I'm catching up on weekend stuff...

I agree on Australia, but "on yer swing through Europe!"...? What kind of twisted Satch geography is that? ;-)

Yeah, that's been a problem going back a few years now. I think it'd be really interesting for the US to cut all ties internationally for a few years...pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan and stop going to Asia for cheap labor/manufacturing. Prices would go up initially, but soon EVERYONE in the US would have a job. I don't think that's a healthy long-term solution, but I think it's always good to shake things up every now and then.

I haven't had one since...last month, maybe? Haha...

Pori Finland 2000 - wasn't that where Joe had a guitar shaped birthday cake from Jussi? :-) Good times man, good times!

Ahh yeah - there it is! Love the archives on this site! lol! Great memories! Totally forgot about the book of greetings :-)

Chadley, thanks for the Mum's day wishes. Glad you had a great time with Lhadly!

Wow. What a crazy day in Oklahoma today. We had between 26 and 30 tornadoes between 4 and 7:30. They just kept popping up everywhere!

Its my birthday wooo and i got the chickenfoot get yo buzz on dvd! stoked!

Hi,

I've been playing guitar for some time, focusing on the satch songs, but one thing always annoys me - backing tracks. As you possibly know, Steve Vai released Naked tracks album - the backing tracks of all his famous songs.

Joe, do you plan to do something like this for us, community of amateur guitar players ? :) I know there are some backtracks, but its quality is quite miserable. (rubina (live), if i could fly, ...)

In fact, I would be enormous grateful for a project like that.

Sammy, Mike and the Wabos playing SLT at Tahoe last weekend

If anyone is interested, Davy Knowles is playing the following dates and venues:

July 16 - Arcata Theatre - Arcata, CA
July 17 - String Summit @ Horning's Hideout - North Plains, OR
July 18 - Britt Pavilion - Jacksonville, OR
July 22 - Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO
July 24 - Spud Drive In - Driggs, ID
July 25 - Red Butte Garden - Salt Lake City, UT
July 27 - Orpheum Theater - Flagstaff, AZ
July 28 - Rialto Theatre - Tucscon, AZ
July 29 - Soundwave - San Diego, CA
July 31 - Gathering of the Vibes Festival - Bridgeport, CT

hey ho joe! bit late I know, but I hve just ordered the chickenfoot dvd...

Cappy Steve - Thanks I really appreciate your words...yes I had thought of doing that recently...I have up to now been sending cards with a letter inside...but maybe now I should just keep a diary more for them to give when we finally get reunited.

Do the Stu - Well I should have got my albums out to listen so I could say which song it was...it ws a recent one...I have taken the dvd back to the rental shop now...but like I said it is played again right at the end of the credits, so you could do that without watching the film.

So...a guy walks into a bar...

Austin, as long as I'm makin stuff up as I go, what's wrong with swinging by Australia after Europe...he's already "out there" with all the gear packed, roadies, band, etc....just a lil hop, skip and a jump, LOL!!

Love ya Joe!! :)

Chad, glad to hear our lil berry is doing good except fer his colorful vocabulary, LOL!!

hybes, HANNNNNNNNNG ONNNNNNNNNN!!! Jayz, it's def tornado season there! As I well remember!

Skippy, somehow it just ain't right to see the Wabos playin SLT....where was Joe and Chad!! And what lil bird gave you a hint there might be a CF gig at Tahoe Sept 11? Cuz if that's true, I might consider going, although I hated all the drunks at that show, seemed like the place was over-full of em, more than at any other show I've been to. They took a lil of the shine off the show cuz we couldn't just concentrate and enjoy the music....we had to fend our bodies off from staggering stoopid people, constantly. So I'd hafta thunk hard about it before I go.....as fer Davy Knowles, hell yeah! Jacksonville, The Britt Festival, is just over the hill from me and just down the way from Chris. I mentioned it to him this morning, along with Tommy Emmanuel being there later this summer and he's stoked!! So we'll def check it out, thanks!

Mckenna, would Joe ignore his favorite Irish guy and skip Ireland on his Euro tour? Mebbe.....but I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya :D

I hear ya, but u can never have too much Joe :)

More dates on the road page, including several in England, and Scotland! Can Ireland be far behind?? We can twitter ya next week Mc, if that'll help and a show pops up :)

Cheese - No kidding! It's definitely tornado season! This morning there were 37 confirmed tornado's yesterday. I have never seen anything like it. They were lowering, tearing stuff up and going back up so fast that the storm chasers couldn't keep up with them. It was wild. There was 1 tornado that had 4 vortex to it.

I went to a few more Dodgers game in the past week or so...that makes six so far this season. I have photos up on Facebook, if anyone wants to take a look.

The Dodgers were outscored 30-9 in the last three games I went to, but I still had fun. ;-)

Anyway...

Do the Stu - Manny came off Estrogen and has never been the same since. No more anger issues to crush the ball out of the park! LOL. Juuuuuust Kidddding! I swear.