Holmes - I thank you, yer a darlin'.

Captain Steve:Heres a lil info for y.Sassenach is what my people get called by the Northern Scots even now, it means-Saxon; Englishman; Lowland Scottish.

If i tell even now a highland person where in Scotland i was born..which was Dumfriesshire the air goes cold & the bar goes quiet North!

Why...because it was the lowland chiefs that put into action W.W fate.They decided money & land was worth more.Incredible even now i,m not classed as a true Scot.

My Scots blood line is clan MacLean my mothers side Northern scot, lmao which is pure scot!

My fathers clan is both Fergeson & Marchbank Fergeson goes way back to The Viking invasion

Marchbank goes all the way back to Robert the Bruce & the Knights Templar...Not sure if thats good or bad?

My only English line is my grandmothers family Harrison, I,m still looking into it, my grandmother talked of her grandfather being a bit of a wild man.I,ll have t check with my ma if I get this right or not maybe this is right i dont know

Slashroom - We'll have to change your nick to Basset. Your genealogy would suggest you're Allsorts!

I don't mean to be funny but you're a whole lot lighter and friendlier these days than when I first came here. I hope something good's been happening for ya.

Keep rocking and stay away from walls

Captain Steve:Thats what happens when y have time to do the things y love...y become yerself.Unfortunately i,m back tae the grind in 2 weeks! Still, nice to be able to post and have a laugh when i could.ONE more week till the shite starts, better get ma arse in the gym.....bollox,lol, rest her up easy yersel captin

Satriella- how did you get your backstage pass? We spent a fortune on plat tickets, looks like we needn't have bothered to as so many people seemed to get passes... I have to wait 2 weeks to get a photo, you were allowed to take as many as you like and then meet the band too... ???

wow!!!!! Joe your performance was amazingly cool last night in Bournemouth pavilion, thank you so much!!!!!!! I've been waiting to see you play for so long and now that I finally have it's made me want to come and see all your shows. Thanks also for signing my guitar (even though the pen spilled everywhere! LOL) and also for taking the time to talk to us. Thanks to all the guys Galen, dave (awesome bassist) and geoff who we managed to get some pics with round the back of the bus!! I'm saving my hardest now to get a ticket to come and see you in the states!!!!!!!!!!!!! I also had a good chat with Johhny A and the band who were all mega cool, really liked there sound and look foreward to hearing more. I tried to blag Johnny to steal his pass to get into the ballroom but to no avail, sorry dude had to try!!!!

peace

John

OME...

Hi Satriella - thanks for inadvertently answering my post with your great story ("he injured himself playing with his kid..") - the limp seemed to be gone tonight, which is cool.

Just got back from Cardiff. Got last minute tickets this morning (although pushing it a bit having gone to bed at 4am, then up at 7 for work), which is kinda greedy considering I saw and met the maestro in B'mouth yesterday.

Anyway, you all know how addictive this can be!

So a great show with a magical performance and I think improved sound over yesterday. Couple of stand out moments:

1. Hopeless (drunk?) air guitar guy crowding Joe during the MPHGT arpeggio, who was eventually removed

2. The Chicken putting in an appearance and inspiring Galen to sing kill the chicken(?) as part of crowd chant, amidst bursts of laughter as Jeff managed to rhythm "wind" the chicken into the mic....

3. The crowd getting up and staying up, albeit only for the encore tracks. I think (hope) the band really dug that

4. And..... a VERY jazz moment on the ascending scale in verse 2 of Always. Me thinks that just went into the wrong key right Sir Joe? And that's what the little grin was all about? Maybe someone else who hit Cardiff will tell me if I dreamt that.

HERE's the killer though.... whilst my parents hung out with Joe I was asleep - D O H !! Will anyone here forgive me????

After the show I did the usual of hanging around and as my parents are such big fans they came too. Security started getting a little anal with "don't go any further and we won't have a problem" - at a point when I was about (not kidding) 200yds from the stage door!! followed about 2 minutes later with "the crew have confirmed Mr Satriani has left".

Sorry matey - he was Platinuming it with the lucky few who'd signed up for that - so less of the power trip please. By this time my father had SAS'd his way to the stage door, and my mum seemed to have glue on her shoes after hearing the scary mans voice.

Knowing that it would be at least an hour, and how I nearly froze to death yesterday, I went back to the car to catch a catnap - BUT not even super colossal (my Pa on mobile with a "get your arse in gear" message) was enought to wake the kip that ensued.... SORRY Joe, wasn't being rude : ) You know how I like to catch 5 minutes here and there with you.

End result is Joe chatting and signing with my parents for 10 minutes and me catching Z's oblivious to the whole thing!!

Thanks again Joe for being such a gentleman, especially at the end of a long day, and adding some extra magic to the night for a couple of fans. Oh, and 24hrs later my little boy can't get over the fuss you guys made of him yesterday and how he met his fave 2 musicians in the universe! You are too kind by far Sir!

