Happy Thanksgiving to all the american folk......sorry to hear Do the Stu that you're not going to have a day off...prob the only guy in the whole of the states!!

Got a copy of Chinese Democracy for my birthday, and I'm very pleasantly surprised. I wasn't a fan really the first time round but I'm finding it very listenable. When Axl keeps his vocals in the lower ranges, he really does have a nice voice. I can't stand all that nasal vocal screeching in the higher ranges though...

Hey Satchland

If Jimi Hendrix still lived he would be 66 years today! Lets all have 1 minute silence for such a great music legend!

Riviera_Grande: Check out the "Road" section for the tour just completed.

I saw Joe at the Metro (Sydney) in 1995 and also Melbourne shows, plus an in-stoore private jam at Allans in Melbourne that day, that was awesome. I met Joe three times over 2 days, After show in Sydney, on the plane and we chatted for a while, and at the in-store at Allans.

Then I missed G3 - had a massive deal on at work and couldn't get away, so pissed at that, we also lost the deal, so it was a double loss.

Then in 2006 he did the ITLIS tour, only got to the Enmore in Sydney for that, but got backstage and met up with Matt/Jeff/Galen and Joe again. Got to really meet Mick for the first time then.

Then this year I went to the Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane shows, got to catch up with Joe again 3 times. Thank you so much Joe, Mick, Galen, Stu, Jeff - you guys rock.

At the Brisbane show my friend couldn't make it, so I had a spare aftershow pass, I gave it to a guy next to me after we were talking for a while and he said "it would be insane to meet the guy, but how the hell do you get the opportunity?"

Unfortunately, since then I have collected probably another 20 or more unique items I didn't have for my collection, so there more left to sign Joe LOL!

So to answer your question, YES Joe has really come to Australia, and yes it was insane to see him play live. There is no other experience close. The Albums are awesome, and the bootlegs and live dvds etc, but LIVE is the BEST without a doubt. You completely get pwned by the music! LOL

Riviera_Grande - you sound like you've been bittten by the Joe Bug like the rest of us hehe. I am sure you will be 18 by the time Joe tours here again so save your pennies to get on the Spirit and come across.

mjs99 - your wife met Joe??? Wow, I need to catch up with you guys on the next tour - it would be great to have other women to chat about Joe with and enjoy the show/s.

Glitzy you are a legend. I struggled around the oval this morning at 5.45 am - I must have hit a 2 week-mark wall or something but I had Joe and SWTA in my ears to get me round as best I could - when does the freaking fitness start to improve?????? If it was basketball I'd be fine but running - ugh.

fatape - you sound like a very happy man, good onya.

Morning roo!!

OMG: None of you havent even said one word about Hendrix today!

Skippygirl: why, what cd can you send me? :)

Seriously, If we discount the obvious fakes, then it used to be easy, but it's quite a lot harder now.

Some bootlegs were produced by backyard boys anyway (I think "Cotton pickin" was made up by someone who got a copy of an original Cotton Club and wanted to make a cover for it. And I think "Joe goes to war" was only ever on a second rate production in cardboard sleeves), and I believe some of the originals were mailed around as CDRs and some guy later made up the slips and had them professionally produced to resell. So it really depends what you are looking for.

In the past it was sight unseen ordered off a mailing list, but I pretty much got exactly what I expected each time, no bad experience. Now with ebay, and so many smart counterfeiters out there, I can probably say I don't really care about original originals, As long as I get a cd that looks professionally produced, then I'm happy. And it has to be a recording that I preferrably don't have. I know for instance that "Luminous Guitar Giant" and a few others were only ever produced in a very small batch as CDR with stick-on cd labels. That is the original original anything that looks more professional and is called that is a copy!

Hope that answers your question.

Happy Thanksgiving Satchland,

Railton--Jimi Hendrix started it all for the guitar as a lead vocal instrument. Let me add my gratitude for Hendrix as well. What a way to inspire a guitar hero in the making! AND JOE DEFIED DEATH (HENDRIX'S) BY PICKING UP THE AXE AND CONTINUING A TRIBUTE THAT MAKES GUITAR HEROS IMMORTAL!!!!!!!!

THAT IS WHY HE IS CALLED ST. JOSEPH!!!

Maritime--Thank you for JOHN PETRUCCI's Rig Demo. The equipment used with the electric guitar blows my mind!!

Tracie & Michelle--Happy Happy Thanksgiving to you great goddesses of the message board!!

Do The Stu--I'm glad to hear that rock n roll radio stations are thriving in your listener area. I don't suppose KRLA, Pasadena still exists, does it? Thanks for your tips on police/security guard etiquette/behaving responsibly.

Cool pic's Al

Al, did u explain to Joe that yer cd cover picture is yer reflection off yer blue guitar? Hmmmm, did ya!

Austin...really? That guy has been there, doing that, THAT long?? WOW....I bet he's secretly a millionaire then, lol! He was freaky but very cool!!

Mckenna, nice pics my lil Irish lad....you went practically EVERYWHERE in San Fran it looks like! But I know u've got even more pics and my inbox is waiting.... *tapping foot*.......

Millie, ty, Happy Thanksgiving back to you. Ain't no goddesses here, but plenty of us chickens!

Wonder if Joe had given Mckenna's cd a spin yet :)

And btw, does anyone else LOVE the opening video of Joe's Workshop Live lessons at the Satch Zone? I think using his JS1200 guitar as a space station is freakin COOL, lol....viewing windows on the side, transporter through the input jack....I'd fly around space any day if my spaceship looked that awesome, LOL!!! Very clever Joe....didya dream that up yourself?

Chris has done a coupla lessons at the Satch Zone now, looking forward to doing more but he can only look at them when he comes home to visit...he thinks they're great!

Blue Moon - nice shots Al, you're quite tall aren't you and sooooooooooo baby-face cute! Those Irish girls must go nuts when you play.

Sad week for some. Michael Lee died this week. He played drums for the Cult and Thin Lizzy. Some may have known him better for drumming for Robert Plant and Jimmy Page on the Unledded tour. He was one hell of a drummer. and only 39 years old. Shame.

Blue_Moon - Thanks for sharing your photos...a lot of them seem to have turned out better than I thought they would. Cool...

And I'm not in a turkey coma because I can't stand turkey. I had pizza instead... :-)

On another note, did you see my post from a few days earlier than that about the Candlebox CD? I finally found it at a record store... If you can't find it I'll dig up a link for you...

wolf, mate, you really need that penis seen to, for God's sake.......

Blue Moon - I need to slap some young Irish girls around then.............

skippygirl, doesn't every guy need their penis seen. lmao!!

Black Friday....I hate working in retail on daze like deeze! Lawd gimme strenff!!!