LadyRebeccaofWessex your docter is an asshole. Going for "as long as you can...." is totally unprofessional. It should be the best it can be for ANY activity, wether for fun or as your job. I don't know how you broke your fingers and what shape they are in but fysiotherapy is/will be very important. Getting your fingers to work like they used to (if the bones healed well, in the right place, and there's no cut muscles and that sort of damage).
When I have an injury that can affect my guitar playing I always inform the doctor(s), which gets me extra attention, not "as long as you can work". If my cardiologist would tell me "as long as your heart still beats" we're satisfied and you should be too I'd kill the bastard!

Find a doctor that takes you and everything you do seriously, and treat you as if you were a pro musiscian. He should give every patient his best.

Joe, I wanted to see if you can help me. My fiance was a big fan of yours. He idolized you, and played your music all the time. He was a musician as well. He was learning your song "always with me always" to play at our wedding June 13th. Shawn passed away last month from a rare form of stomach cancer at the age of 37. We never got to see our wedding. I wanted to see if there was any way I could get a cd with that song on it, maybe with your signature on it. I know its a lot to ask for but it would mean a lot to me. He would be honored.

Hi Bill welcome to T2J - what's your favourite Joe songs and albums?

burly - Gooood Mooorrnningg Vietnam....er Burly!!!!!!!!!! Come on, can't you jump on the geetar and rip into something, all that gear just sitting there and waiting for you......:0)

Pip - LOL I thought you meant the crazy jacket not the Deep Purple CD - I did have a go BTW but $200+USD is way out of my budget and I am still a little dubious about CD's - so easily copied and printed etc. When's your next vid - couldya do Ten Words by any chance for a helpless beginner??? Will re-send the mail, check your spam box (now that sounds interesting doesn't it?).

scuby - great you have a couple of days work, sorry to hear you once injured your hand but gee it hasn't stopped you playing great guitar which is a blessing.

roo - check that, if I find out I will let the Aussies know.

dream3 - great idea, since the shows are sold out maybe somebody could put up a link for us to watch live outside the US. Also, any T2Jers can you take a sign to hold up "Hi Skippygirl" so I can pick you out on youtube :0)?

Taane - eh go on to you too mate, welcome, you play guitar at all?

cosmic_ape - now its Friday night yeehar! Fish and chips, glass of pinot gris and relax yeah!

well back form the studio jamed n drank all night, great ole time, was gona go downstairs to get some chicks but we left it to late, oops

goood times, im pretty sure i got the bus home, drove me car to get some breakfast pissed, but its ok i made it home safe and aok, and im writing this sure, so i must be ok, NO TYPOS

depends ape on what compression and video settings you use for YT... its all diff, i made tons of vids on day in different formatns and qualities, yer average vid will do aok, i forget what settings i use but its enough to get a HQ link... 128Kbps in 480xsomething video dvd quality or something, either way works fine, unless i shoot in HD HW is fine, tbh hq is far superior since its decetn quality and decent enough stereo audio

Aw Joe glad you had a great night, I missed Jeff Beck when he was here in Oz recently....I dig the tweets too so keep 'em up.

But...JOE is the best there is!

Jeff can be second best...

Glad yer having fun Joe!

Now, didn't somebody say it was Friday....

Terry Bozzio, Chad Wackerman, Chester Thompson and Ralph Humphrey all drummed at one time for the great Frank Zappa. Check them out now as the four of them jam together and create some unique Zappa-esque music.

Morning guitarvibes - great vid, how's the guy with the house of drums around him - amazing.

How's the rehab going BTW?

Edit: this guy seems to be making Chad's Chickenfoot drum kit right now - wonder if Joe did the images...

HEY JOE...GOOD TO SEE YOU....GLAD YOU HAD A GOOD TIME...AND CAUGHT UP WITH JEFF BECK....THANKS FOR THE POSTS....

Hugs Satriella xx