Hey people! I am not happy i am going to miss the Crossroads gig. Clapton, Jeff Beck, ..how come your not on this list Joe?! can't get tickets for anything anymore.

Keniko- i guess u figured out a way to get tickets, huh. got some connections there?

any RENO-area fans out there? just posted this to facebook.com/joesatriani and wanted to make sure y'all saw it here too...

Two chances to catch Joe in RENO next Friday, Mar 12! If you have the cash, he's LIVE with Experience Hendrix at Silver Legacy and if you need a dose of the 'foot on the big screen, LOUD AND LARGE, check out the Virtual Concert preview of Chickenfoot live in Phoenix (soon to be on DVD) at the Knitting Factory!

Mystical- i really want to test drive both of them,i could be interested in the 10 if the 5 doesnt perform well...now if theres a 2400 there well..decisions will have to be made..lol

Pip- ha..you think all i own are js's..lol...well check this..

Axe's Axes :)

...whats missing is...Js1200CA, JS1000WH, Music Man Silhouette..Variax was sold.

Joe - Your JS24 looks and sounds beautiful...I love that shade of blue! Of all of your "normal" guitars, this one is by far my favorite.

Excellent show! This gig was at the same venue where Chickenfoot ended their last year. The show wasn't sold out, but there was a good turnout and the crowd was energetic.

The lineup was similar to the show I saw in 2008, and a lot of the same songs were played by the same people. I'd say most of the duplicate performances were better then than now, but this show was still solid.

I know Joe had top billing on the tour promo stuff, but I wasn't actually expecting him to get the last slot during the show...that was a pleasant surprise.

I had my eye on the sound guy's setlist, but another "fan" beat me to it. He was a real jerk and wouldn't let me take a picture of it even though I asked nicely. I was able to get a setlist from the lighting guy instead, so it's all OK...but that fan is still a jerk.

The setlist:

http://www.twitpic.com/16wsrv

Joe played Third Stone From The Sun before Foxey Lady and they didn't do the last encore, but the rest of the setlist is correct. It'll change a bit as the tour goes on, though, as the lineup differs slightly from show to show (Robert Randolph and Susan Tedeschi are joining the tour later).

More in my next post...

There were some minor technical (sound) issues throughout the gig, but they weren't too distracting. I'm just picky.

Eric Johnson was great, but his sound bugged me at times. He switches between different amps when he plays live (he's picky with tone), and his main lead tone wasn't miked (or maybe mixed) well...it sounded piercing and thin instead of warm and fat. His vocals were good, though, and the crowd loved him.

I love watching Jonny Lang and Brad Whitford play together. Of all the different guitarists I saw tonight, these two were the most "G3-like" with the way they traded solos and switched between playing rhythm and lead.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd really got the crowd going, as anyone who has seen him before will understand (not to say they weren't into the show before he went on). His guitar cut out briefly at least three times during his set, but I think he was to blame (it looked like he came unplugged from his pedalboard). His amp mike cut out completely during one of his last solos, but that was probably a problem at the booth.

Satch was awesome (big surprise there, haha). Third Stone From The Sun was by far the night's most "out there" song, but it was cool. Joe sat down at his pedalboard to mess with his delays and other effects, just like he did during Searching on the ITLIS? tour. As a quick aside, I now have a pretty good idea of what Woodstock Jam would sound like live. :-)

Foxey Lady was my least favorite of Joe's songs, probably because it sounded too similar to what I heard on the G3 2007 tour.

All Along The Watchtower sounded perfect...I just don't get how Joe can make it look so effortless. If I had to pick one Satch highlight, it'd be the main solo here.

Red House was a real treat. On a personal note, it's really cool that within six months I've seen Joe jam with half of Van Halen and one of Aerosmith's guitarists. Those were my top two bands for a while when I was younger, before I ever knew who Satch was, so it's cool that things have come "full circle" in a sense.

Most people here probably associate Red House with the first G3 album, but Aerosmith have been playing it live ever since the 1970s so Brad Whitford isn't a stranger to the song by any means. He took the first solos, and he can REALLY play...I think he'll surprise a lot of T2Jers on this tour.

I need to get some sleep, so I'll stop here for now. I'll fill in more details tomorrow, though.

Experience Hendrix Tour: Joe Satriani blogs from opening night.
Joe Satriani has agreed to blog from the tour exclusively for MusicRadar.

Awww webby Jon, we'd do both shows if we could, but they play the same night, dangit! Guess we'll take live Joe over screen Joe any day though and will just hafta wait for the dvd to release :) But it's great for those who can't make the EH show! Thanks for the heads up and special dealio!

Austin, sounds fantastic, and based on reading Joe's blog, he's totally loving this. But we prolly all kinda figgered he would, lol!! And a new color JS2400?? Sweet!! I was expecting to see the white, but that blue should be interesting. I'm betting it's the same color as what Joe gave Jimmy Fallon a coupla weeks ago. Other than Joe,we haven't seen any of the players live so this show is going to be a real highlight for us :) Enjoy Aspen....Aspen?? woo woo! lol! Oh, and ps, you might be proud of me that my musical tastes are continuing to expand, checking out Paramour and Muse and Linkin Park....I know, takes me long enough, but whenever I venture "out" I have to give credit to Chris for pushing me, and then I think of you and your diverse musical tastes and collection :)

Guitarvibes: Thanks for the blog.

Great post Austin. Glad you enjoyed it all!

Working a double today.

Thanks for the info again everyone. I got everything planned out for me on March 22nd when I see Joe.

From Stuuu on Facebook:

Joe Satriani & Stu Hamm autographed Ibanez Bass Guitar

Great link Jamie, thanks for that! That same guy has a coupla other songs up as well, all good!!

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