michelle: Give Sully a hug for us, lol, that was a great way to pick the name!! :-) Meeeoooowwww!! ;-)

Oh...I wonder if this will work...

Hey JOE...I asked you a question too!!

Yeah right like that's gonna work...he won't even get the joke!

It's a mthead101 thing Joe!

Hugs anyway answer or not..hehehe

Hi everyone!

Satriella, I'm sorry to hear you are feeling down...but you are amazing, you still can post entertaining stuff ;-) Thanks for the links :-) Glad to know you are feeling better and I hope things get better for you very soon. You are not alone :-)

bahduh, nice to see you posting :-) I'm glad you are better and I hope that your recovery is quick and complete. You have mail. Take care and have a nice day :-)

michelle, how sweet all the stories about your new kitty :-)

marimariSRV, congratulations! It's so cool that Steve Vai mailed you to say he loved your photos! You deserve it and your photos deserve to be published in as many places as possible ;-) Well, you mailed me and it didn't go through? It didn't go through to me either. I got this message from the server "AOL does not accept e-mail transactions from IP addresses which etc etc" Strange...it usually worked fine with AOL too. We'll try this other e-mail address: lucysorets@hotmail.com You have mail with my list through this e-mail and I can't wait to see your new pictures!

About my Deep Purple experience this past Saturday...

I began to be interested in Deep Purple, as you can guess...because of Joe. I have a Deep Purple CD bootleg called "The Battle" with Joe, it's one of the shows he did with them, on December 3rd 1993. I loved it.
And I had the pleasure of seeing them live for the first time this past Saturday. The concert was wonderful, as special as I thought it would be. Even when perhaps my seat wasn't the best for this show (see the pics below) I wouldn't complain about it! It offered an interesting perspective: the sound was amazing and the lighting effects one doesn't notice from close-up were wonderful. I enjoyed all the songs, a good mix of new and old. The audience got huge ovations in after old songs, specially Lazy, Space Truckin, Highway Star and Smoke on the Water!!! They were all in a very good mood, Ian Gillan's voice was on top form. Steve Morse and Don Airey solos were great. Don Airey played in the middle of his solo some Spanish classic melodies, an excerpt of "El concierto de Aranjuez" and some notes of a "pasodoble" it was really cool. And yeah, the personal touch Steve Morse gives to the band is fantastic. A great night.

Some pics I took of the show:

Deep Purple in Madrid picture 01

Deep Purple in Madrid picture 02

Deep Purple in Madrid picture 03

Deep Purple in Madrid picture 04

Setlist:

Pictures of Home
Things I Never Said
Wrong Man
Ted the Mechanic
Living Wreck
Rapture of the Deep
Back to Back
Before Time Began
Contact Lost (Steve Morse)
Well Dressed Guitar (Steve Morse's solo)
Lazy
Don Airey's solo
Perfect Strangers
Junkyard Blues
Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
Space Truckin
Roger Glover/Steve Morse intro
Highway Star
Smoke on the Water

Encore:
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Black Night

Joe,

I am a medical school student who is currently enduring the basic medical science segment (medical school boot camp). I had been listening to you for years along with Eric Clapton and other guitarists when I spent some spare change on your album, “Crystal Planet.” When I am having a problem with a concept in biochemistry, Physiology or Neurology I lean back in my chair turn the lights down and play “Ceremony.” Drug molecules flow into place, Cardiac problems make sense and the brain’s wiring seem to make sense. I hope you write and play more pieces like Ceremony. For everything else I can not wait.

PhryDom Thanks for the link...his chrome finish is NICE! Any idea how much getting a body of a guitar chrome plated would cost?

Joe: how are you today? I have an important question to ask you... at your concerts, do you mind people taking pictuers of you? do you want the Flash off? and what is the clostest you allow them to take pictuers? I would really love to know cause i really want some pictuers of you at the concerts i go to but i dont want to affend you by taking pictuers at a close distance. Thanks Joe. love ya man. Have a great day!

Satriella: :)

Grrrr, my stupid area manager lost my time-sheet which meant I got underpid by nearly £500!!!! And then has the brazen audacity to phone me up and have a whinge about what I'm doing wrong. Dick head...

Keniko...glad to be of service Sir!

