Joe,

I saw your show in Houston and picked up a copy of Super Colossal there at the show.

What an absolute monster you are. Every tune on the CD is great, I've turned a dozen or more friends onto it just by letting them hear "Made of Tears" which is an all time favorite...right up there with "Why".

If my dreams had a soundtrack, you'd be playing it. I know how hard you've had to work to become the artist you truly are, but your inate talent shines through all of your work.

HEY JOE, i heard you were on the radio today...someone i know said they heard you on there...... is this true?

oh and....do you think that Turkey Man will be on any other album in the future...like maybe you could do another Anthology like cd?!?!..... ohhhhh or...maybe you could do it live at a show you woud be filming..... im tellin ya Joe...that song is GREAT! SO SO SO SO SO BEAUTIFUL

MIKE SB Thanks again for the great JH link. That was me playing bass bro! You didnt know I was black did you? That was an awesome jam and will definitely be put into the library. Didnt notice when that tape was made, but this band is far and above his last. What is JH doing now? No current cds. Not a bad actor either in that movie with Patrick Swayze, Roadhouse. More JH!!!

MTLHD Glad to see you posting again bruddah. As they say, take it a day at a time and try to stay on top of your situation. All things must pass in time. I'm going thru a slight problem myself. A little vertigo. Nice unexpected free rides in your mind. I imagine I must be overdoing it a bit so I gotta chill out. Hope you get better soon dude! Much Aloha

Speaking of Patrick Swayz, he, along with Nicolas Cage are wing chun boys. Saw NC chi sao at one time. Pretty good!

First martial arts pursued when 9 yrs old. Judo, from Judo Gene Labelle. At 10 yrs old no holds barred Labelle throws growler all around the mat like a ragdoll for about 15 minutes just to check out the falling technique. Another free ride...kinda like vertigo. Judo, excellent defense techniques to counter Muay Thai holds.

MR CRO Thanks for the congrats. I'm paying the price now. How you been doing? I think that I've been missing those excellent links you put out there. Hope all is well.

Just got up after 4 hours sleep, got to go to work now.... still on a high from talking to Joe after the show last night- what a humble guy, I even managed to ask him a sensible question... a very surreal experience...

Thanks to John for the tour too, your time and hospitality was much appreciated making the experience even greater! And thanks to Jeff, Galen and Dave of course :)))))

Just now got to get through the day and sleep later... :))))))

BEST LIVE SHOW I HAVE EVER BEEN TO!

Thanks Joe :)))))))))

Hey Joe

Hope you’re doing well. I just popped in to see if you’re much of a Mattias IA Eklundh fan and would you like to jam with him on a future G3 tour? Check this link:

http://www.myspace.com/mattiaseklundh

Take care :)

ovation.......thanks bro.......yu got mail....

lucysorets...yu have mail.....get well soon......god bless.....

zenfish...the age of laurent blanc is far gone and so too didier deschamps.......now with zidane also going ..all that is left is a proud coach and a proud underachieving at world stage henry......lol....cheers frenchie.

suzie2000......congrats on the achievement..yu deserve it...how in the hell is joe now.????lol..lol.....havent seen him since last may....lol,,when he was in india...lol..lol....cheers and england were lucky to escape with a draw.....dont yu agree....and yes with that draw now they face ecuador and so will definitely progress to the qtrs and that is where it all ends unfortunately........enjoy school......bye..

satriella.......how was the joe show......??????..info c'mon.....

alexandre.......artanis,,,,,,mthead.......tracie.......hi ..hope yu gusy are doing well...

MThead....nice to see yu back......cheers to office...lol...lol.....now it is even worse ,...staying up till early morning watching football till about 4 in the morning and then work from 10...shit,this life sucks...i wish we can get a break from office till the world cup concludes...are yu cheering for any country?

bye.

Stevee T:Hes no slouch that’s for sure, lol

Ovation:People may not like Mr Varneys ways in conducting his business, but man did he get that one right or what!

Zen:& why is this playa a tad more interesting than the norm Varney releases?…Note selection! Staying clear of well troden modal ideas so many use, swapping instead for the much more difficult to execute jumbled interval changes many hope will be swept under the rug & forgotten, ha guess what, lol Much more inside playing & bluish bends than Holdsworths outside ideas.Probably a lot easier for most to consume because of that.

