most of that muck-up, but it was Churchill that sent them all there without first planning it properly.
Later! Enjoy your Satch!
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