Do the Stu - I agree with that. It's very seflish to get yourself to a point where you're tripping over cables and throwing drunken fits on stage. You are very lucky to have caught him on a good night. I really preferred the Sammy era of Van Halen myself. It's also an incredible waste of talent. That's one thing I have always admired about Joe. He goes on sober and rocks the house for 2 plus hours. And every interview you see him, he's articulate. Liveing proof that just because you can shred doesn't mean you have to keep yourself in an altered state all the time. Do you think Joe ever plans on doing what Halen did? Bring the son on tour? You never hear much about Joe's family.

Igneousiceman, Do The Stu and any other Rushoholics out there: I fell out of love with the Rush sound on the live shows around about the time when Alex switched to PRS (although I don't blame the guitars). It went all muddy with a ton of distortion and lost the bright 'jangliness' that had always been part of his trademark sound. Thankfully, on the S&A tour, some of that jangle was back which made me a happy bunny.

I do have pretty much everything Rush has ever produced - never bothered with Chronicles as nothing new there or their other compilations. I also have some rarities - eg. on vinyl I have Battle Scar recorded live in the studio with Max Webster and released on their Universal Juveniles LP. Then there's the coloured vinyl versions of a GUP 10" EP release with Distant Early Warning (I think?) on the A-side and some previously unreleased (at the time) live versions of songs like Vital Signs on the B-side.

I also have a ton of bootleg stuff from the early years (sadly, still on tape but I'm sure it must be out there on the web somewhere by now), some good some not so much. Hemispheres live is a treat.

I actually find that my JSX head does a great job of getting a Rushy sound. Anybody else using their JSXs to recreate sounds other than Joe's? I use it along with some floor effects pedals and a Lexicon MPX-1. Just need to get hold of original MXR Distortion and Phaser pedals from the early 80s. They do crop up on EBay from time to time so I'll keep checking. Been outbid a few times already. I'm currently saving for an Alex sig model ES-355.

Oh, I'm also using my JSX to recreate some early Steely Dan guitar sounds. Along with Joe and Rush, I love SD with a passion. What a crazy mixed-up freak! :o)
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Oh man . . . We travelled over 1000 miles . . not including all the walking around either!

Imagine your going to see Joe for the first time ever and you got only one ticket but end up seeing him THREE TIMES ! ! ! ! !

SUNDAY , MONDAY AND TUESDAY . . . HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Once by accident or pure luck , Twice by even PURER luck and three times a charm when we reached Hammersmith! It was awesome getting those passes on and being led up to the v.i.p suite to see Joe and then coming out seeing people nudging eachother "Hey they got some passes to see Joe . . . It was like Wayne's World when they're flashing their passes around !

Thank You Joe . . . You were so gracious and polite.

Thank You Galen . . . Thank You so so much . . .

You're THE MAN ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Thank You John , Sylv , Wendy and Patricia .. U were all so friendly and welcoming (-:

John . . Thank you so much for asking! Great taste in shirts too!!!

Thank You Joe Satrini . . It was nice to meet you. Thanks for sharing your memories of Joe and your pictures!) VERY COOL guitar ! ! ! ! (-: Lucky lucky you!

Excuse me . . do you know the way to Hammersmith?! COOOOOOOOOOOL ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Thank You NJBeast . . It was nice to meet you and your lady friend (-:

Thank You Carlos . . It was nice to meet you too (-:

Y'all take it easy now . . . Keep rockin' . . . .

In a free world ! ! !

Mr Paul Gilbert was awesome too . . . . and of course last BUT not least . . . .

Thank you Sandy . . . . without you luvly . . . the above wouldnt'v happened full stop.

Thank you so so so soooooooooo much!

Hugs Maxi x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Just booked tickets to see Joe on Sunday 15th June at the London Guitar Show :)

Anyone else going?

Was gonna Suzo . . but not sure now . . .

Cutbacks!!!

Im sure it will be fantastic!

i remember that some love my voice here.

so, for them:

dts-megadeth, joe satriani, megadeth, led zepplin, paul gilbert, jeff beck, zz top are what im roughly listening to now, catcy guitar riffs ive always gravitated towards. regarding fuel , the hydro electric fuel cars are at concept stage, i dont know much about it, but if they can find away of storing the energy then its ago-go. all that will be emitted from a hydro electric car is water, performance is about the same.exciting stuff.

Joe........ when are you guys coming back to Dallas for a show? We're having withdrawls for great guitar playing!!!

Hey, Wolf2: I see quite a lot of your posts involve weights and training. Not sure what kind of program you are following? If you should ever need help or advice with your training and nutrition go here:

HST forum

While you are there, have a read of the FAQs, then eat more food and get ready to start growing and shifting some serious iron!

Proffboff: see if you can get hold of a copy of Joe's Guitar Secrets book. It has loads of useful tips, exercises and theory laid out in 41 lessons to keep you busy for most of your lifetime! :o)

It was published by Cherry Lane Music Co. The ISBN on mine is 0-89524-738-0

Hope you find a copy and thanks for reminding me about it; I need to dip into it again.

Blue_Moon: Yeah, I think you are right! Crazy dude that wolfman fellow. Yay!