mthead101 - Thank you again for your kind words, you really have had more than most to complain about or be sad about but you remain upbeat...thank you for being you....SLAM-A-TOCIOUS Hug fella...Oh and yeah give portraits a go...you never know I may do you next....so beware!

cuthbert1776 - Aww what can I say...very touching...I take it that it was quite recent as it still makes you cry...sorry hunny!

gruskada - Yay what a great idea, I'm sure you (and me - hehe) will get lots of information from everyone on here...they are a very helpful and knowledgable bunch...though much of the information may have lost its source by now...if you know what I mean...you read something or hear Joe tell something at a meet and greet...but knowing where you heard it years later can be difficult! But it would be great to get a T2J book together...like the two CD's that have been done....hmmm go for it mate! ummm babelfish as in Hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy?

962 - Answer to guitar world Q is ?????? brrrrr chilly

Take care all

As mentioned earlier the UK dates have been released and ticks are on sale now!!!!...

16 Fri Manchester Apollo

17 Sat Newcastle City Hall

18 Sun Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

19 Mon Birmingham Symphony Hall

20 Tue Hammersmith Apollo

21 Wed Bournemouth pavillion

22 Thur Cardiff St David's Hall

Joe,

Zinc Master.. Anytime my friend..anytime!!! Yes i've most definately had my share of lifes wondermentand i'm still awed by the irony we call life.. true my loss was profound but, even though mom and dad are gone i feel truly blessed and so very proud to have had such beautiful people i can call mom and dad ( angels on my shoulders). The irony we call life the epitomy being that were all born to die.. so remember its what we do in our life thats truly important..so at the chance of sounding redundant.. be strong for yourself and those around you thats what it means to be a man.. thats whats important and of that we can be proud... hold your head up high my friend.!! MT

MARKYBOY.......THANKYOU ..THANKYOU... GREAT NEWS ABOUT THE UK DATES I'M GONNA BOOK MINE FOR THE APOLLO NOW !!!!!! JOE........THIS IS SO GREAT...I'M GOING TO SEE YOU AGAIN AFTER AUSTIN TEXAS.

Satriella - "though much of the information may have lost its source by now" - yeah, I'm running into that a lot. There's a lot of good info, though, and I don't see a reason why people would lie, so I think I'll take the info and make a note next to it, something like, "told to T2J member 'Satriella' at a meet and greet" or something like that.

Ok, now I'm forced to post more song info! From an old bio here at Satriani.com (http://www.satriani.com/2000/about/bio/): "Champagne?" is a solo treatment of suspended chords as popularized by Keith Richards.

I love that piece - almost killed my speakers by turning it up too much!

i just would like to say it's good to see that you have success mr. satriani, you're very talented. it's a shame though once you have 131.000 members registered in your site,it's very likely you will never read my few posts directed to you .nevertheless ,i wish you happiness and good health for you and to yours joe satriani

Satriella - You can open two windows in your browser. One on the post page and one on the board and toggle between the two. Also, if you are going to have a long post, write in MS Word and then paste it into the post window. This way if you are over the character limit your post won't end up in cyber-space purgatory.

civgeek - sounds like snow is a good excuse for a day off?

After going through a number of interviews, I've noticed that Joe gets asked these questions (or variations of them) just WAY too much:

- what happened to your hair? will you ever grow it back? - what do you think about the future of guitar? - what was it like teaching Steve Vai, Kirk Hammet, etc.? - how did you get started playing guitar?

I don't know how Joe has the patience to keep answering these, but I guess it could really backfire on him if he said something like, "geez - I've answered that 50 times - do your research! What's the matter with you!!"

The only thing I've so far seen that's close to that is when Joe was asked if he could be trusted to play the blues (around the time of the Joe Satriani album). Joe basically said (not a direct quote), That's such a strange question. What kind of question is that??

I think he just usually gives really short answers if he doesn't like the question.

He also gets asked something like "Who are you listening to now" quite a bit, but this is a good question, as Joe listens to a lot of cool stuff, and he usually gives a different answer.

I was wondering why you're bald. I'd probably listen to you if you had long flowing locks, like back in the day. I may consider going to see you in concert if you were even to wear a wig and possibly remove your sunglasses. I can't say wether you are good or bad at the guitar becuase I have been put of your music due to your intense baldness.

Anyway what I'm trying to say is to grow some hair or, failing that, look yourself out a hairpiece. Don't mean to be harsh but it's how I feel with this matter.

My friend "Spud Turkington" really digs you though and I'd be interested in listening your music if only I could be sure it was recorded by a guy with cool hair.

To Webmaster -

G3 if Eddie Van Halen

thanks

ok...usuay ill post Joe first but i saw baldy_feck's post and i had to say somethin bout it first... Ok dude....Joe looks KILLER with no hair, even with hair he looks killer but, Joe looks AWSOME with no hair...and whats wrong with his glasses, those things kicks arse. Really man, like Csillag said, save youself the embarasment. Seriously dude.