scoob - you almost gave me a heart attack! Barre chords are hopeless ATM.

Al - thanks for the easier version of Bm

burly - Avoir un jour merveilleux à Steve et tout le monde en haut sur le sommet

Iggy - work that one out above smartypants bike-riding, guitar-playin fitness-freak academic

Iggy - haha well I used the Google translator to say "have a great day to Steve and everyone else up on top" (cos I THINK he had said hi to peeps down under).

scuby - thanks for your help I can get some barre chords on the electric but not the acoustic. They really don't seem to be any more efficient for me than the open chords :0) - hope the guitar is good as gold when you get it back.

Got any more African phrases for us? I really enjoyed the ones you posted a little while ago.

Signor Roy bene, grazie, et du? Mi chiamo Skippygirl et prende un bicchiere de vino rosso per favore signor

Igneous- yes I had a spiked mullet with long hair ( below the shoulders) Now I shave my head (not to look cool like Joe but because I have none on top).

Thanks for the greetings and well wishes in whatever language.

I only took a semester of French I can read most of the phrases and get really close on the dialect but for the most part I could not tell you what I said.

I can read and understand about 60% in Spanish. If I had to go to France or Mexico and rely on speaking the language, I'd be in trouble.

pics from the Chickenfoot show at the Fillmore

These came from Brian (Mahavishnu)...his camera is fantastic! Security was firm on no flash, so all I took were crappy pics, but Brian's turned out great!! And he said they could be posted on t2j :)

I've only had a chance to post one song from Tuesday's show so far: Bitten By The Wolf

cosmic_ape - Yep...tall ol' me is rockin' out and being in the way during most of that YouTube video. ;-)

I still owe you guys a better review...I'll get on that soon.

It’s not a rumour; it’s the real thing,” says CHICKENFOOT guitarist JOE SATRIANI, on the eventuality of more dates for North America as ‘feet start walkin’. “We have over… between August 2 and September 30, there’s a 34 city tour that is almost completely booked at the moment. Generally with the way those things go, they wait ‘til the very last shows before they release the dates, before they do the press release and say, ‘OK, get your tickets now.’ So we are, starting, whatever it is, the night after tomorrow, whatever, in Chicago, all the way through September, we’re completely booked. Between North America and Europe. And once those get released, we’ll start looking beyond September 30.”

Good news for those who have been edged out of the sold-out small venue dates for Chickenfoot, comprised of SAMMY HAGAR (ex-VAN HALEN), Michael Anthony (ex-Van Halen), Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS) and the afore-speaking Satchmo.

Guitarvibes--I finally finished reading Only in Holland, Only the Dutch. Wow! What a progressive country! I wanna visit the museums and Cafe's and the "famous fountain" of the BITS! Hee hee!! ;-D Surprisingly, the aroma of skunk weed is more pleasant than tobacco--cigarette and cigar smoke!

At the Fillmore, it seemed like everyone around Steve and me were smoking weed.........it got to the point I was laughing about it because I just wanted to see and hear Joe's awesome guitars and his amazing genius and his interaction with Sammy, Mikey and Chad who have amazing gifts as musicians and can stand on their own. The haze of smoke really was funny. I wonder sometimes if the US had coffee shops or cannabis shops like the Netherlands, would people feel compelled to bring joints to smoke at rock concerts? Is it that universal?.......not that I haven't experienced this at other concerts, but the USA seems to have de facto "coffee shops" at rock concerts and I wonder if I am more or less tolerant of this goin' on. As long as I don't have to put the stuff to my face I guess it's ok. I have often thought about what cannabis tea tastes like.......also I remember in the 1970s hearing people sprinkling the dried leaves in brownies and other food for parties.......getting stoned without knowing why or do ppls even care! Hahaha!

Anyway, my friend from grade school called me last night and I broke down crying and said I didn't know why she even bothered to call a depressed old sod like me......In her usual cheerful (glass is half-full) manner she told me to keep my head up and that I am just as much a valued friend today as I was years ago when we first met. Now that made me cry even more......happy tears this time! Where would I be today without my sisters, "brothers", friends and hubby? I sure couldn't have gone it alone. So grateful for friends and family..........and so glad I found Joe, Steve Vai, Steve Morse and all the other great guitarists and T2J......LIFE LINES!!!