Anyway ...er hopefully he read the card later...but i then gave him the bag for jeff...another card and a chicken hat with big long legs that hang down like pigtails and the bag for Paul Gilbert again with a card and with a MIlky Way, a jar of coffee, a bag of pretzels, a bag of snack-a-jack's...with the sn changed to cr and a big fluffy snke from Hamleys with a knot in it hehe....for those of you who dont know Paul Gilbert very well, check out the lyrics to Individually twisted and my gifts will all make sense!

We waited for John and co and made our way back to the car park...after getting lost backstage hehe...a bit of a spinal tap moment...oh I had some stuff in the car for him...they left and we proceeded to try to leave at about 11.55....aaaaaaaaaagh machine wouldn't take my money...so i pressed for help...clearly the lady at the other end was ready to go home and annoyed that i had called her...I wont go into all that happed but we got out of the car park literally with seconds to spare!

ok onward to er inkborough I think it was called on the very left hand side of London, quiet little place, but we got on the train with a reasonable amount of time to go...we had to be at Hammersmith at 4.45....so we get about 7 stations down the track, then realized we had left something in the car...the camera I think, so back we went.

We were given the rules and then hurded (50 of us) into the smallest bar room you have ever seen, yes JUST and I stress JUST enough room for 55 people to squeeze in shoulder to shoulder. Joe came in after about 5 minutes....he answered questions, with very long and lovely answers....oh we all got handed a pic and a big satchifunkilus picture before that....I braved a hand and said that it had really annoyed me that people were so stiff at Bournemouth and Cardiff and how did he feel about it....er.....I have no idea what he said, it was a long answer but i was to busy staring into his eyes...no basically he said there are certain protecals to follow...and when he answered someone elses question about filming he referred back to my question saying that they had two choices to film the gig...London or Paris but knowing what the British are like as in crap crowds...er...no Joe didn't put it like that...they opted for Paris, but he said that if they had picked London then he would have been very nervous tonight after the Bournemouth and Cardiff crowd. After the questions everyone got a turn to have a bit of personal time with Joe and a photo...we hung till virtually the end. Maximagnet went first....I had taken all the pictures I had drawn of Joe, Steve and Paul....now this is frustrating....coz I really wanted to know which one Joe liked best, so I said to him to have a quick flick through and sign his favourite, but after he had gone through most of the ones of him, he said 'which one is your favourite?' so I told him it was the one of him and Steve with the guitar in the middle. So he said 'well I will sign that one and you can take it to Steve and he can sign it too' (cough cough...yeah Joe, he only lives around the corner I will pop round later) At this point joe was super duper sweet...he took the picture out and stood with the pen poised over the picture, not moving...i wispered 'its Joe Satriani...thats your name' and laughed....'I know' he said nervously 'its just that its a piece of art and I dont want to ruin it!' aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwww come on even you guys have say awwww at that LOL...anyway Mick and John were now hurrying him so he didn't have time to look at the rest....as we went out Maxi turned back to Joe and thanked him because if it hadn't been for Talk to Joe he wouldn't have met me....awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww again.

I got my camera poised to take a photo once the lights went up, but as soon as Stu had finished the others came hurtling on and the chicken was whipped off in seconds so I didn't get a picture....but I was just sooooo delighted to see it there...I would like to think it was Jeff's way of saying thanks!

They all certainly played with extra zeal at hammersmith,....oh just remembered this guy two seats up from him, now I dont understand this at all, I mean, why he bothered, he said to me before the show that he had come more to see Paul than Joe, he was a real PG fan, he explained that he had to go home early coz of work at this point too, well, Paul had done about 4 of about 12-15 songs, sorry i was just digging it not counting it, but the guy goes out, OK, you would think to the loo or something, but no, he didn't come back until the break, then he chatted, annoyingly non-stop to me in the break, and then went, well, it wasn't even half way through joes set! ?????? What??????

Anyway, Oh yeah, AWMAWY started off as usual, but then was changed so much, WOW, AWWWWWSUM I tell you, I cried it was just so amazing...oh oh and when Joe played Ghosts, beforehand he would say that he kinda thought that if you could have your own peronal ghost, it would be cool if he was a cool guitar shredder, but at hammersmith he said that he would like to think that his personal ghost whould play guitar like Paul Gilbert....which I thought was the sweetest thing to say, and gives me real hope that he will have Paul supporting him again next time! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!!!

OH MY WORD .....then the most awful thing happened, it all ended....noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well except for one little thing, we were given flyers outside for Paul Gilbert.....

Next day it was off to the Astoria to get a ticket to see Paul Again in November.....YAY!!!! Cant wait for that coz its real up close and personal in there, will be queueing from 4pm again to get front row again if I can!

THANK YOU JOE FOR THE MOST AMAZING THREE NIGHTS OF GIGS....

almost finished! >=:o)

Anyone watching Euro 2008???

Hehehe... We got the question again. I'm tempted to change back to my old username, but there are only two shows left on the leg.

Kilgelec - Joe will probably tour the US in August/September. It'll be a solo tour, not a G3.

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Good Afternoon Satchland......How R U Guys ?

I'm leaving soon to go to Wisconsin for my pop's services and just wanted to get back to you before Cindy and I left. We can't thank you enough for all the prayers and well wishes for my pop and family. Like Joe ....all of you are pure class......and we love ya for it. God Bless all of you.

If you're interested, I'll email you the mp3 of the song I put together for my pop's services.(Michelle..wink,wink...) I'll be gone untill Mon. just so you know and will not be able to respond till then....

Thanks so much.....You guys are the best.

Have A Great Day Everyone ! ! ! !

Ken
A big hug from the other side of the pond

Ok here goes....

Elan as Joe

Hey Joe

Where's the video of your concert in Lyon France ?

We were hopping to see it on your podcasts.

Cheers.

Victoria, Cormac better watch those shorty pants don't set his bass on fire if he plays to fast! lol! Lovely boys! How old are they? Nice to start them young as fans of a great band : )

HEY JOE, I'm thinking that maybe Satchbot could use a friend like Yellow Drum Machine to keep him company on tour. After all...you have Jeff. lol!! It even says what it's purpose is! "Purpose in life - to find stuff and play on it." LOL!

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