Pip - I'll have to watch the vids tonight after work - thanks for sharing I am sure they are fantastic.

My signed CD is never coming. I have to ask Sony for a refund today, can't describe how disappointed I am. Tearing up just thinking about it. Anyhoo........how ironic that last night one of the joeys went to a function where she one an award called a "Swannie" award - go figure........*SIGH*

WOW!!!! Hordes Of Locust live video gave me chills and not gonna lie... brought tears to my eyes!!! IM SOOOO FREAKIN EXCITED FOR JAN 9th!!!

JOE SATRIANI- Im lovvvvving all these videos im seeing but cant explain how excited I am to actually to get to see you again.. and FINALLY get my chance to get a big Joey hug ;). Keep having a blast and enjoying yourself!!!!

wow... cant belive i havent seen THIS before.... sooo freakin funny!!!

Blue Moon - Hordes is a monster tune but Joe just nails it ney probs!? So, are we going to be treated to memories? I can mail you some fitting curtains to go with the song?

Peace - thanks, I'm really happy with how those came out, especially the encore ones. Just a shame had overkeen security throughout the gigs else I'd have had the whole concert.

HawkGuy - cool huh : )

Skippy - shame about CD, but good times ahead ; ) Great about Joey, congrats!

JS1200JS1000 - so sweet I'm gonna have to see it some more live... addicted

Gotta Have Joe - glad you liked it, lots of cool Joe stuff on my youtube channel. You could kill a good amount of time there on watching rare Joe etc

Scuba - I spotted that after London. The sound dips every time I zoom. I tested it after London to make sure it wasn't me & it's not - use zoom and the mic dips - cheers Sony : (. I cursed myself for every time I adjusted zoom... shoulda just left it alone - but everyone needs close ups lmao

Can't make up my mind whether to return or not in case it's specific to that camera as a fault?

Hi,

I'm was member of the Paris La cigale meet&greet, the one with a blue JS1000.

I want to thank you for your kindness during the M&G and the great setlist of the show. Memories, Hordes Of Locusts, War, Why and the new ones were uncredible. The new album works very well on stage !!!

I wish you a wonderful tour in Europe and especially tonight in Roubaix nearby Lille where I have always seen you in the past at the Zenith. I'm sure that you'll be well welcomed as usual.

I hope see you back in Paris very soon to have fun again !!

2 Grampy Steve >>> R3TR = Come here looking for Wolfie?

Hello Joe,

how are things going? Jetlag still troubling you?

This time I got some terrible news. Yesterday my family recieved a phone call: my uncle died. He ended his life by jumping in front of a train.

Sadly as this loss is, the first half of his funeral ceremony is...

you guessed it, monday night, concert night in Tilburg.

I already called the venue to ask if it was ok that I'd come later (which it was) and I will do everything in my power to be there. Will have to cancel coming early and perhaps taking a photo with you. Hope you understand, but then again I know you will.

Even though things have taken a strange turn, I WILL be there, I promise.

D777

LOVE to see all the Buckethead discussion... interesting to hear everyone's thoughts. Here's my 2¢ - I think he's the greatest guitar player of our times. Sure he's a freak (I'm more than Ok with that, btw) and mysterious as well, but I think it's just pure genius, he can go to Disneyland anytime he wants, never be swamped by fans.

His music is just on a whole other level. He plays heavy (brutal and wonderful metal speed & style) and mellow (his "beautiful" music is the most beautiful in the World, imho) and every-flipping-thing in-between. He can even shred on bass AND he does the slap'n pop thing on a guitar, really inventive. His signature kill switch button (I've long ago installed one on my Yamaha) is put to very good use and not just a cheap gimmick, you realize this very quickly when you try to emulate his stuff.

As for recommendations, the list would be very, very long. There are just so many different styles it's hard to know where to start. My first album was Monsters And Robots when it came out in 99-ish. Since then I've gone on to collect each and every single thing he's done. I've found that a large number of Zappa fans also come over to the Buckethead side, and it seems the addiction factor also weighs heavily too. Most of us are what FZ fans often refer to as a "completist' meaning that we just won't rest until we have every little thing that's ever been.

The Discography is absolutely phenomenal, unbelievable even! Buckethead is definitely THE most prolific artist of our times, one of the reasons I think the Zappa-philes get on board, you have to respect that level of dedication to the work ethic.

I can't honestly say that I love everything he does, there's a few things I don't care much for in my collection, but there are also a lot of things that I quite simply couldn't live without.

My #1 recommendation, for everyone here, to go and check out is one of the albums he does with Travis Dickerson and Brain, called The Dragons Of Eden it is one of my all-time favorites. Another album that vividly demonstrates his ability to go from heavy to soft and back to heavy(est!) again is Buckethead And Friends - Enter The Chicken , there are some seriously heavy AND some seriously beautiful songs on that album. Love it!. For more pure mellow stuff check out Electric Tears or the new one Captain Eo's Voyage. But again, as I said, the list is almost unending.

Maybe everyone else here could suggest a few of their favorites?

I am ALL ABOUT the Buckethead. Every year at Halloween I wear it while driving my bus and/or it's my costume when I take the kids out trick-or-treating . Two years ago (on the bus) was the first time somebody "recognized" who I was... I gave the kid a copy of Albino Slug the next day as a "prize".. how cool is that?!

Also, whoever it was that said: "Joe, Steve & Buckethead for G3!" I could not have said it any better myself, unless they went to a G4 configuration and brought Paul Gilbert out with them as well. Both excellent examples of the student becoming as great as the master.

smooches,
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