PhryDom...I contacted the guy would did that Chrome job...pretty reasonable rates....looks like a fine job he's done too!

mthead101...thanks for checking them out!!

Keniko...as civi said, my post wasn't directed at you, sorry!! There's another Ken on this site.....and he knows who he is!!!

Kayla, as far as taking pictures at concerts go, each venue has their own rules. When you buy tickets to a show, check out the web site for the venue and it will spell it out in the information.

Have we fixed the CHAT YET??? No? Hmmmmmm.....

Hello Satchland, hello good friends :-)) !!! What a cold in North :-/ !!!

MICHELLE - Thanks for the photos of new CAT SULLY :-). Give a hug from me to Sully baby :-). Kisses for you and hope you are ok :-).

BAHDUH - Nice to see you around. Welcome back :-) and good recovering my Indian Friend :-)).

OVATION1 - Hello Mikeyson :-). Hope you are ok :-). Thanks for your last e-mail. Me and a few friends we are working on the first Gonçalo Pereira Fan Club :-). If you want belong to the FC, feel free to do that ;-). Hope the weather is wonderful in Okinawa. Over here lots of cold but my sister told that here the weather is cool because in Switzerland the weather is really cold :-))!!! regards for you my friend :-) !!!

MARIMARISRV - WONDERFUL PHOTOS FROM VAI Mari :-). Awesome, really :-) !!! Thank you so much Sea Eyes, i love them :-). Hope you are ok and feeling good :-). Kisses for you and see you later :-).

DCSLATER - This place is marvelous, Is There Love on T2J Page? yes indeed ;-)). Thanks for your support and if you want, visit my website on www.alexandrecaetano.com :-). Warm regards for you :-) !!!

DCK - Hello Mark :-), thanks for your e-mail and for the good news :-). Thank you. regards :-) !!!

962 - hello my friend, keep rocking ;-) !!!!

JOE - I Can`t wait to hear the new record :-)) !!! Good week Joe :-).

LATER, regards to all

MasterYoda- that is crap news about the cash, hope it sorts out soon. Matt said to ask you- are you a member of the Registry of Guitar Tutors? It costs about £37 a year to be a member, but Matt gets on average a call enquiring about guitar lessons once every few weeks, it's pretty good.

Link: http://www.registryofguitartutors.co.uk/

Stevee T:

Cool...Thanks for the review on the chrome JS guitars. I thought that the new one looked a little darker in the pics I've seen.

QUESTION FOR GUITAR PLAYERS:

I've been messing around with Surfing with the Alien and find that I just can't quite make the stretch that occurs at 2:29. Particularly the pull-offs from 8 to 3. Anyone else who has tried it have trouble with this part? Either my hands are small or Joe's are huge. Maybe I'll just tap this part....

Best Regards,

Mari- Just been trailing through posts... excellent Vai news! :)

Hey there Satchers...

DelfinoPie - Hey man, sorry to hear about your aunt's condition. That's one thing about life that I'll never accept - getting old. Just have to be thankful that you got to spend the time you spent with her while she was in better health. She'll be in my thoughts, brother...

Satriella - Hey, I can relate to how you feel. Life's funny like that... sometimes you're rollin' - sometimes you're not. Just remember things have funny ways of working out, and they do work out, regardless of how bummed you may feel right now. When it happens to me, I think about the positives... the things that could be worse. That usually helps. Keep your chin up... besides, Joe's got a new CD coming out! :)

marimariSRV - I haven't seen the photos everyone's talking about, but I'm glad to hear things are working out for you!! That rocks!

962 - Dude, I checked out your tunes and they're great!! Excellent stuff, man! If you're into swapping links, give me a shout.

alexandrecaetano - Thanks again, man!! I had checked out your website a few days ago and I really like what you've got going on there. Great tunes!! Again, let me know if you want to link up to each other.

alter_ego_of_joe - Anytime, bro... just keep playing. That's the only way you'll get better... play, play, play!! Take a break every once in a while to eat, sleep, and hit the can, but keep playing bro! :)

I have 2 go in2 college 2moz with a throat infection and bad stomach aaannndd all bcus of f*ckin work dedlines and feedback from sum stupid essay i did 3 weeks ago .

BAD DUH

Dont talk 2 u much m8 but glad 2 c u bak !!