Take care Joe and crew, and have a good rest of the tour. Can we have some more road photos and perhaps some comments in T2J from you please?

G'night fellow T2J'ers - it's 3.30am and at any minute my head may hit the keyboard for some random messaging!

L8rs

SLANSHROOM Impressive website dude. This is kind of a strange remark but its peaceful. Dont ask me why, but thats the feeling I get. Like all the cd cuts and find them original and CLEAN. Shows me your a perfectionist. Will pick up the cd no doubt. Good title that reminds me of a road that my wife and I almost crashed on while having the time of our lives on the Big Island, Hawaii. Its a shortcut from Kona to Hilo called Saddle Road. I found out later in my rental car contract that it was illegal to drive the road due to the number of fatalities, which is evident by the amount of memorials along the side of the road which is all sharp lava rock. Could of used your cd at that time to mellow me out as I was being tailed by a Camaro. Nice link to Phillip Sayce.

MIKE SB Didnt know about JH and the cancer condition. You would never know it either by the way he seems to enjoy life. Very special man. Great also to hear about his own club in Canada. Would it be cool to jam there or what? I'll be sure to bring my ball bra. Thank God for that thing slansh. Did you know my dogs are pit bulls?

Stevee T, Re Gino V.....

Every time I got close to him I bounced off his chest hair so no, never ran into him.....

ovation.....cheers bro.....thanks for the mail.....yu have a few yurself too.....japan are out...so sorry bro but what the heck,there is no shame in losing to a team like brazil!!!!!!!czechs are out sadly for me.......and australia got lucky........

lucysorets....i hope yu are on the path of recovery..............take care and god bless......

before i go...this goes out to all the soccer fans.... the winner of this world cup so far have been the REFEREES..THEY SIMPLY SUCK!!!!!!who saw graham poll yesterday in the australia v croatia game,,he was biased and favoured the aussies....still the colonial blood!!!!!had poll been fair croatia would have gone thru to the 2nd round......anyway hope the officiating gets better in the second round. sadly my czech republic are out......but what the heck,they deserved it!!!! to go out....adios Pavel Nedved and Karel Poborsky.........

oh so many people so little time..

Waterproof soap - no my feet won't touch the ground for a very long time

keniko - Oh yes....I feel sorry for the world of non-satchers...they are missing something incredible.... someone should pass a law that you must see Joe once in your life!

michelle - Thank you...hope you are OK...I was thinking of you coz I met another lady called Chelle who got aftershow pass every time I heard her name I thought of you.

Chiles - Oh thats sweet thank you...not very technical though

illuminata - Oh yes a modern day fairy tale all right....as you see from the pictures I am no princess though...lol more like one of the ugly sisters...but still a happy ugly sister am I

Captain Steve.....allsorts....hehe that was funny

Slanshroom - mind if I draw you...you have an excellent face! artistically speaking....

gotta have Joe - Oh yes the eyes....they are amazing really lovely

JoeSatrini - wow you saw him twice...hmmm my only regret now....should have gone twice...next time for sure!!

ovation1 - Oh yes it would have been lovely if you were there too!

Fish - you were waaaaay to drunk you know that don't you!...do you remember anything? hehe.... naughty franky!

Clarky - Great to meet you...sorry I couldn't spend more time with you guys!

Alexandre - oh my word...have such a great time in Madrid...I know you will its so awesome...so fantastic....I am sure it will be even better for someone who actually plays the guitar!

Lone Arrow - Awww thats almost the same as me I have been listening to Joe for about that long...I thought it was about 12 years but then I realized that I first heard him before the kids were born and my son is 17...so must be at least 18 years now and the Apollo was my first gig too!

Zinc Master - Thanks...should be some kick ass drawings too soon...that's the only reason I took the pictures really....shame I couldn't get Galen though...

njbeast - I'm fine....I was just away for a couple of days....thanks for being concerned though!

anubur - oh shame I didn't meet with you

Suzie - did you have your arms up a lot during the show and wearing a light top...with long sleeves i think...coz if you did I think you were sitting only a few seats to the right of me

Adaam Fox - Cheer up honey....sorry to hear you sad!

Delfino - Loved your photo story excellent!!!!

mthead101 - right back at cha!!!!

Satriella- no she was a crazy woman! I was about 2 rows behind her :)

Hi there

New poster here.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to see Joe in the UK this time round, but my band mate in Vivify was able. The wife picked a really inappropriate time to be pregnant!! :)

Brilliant show in the UK this year by all accounts.

Clarky has been telling us all about his meet n greet with Joe over on the intermusic forums (UK Guitarist mag). Amazing for Clarky that Joe had heard his playing!!!

Anyway - this seems to be a very cool place.

Hope you don't mind posts from a bassist!!!