Holdsworths concept:Finger neatness 4 notes per string as opposed to 3 with all 4 fingers evenly spaced, each working individually from the last joint of the finger at right angles to the string for better note definition. ie no curving of the 3rd into the 2nd finger when playing 4 note per string whole tone lines!! Combine that with the 15 different scales Holdsworth uses & all its modal permutations…its no surprise you hear EVERY note crystal clear with the improv never the same twice! Its not for everyone but brilliant thinking non the less

GROWLER:Sorry t hear that about your Sifu dude, how is he now? & was that you playing bass with JH or are you pullin mikesb,s wire, lol

I'm new to this site, I'm from Liverpool. I went to the show in Manchester on Friday and it was the first time I ever saw Joe. IT WAS AMAZING!! I went to see Steve Vai in the same place a few months before and I thought that was great but this was something else. Really inspirational Joe and I would love to see you again. Keep it up mate!!!

Whisky gal - You can only do your best. Noone can ask for more. Sometimes life is not so fair and it's the rotten b4st4rds who get the breaks. If it's meant to be, your time will come. Just be patient and as Billy used to say 'To thine own self be true'.

In the meantime, keep rocking.

Slansh - I was talking to the nice Morgan custom fellas yesterday... 'Envy' who is currently getting a nice new body in the Morgan Custom shop is now also getting a new neck..

birdseye maple and ebony fingerboard

sheerrrrrr-wingggggg

excitinger and excintinger.. lol..

I never win anything so this was seriously seriously cool...

the after-show chit chat with Joe was very cool too...

meeting up with hrhfist, shell, satriella and their respective posses was also very very cool.

Suzie.. we missed each other again.. lol.. I can see a pattern forming here.. lmao..

I saw Matt call but it was so loud where I was I just couldn't make out anything he said... all the shouting and screeming cos the England game...

I'll try to call either you or Matt some time..

England is not the best team in the world.. but we are top 8 in my opinion... so I hope we at least make the quarters..

Argentina and Germany are looking very strong now...
but never discount Holland, Czech or Brazil...
this is where the Cup gets really exciting I think..

and I now have the new CD...

in my honest opinion...
this is his best one since Crystal Planet by far...

so I met Joe too.. we had a nice lil' chit chat too.. which was highly extremely cool..

I greatly enjoyed our little chit chat after the show too..
and the things you said to me really took me by surprise...
still makes me smile even now.. lmao..
what Clarky speechless?? never!!.. lmao

Great show at Hammersmith last night Joe - thanks a lot. What's your secret? - you seem to be getting younger! Next time can we get the "heads-up" about gigs by e-mail/newsletter? We saw the ad by chance in a Sunday newspaper supplement, along with the general population, and didn't get very good tickets. Would love to have been closer and maybe bagged one of your picks!

Also thanks for bringing Johnny A - been listening to him for a while now since getting a Favored Nations sampler CD and ordering one of his CDs. I was able to get the other one at the gig and he signed it for me. Great set and really nice bloke. Shame so many people missed it by hanging around in the bar!

Come back again soon Joe. Next time, Portsmouth Guildhall is a nice venue and if you want any more suggestions for G3 how about Jeff Beck or Dweezil Zappa?

As we all get older, I'm sure that, like me, you would like to stay 'alive & sharp' for as long as possible. The harsh reality is, however, that none of us live forever, and one of these days each one of us is likely to finally lose our smarts. If you're like me, you will want to know when that happens so that you don't embarrass either yourself or your loved ones, so I am convinced that each of us should take a good hard look at ourselves from time to time. This should help get you started with the process:

During a visit to a hospital for the mentally infirm, a visitor asked the Director what the criterion was that defined whether or not a patient should be institutionalized.

"Well," said the Director, "we fill up a bathtub; then we offer a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him or her to empty the bathtub "

"Oh, I understand," said the visitor. "A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup."

I dialed a number and got the following recording: "I am not available right now, but thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the beep. If I do not return your call, you are one of the changes."

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