Guitar case and cert in my hot little hands! WooHoo. I also got a nice letter from Ibanez congratulating me on getting an early release from the first production run. VERY happy! Black Dog is back in his luxury dog house.

Also, First doodles are trickling in. As I said, start by sending them to me (prefer with a story on how it was made, where, when, what it's title is, etc. So if you send me a pick of a guitar with 3 doodles, let me know if there was any name, description or story Joe gave you about each or any of them.

I don't expect to get all doodles, that will be impossible. But if I get a starting set I can use it to populate the initial doodle gallery and then let you guys loose in there posting your own.

I am investigating the right technology to use and will hopefully get something up and running in a week or so.

hey all....

A BIG SORRY!

i know there are a lot of you that I have lost touch with....I am so behind on internet stuff...such as this board and emails....

so I am sorry to all those that are neglected...when I got behind before I would be up in the early morning hours catching up or spending the whole day doing it....but I can only get on an hour a day now...which is not long in computer world...LOL

Out of the Setlist......hey....whats with the name change?...you had your previous incarnation forever? Thanks for asking...what have i been up too...not a lot as I am brassick....however....a new man in my life is keeping me busy and happy....er as opposed to my new boss who is keeping me not busy and unhappy lol

JS1200JS1000 - Thanks for asking....er same as above really...drawing has gone to pot...just not getting time at the moment...I have 2 or 3 joe pictures on standby ready to do though.

ktza - welcome back....how much longer have you got? Are you liking it or hating it?

All those going to gigs.....ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OutOfTheSetlist.....yeah I think Mountain played for at least an hour. Mountain Started at 7:30 and the whole thing was over by 10:40 pm.. A little shorter than I would have liked, we all could have sat through a few more tunes for sure.

So a friend tells me Joe was just on the radio here in Chicago and he mentioned a project with Sammy Hagar & Michael Anthony. Is this new info? Or am I out of the loop on this?

dear joe...im arif from indonesia.......i have been your fans since at Mid school...im very very stunned with your guitar playing...you are the guitarist who have very extremely influenced me...anyway...could i ask about your all guitar effect which you used at live performance at THE GROVE IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, on May 02, 2006.....i very excited about your guitar sound at there....and i hope you could come to indonesia.....because there are many more of your fans in indonesia....thanx about your attention...forgive if i ask too much.....

regards

HI Joe,

Can oyu tell me what amp head you use on the surfing with the alien interview!

I need the name,the tone was nice.

Thaks,

Hey Peeps.....

Off on holiday tomorrow, Hope you are all well and I will be back in here when I get back,

Take Care All,

OK, so if Mountain is playing for about an hour I guess that explains why Joe's set is missing some of the cooler songs. I get that his set has to be shorter...I just wish it could be shorter in a different way. ;-)

I remember similar things happening with the 2001 and 2003 G3 tours...those sets were basically just the "hits" that were in rotation on each previous tour. What really kills me is Joe started the 2003 G3 tour with Why, Crushing Day and The Power Cosmic (the original, not the EOC version) in the set, but dropped them after the first couple of shows, and he had the usual "safe" set by the time my show (and the Denver show recorded for the DVD) came around.

I've always been vocal about wanting Joe to mix up the sets...I think if you don't do that, it gets harder on each successive tour to be more creative with the songs you pick to play.

Thanks for stopping by...it's always good to hear from you, even if it's just a random post every week or two. I hope things are going well with the new guy... :-)

And Live Without A Net is a great concert...you're right. I watched it on VHS way back when (for me I guess this is the mid- to late 90s), and it was so cool to see it come out on DVD a few years ago. Have you seen the band's Live Right Here, Right Now DVD? They filmed two shows in a row and pieced them together...it really bugs me to see Eddie playing different guitars back and forth in the same song, and everyone's clothes and stage positions constantly changing.

I think it's lame to jump back and forth between shows, but if they did that I wish they could've at least stuck to a "one night" rule for each song.

They did some recording last month, and they'll finish up an album in December. It should be released in April-ish 2009, hopefully with a tour to follow. I'm psyched...!

Hey everyone,

Just received Additional Creations in the mail yesterday. Man, how awesome is that. Now I have all of Joe's albums.

js1200js1000: Thanks for the info about Chicago. Unfortunately, I won't be able to go to that either because of work. I even got back to my running (I took a week off to give the body a rest). Are you planning on seeing Joe in concert again?

It feels good to be back out running. Two races for me this month: the 19th and the 26th (competitive races for sure). My friends and folks think I should do a marathon soon, but I told them I wasn't ready quite yet. The most I ran was about a little over 18 miles nonstop. Now I need to get the other 8.2 miles.

Hospitality work is going well. The new hotel will be ready to open soon this month. My other hotel job is getting busy with a huge game group over the weekend.