hey js1200xxx, I'd say he was VERY impressed, since he's now practicing Joe's tunes ;-))

Only 15 more days till the Atlanta concert!!! WOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOO!

Pick me! Pick me! for the aftershow prize tickets! PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ!

ZuperDave - I'm not a touring musician, obviously, but I agree...I do think it'd be boring to play the same set every night. I know Satch music is more difficult to play than most so that limits things, but I'd think there'd be some room for variety still. I don't expect him to be like the Dave Matthews Band or the Black Crowes and play 80 different songs over the course of a tour, but rotating out a song or two every now and then would keep things fresh.

Oh well... ;-)

Gary Cherone joined Van Halen following the first of many failed reunion attempts with David Lee Roth, after Sammy Hagar was kicked out in 1996. Gary did one album, Van Halen III, and a tour, and then he left/was fired as they were working on the follow-up album.

Van Halen III is among my favorite VH albums, as I said, but it's different from their other stuff. If you go in expecting the energy of 1984 or 5150 you'll be disappointed. The songwriting is more mature, the songs themselves are more layered, and the keys have more of a piano sound (think Right Now, not Jump).

Onto Sammy Hagar... If you don't have it, his I Never Said Goodbye might be a good place to start. It's from 1987, after he joined VH, and Eddie Van Halen plays bass on it so that makes things fun. My favorite Sammy Hagar album is Ten 13, from 2000. I'm not sure if I'd start with that one, but it is a great album. Actually, the best way to get into recent Sammy might just be to start with Marching To Mars (his first post-VH solo album, from 1997) and go chronologically from there.

This is old, but I don't recall seeing it here. So...

Here are two pictures of Chad Smith in the studio working on the Chickenfoot project:

http://allthingsloud.blogspot.com/2008/09/exclusive-pics-chad-smith-supergroup.html

Hey Joe! Looking forward to the gig in Richmond, Va. on Oct. 24th! My Brother, Jamie, is a huge fan....his b-day is the 24th and we celebrate with your music! How cool is that???!!!! Cannot wait for the grand talents awaiting us! The evening will be fantastic due to your talents before our eyes! Thank you for the offerings of your talents!!! Strum on! Take care....see you very soon!

Comfortably Numb

;-)

WOW - what an amazing song and video -

Shine on You Crazy Diamond

What an epic band!

mama M:My Fav band of all time, some get it, some dont.The Lyrics paint the song, its unfortunate few listen t all the words

Hi Joe. My name is Ilya, I am your sincere fan, I live in small town near Moscow. I have been playing guitar many years, but I could’t buy quality expensive guitar all this time. I was collecting money for my new guitar whole last year, and after your last concert in Moscow in B1 club I decided to buy Ibanez JS1200, because it’s new guitar’s model from your Ibanez’s JS series. I have bought it from official Ibanez’s dealer – Muzztorg in Moscow. I was very happy with my new guitar at first time, but then some problems have disappeared with tremolo EDGE-PRO. Three thin strings – E,B,G have sound with unpleasant ring and I have to tune my guitar every time after using tremolo-arm. I was very pity to know – the stud bolts are making from soft metal a kind of brass. I am an engineer and I think such tremolo must be making from solid steel, but really it’s not right! The string saddles are making from soft material too! I changed strings carefully several times (I use 009 DR or 009 D’Addario), but it didn’t solve this problem. I have studied Ibanez’s user manual and I kept to your recommendations thoroughly, but it couldn’t help my guitar to be in tune! Joe, please help me! What I have to do for improving my tremolo? Can I change any parts of it for solving my problems? What tremolo is suitable for replacing of EDGE-PRO?

Hey everyone,

Got a day off today, now I am trying to get some things all caught up around here and one of them is posting this message.

Out of the Setlist: Glad that you asked where I got Additionial Creations. I got it off of E-Bay. I paid quite a bit, including the S/H. Do you have an E-Bay account and a Paypal account? If not, then it will be a good thing to get both of them. You can also search for whatever you are interested in, such as Joe Satriani music, guitars, etc. I am trying to see if there is another copy of Additional Creations because I want to give one to my best friend (a huge Satch fan) for the upcoming Holiday season.

Well, I was not able to see Joe in concert in Chicago or in Cleveland because of work, but oh well. I have to work to get the bills paid and put food on the table. Man, this economy and market has really gone downhill. Hopefully, it will get better in the long run.

js1200js1000: That will be cool to get meet & greet tickets, if Joe comes next year. It will be way cool to have Joe sign them (js20s). I don't play, but my friend plays guitar really well (acoustic and electric). He saw a js100 (in white) at a music store and he told me that it would be neat to have it. Therefore, I tried to work more, and earn a little more money every day/week. I took some of my payday earnings and used it to save up for that guitar, which paid off. I surprised him with the guitar, for this birthday, which made him speechless. If Joe comes to the midwest next year, we are going to try to get meet and greet tickets and get that guitar signed.