Suzie 2000:Your both welcome hon

Anton Shred/Growler:Y lads are in good company here.You,ll find many are into martial arts 2, including myself & Clarky.See y end of week.Got t get the head down its nearly 12 here up at 5 for the train t work ahhhhh

marimari:Dont be goin soft on me now, lmao, get that fuckin camera angle better than yer last! Because you CAN hon

Don't know how long it will be before you get around to reading this, if ever at all, but I just wanted to make a suggestion for a new guy to try out for G3 if you and Vai decided to get together again. (I'm sure you will). I know Petrucci is an awesome player, but it seems you guys like to switch up the third player a lot, so have you guys thought about trying out Rusty Cooley? He plays in a band called Outworld and their CD is coming out this year. He's kind of a classical shredder like Malmsteen, except he uses more modes and creative licks, kind of like Michaelangelo. I have seen both you and Steve Vai, and I have to say that you both put on the best shows I have seen. Steve is definitely more pretentious than you, but that makes for a great show, for sure. Awesome musicians. Check Rusty out and see what you think. I'm sure you've probably heard all those basement guys, being in the industry and all, but if not, well, I would be pumped to see what you guys could do. I know Malmsteen didn't really jive well with you guys, as far as classical shredders go, but Cooley seems to be more, well, cooley. Ha. Give 'im a shot I say. Check out "Prelude to madness." Wicked instrumental song.

Well, I hope you come back to Vancouver soon, or even Victoria, (where I live). We have a new arena here, which I haven't been to yet, and it was bought out by Save On Foods, so they called it, "Save on foods Memorial Center." So we call it "The grocery store." Hahaha. What a joke! Hear it boasts a good show though..

Take care joe.

-Mitch

Hi,Joe I know your going to be in England soon. Thanks for coming on tour!!!! I've just met Doug Doppler a couple of week's ago..Talked for ages!!! A little question. Will you be at a Virgin store,HMV,Guitar shop. London? Would really like to meet my playing hero..Sorry if ya hate the term Joe. I've studied your work now for 7 years & been playing 19 years. All due to you..Thanks for all the effort Joe.

FRETPICK. Fretpick@yahoo.co.uk.

Hey Joe, where you going with that Axe in your hand? Will you ever come here to my little town, Dallas TX? Cause I know you caught her messing around with another Man! And that ain't to cool, he didn't play as well as you either! LOL, Man I would really like to see you at one of our up close arenas.

JUDAS PRIEST is kickin' some serious @ss on VH1 Rock Honors!!!

WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

There's a super group that pays tribute ot KISS and plays GOD OF THUNDER and it's INSANE!!! Scott Ian stomps the hell out of it on bass! Slash, Gilby, and Ace on guitars, Tommy Lee on drums, and effin' ROB ZOMBIE doing a killer job on vocals!!!!!!

Holy shit did that rock!!!

well i am back..

Cube......it's later.....

ok....on my way home....i was lookin at the BEAUTIFUL sunset that was goin on behind the Seven Sisters (mountains) and i was listenin to Summer Song....and it was just so awsome to be lookin at that sunset, and listenin to Summer Song at that moment....sorry just had to throw that out there : )

Hannah- yeah im ok now....thanks to Joe and his amazing music

tierd.....sore................... *passes out and falls outa chair*

ovation...thanks for the mail........yu have one too bro....hope yu like the pics....and yes,,,bring it on!!!!!!!!Brazil all the way....lol...and yes bro,yur guys nearly whipped germany all over leverkusen but the germans managed to draw 2-2....japa is more threatening than korea,,,,korea rode on controversial refreeing decisions al the way last world cup...cheers

all the other guys.....cheers and have a nice day....

Growler, actually I recommended Jennifer Batten (she used to play for Michael Jackson!), so I think you confused me with someone else but anyway, no matter, I might have mentioned Susan Hyatt once? I think she's the voice of "Stimulator", the new band which Geoff Tyson now works for. Geoff is an awesome layer, although I know it's off the subject since you were asking about girl guitarists!

Bonnie Raitt was the other honourable mention you got from me! Anyway yeah, as soon as Kayla gets over Joe she can knuckle down to some hardcore guitar workouts! hahaha

Hi Joe! Not sure if this is the most effective way to contact you, however, here goes. Last Thursday I bought your anthology collection and have been listening to nothing else since. I had a rare entire evening to myself to listen to the cd's and ended up being moved to write, so I wanted to share with you what your music had inspired - don't know how you feel about poetry, but that's what happened... hope you enjoy! (and thanks, by the way, for the music!)

#1(written listening to Until We Say Goodbye)

The clouds above/ Swirl like the billows/ Of a dancer’s skirts/ Displaying their intentions/ To me,/ To the horses/ That imitate the sky/ Running in nervous waves,/ Replying to heaven’s rumbling/ With a thunder of their own./ They want shelter,/ From the sting of rain,/ From the deadly smack of lightning,/ From the cold./ They will avoid pain/ When they can./ I want that too./ Warmth. Protection./ To avoid pain./ I also want to be a masterpiece./ We often fall from the vine unripe./ Have faith, have faith./ Faith and proof / Cannot keep each other’s company./ But what about love and pain?/ I think they are bedfellows/ That cruelly claw each other’s backs/ While tenderly kissing./ I watch the horses run a little longer/ Before I open the gate,/ The dam,/ And let them flood the barn./ I hear them softly moving around/ In the dark./ I listen to their breath/ And feel the warmth/ Radiate from their bodies/ Pressed close./ This is their love,/ Their world,/ Their belonging./ The rain pelts the roof./ Now and then a cool air/ Slithers around us./ Right now/ I am one of them./ They move gently around me/ Bumping softly me as one of theirs./ It’s simple and enviable,/ The obedience to their purpose./ Pain is the hammer/ To red hot iron./ Burning before beauty./ Love is the function./ But it is outside this barn./ Even though I want to stay/ And make perfect sense / Of my longing./ I walk to the house/ Where a light is on/ Shining orange in the dark/ In the open air,/ Nothing between me and God/ But the rain.

#2(written listening to Always W/ Me, Always W/ You)

I wasn’t born yet/ When Agnes came./ But I feel like/ She’s an actual person./ Folks mark their lives/ According to her visit –/ “Let’s see, that was the year after Agnes”/ Or/ “Yeah, we bought the house before Agnes,/ We never thought the water would ever get that high.”/ On some country roads/ Her high water marks can still be seen/ Like the notches on a wall of a child’s growth./ It’s as if some mysterious and powerful woman visited town/ Like a queen or a sorceress./ I always pictured her/ Dressed in a purple crocheted cap/ And tattered purple silk robes./ Mostly harmless/ But then someone had to piss her off/ And she said “That’s it!/ How do you like me now?!”/ I guess that’s what we do./ We measure our lives in big events/ Or disasters/ Because most of the days seem the same./ Maybe if we paused more,/ Gave thanks more,/ We’d see the miracle/ In a praying mantis and we’d say/ “That was the day the praying mantis hung on the screen door.”/ We’d see the miracle/ In rainbow trout and ladybugs,/ In winter and moonlight/ And goldfinches and orange lilies/ Growing next to the high water mark/ Of Agnes.

#3(written after a night of your music as I was falling asleep...)

I remember very little / About the day/ I was told that you died/. The sun was out./ It was Monday./ It was May./ Her face was heavy laden/ With these “I can’t believe I have to tell you this” eyes./ And my busy mind/ Was made still/ Like a room with the blinds drawn./ I ached for your mother./ I pictured your hands./ We should have made love./ And I hate that I was drunk the last time we kissed.