Wow, Thanks for the review, Austin.....I'm still a few pages behind and trying to catch up is near impossible.

Webby Jon--Thanks for the announcements.....great reading yer posts.

JOE--I hope whatever you are working on....it's going well for you and your fellow collaborators.

Need to get after myself.....pick up the pace....go to work soon.

oxley11 - Thanks!

RE: Billy Joel "The Stranger" was definitely my favorite album of his. "Glass Houses" has some really high highs though not as great an overall album.

Elton is timeless. Joe is definitely timeless as well. These guys are trend setters and their inspirations almost look so far inferior than they, themselves. i.e. Hendrix, Page - those guys were polar opposites but equally as well known. Hendrix was a master but Joe's taken it so much further, into the stratosphere!......and yet Page is somehow as well revered. The guy plays like, in the words of EVH, " 'a 2 year old with a broken hand' ". If you can't do it live, what do the 151 takes you took to get it right really mean? Joe, da Foot? One take. One take UNREHEARSED AND UNWRITTEN! (Down the Drain) That's a trend setter.

Its really interesting...

There have been 199,973 posts since this website started in '02.

There are currently 101,069 members of this website to this date.

Yet, only 15,846 have contributed to these almost 200,000 posts.

And now there are about 20-30 satriani.com veterans who I can think of who like to post something everyday and have well over 500-1000 posts.

Now, I can understand that you would join because your a Satch fan, but why wouldn't you like to get a little more involved in what the website has to offer.

Cheese -LOL. It's set for release on April 20 here and 26th in the UK I believe. Can't wait!

EVH on Jimmy Page...."Plays guitar like a two year old with a broken hand"......Is that supposed to be a compliment ?

Davy Knowles is doing a few shows in Europe and the UK in April -

Sunday 28-Mar-10 Germany, Berlin Privatclub €13-15.
Tuesday 30-Mar-10 Germany Munich Muffathalle Cafe €13-15.
Sunday 04-Apr-10 UK Glasgow King Tuts £6.50 tel. 08444 999 990
Monday 05-Apr-10 UK Manchester Night and Day Cafe £6.50 tel. 0871 2200 260
Tuesday 06-Apr-10 UK Birmingham O2 Academy 3 3 £6.50 tel. 0871 2200 260
Weds 07-Apr-10 UK London Bush Hall £8.50 tel. 0871 2200 260

Laryngitis Joe? Alcohol always works for me.

edit...almost forgot - Tracie if you haven't left yet travel safe to Reno and have a great time!!! I'm relying on you girl for pics/post/vids please!!

Reno... so close .........yet so far away........if only my hubby loved Joe as much as I do, we could have gone.......but no he loves ~COUNTRY MUSIC~ ;-)

Cheese- Safe travels to Reno...have a wunerful time and if you (some how ) have a chance .....give Joe an Extra hug from all of us here at T2J........

Ahhh SO hybes, thanks!!! I found a link at Amazon too, available for preorder here....coolies!

Skipperooni, thanks and will do my best, I can't tweet or put up pics or vids from the road, but we'll be back home Saturday so will see what I can come up with :) Soooo looking forward to it!

Chrispy home in about an hour....waiting, waiting, waiting.....

Joe: Heard about the laryngitis ordeal. Hope you get better soon.

Peace Lily: Don't forget the Lysine; that helps as well.

Tracie, thanks for the Amazon link. I better put my order in soon.

Austin, glad you're having fun in Aspen.

Next album for me to listen to: G3 Live: Rockin' In The Free World.

Yayyyy!!!!

Apple just approved Pokémaker!

Here's a link to some examples (you've seen some before).

Download and try it for free, tell me what you think.
Roo

Got my new Bonamassa in the mail today. Just finished the first track, Steal Your Heart Away. Absolutely wonderful. I actually just re-started it, I'm not ready to move on! This song has a very great, upbeat and groovy feel. I bet it would sound great live. Kind of reminds me of Ballad of John Henry a bit with that kind of beat that you can get your head swingin' a bit when you listen to it! Great way to open the album!

I'll post more later........

P.S. I forgot to mention in my EH review the other night that it was Ernie Isley's birthday, and Joe actually opened his set by playing a very wah-infused happy birthday for him... It was pretty cool, wish I would have recorded it!