Hi Joe. It's always good to hear from you and get facts straight from you to set the record straight!

Yep....The SF Giants......It's been a long time since they last won the series!

Then there's always World football played Irish style.....hope the matches are going well, Al. ;-)

it is really weird to hear Joe's song mixed with rap honestly.. but I guess it is another way to get the music out there. AS LONG AS HE GETS RECOGNITION.

Dunno much about this band, but with Portnoy behind the drums now, they're worth a listen. They even have some widdly-widdly-woo woo stuff going on there! Dunno why I didn't give this band a chance before. Guess I thought it was one of my daughters whiny boy bands by their "rocker" look. lol! I kinda like it! lol! The Rev was a damn good drummer! R.I.P.

Basspedals - I can't recommend Captain Eo's Voyage highly enough. I did a post a few pages ago with a bunch of links to some of my favorite stuff. I'll re-post it here for you.

Here then are a few of my favorites:
Monsters And Robots - first album I picked up, still holds a special place in my heart.
The Dragons Of Eden - beautiful and amazing album.
Albino Slug - is another fast favorite of mine.
Pepper's Ghost - one of my absolute favorites, some say his best work.
Crime Slunk Scene - A truly great piece of work.
Decoding The Tomb Of Bansheebot - Another favorite, also a great place to start.
The Elephant Man's Alarm Clock - very heavy, very well done.
Electric Tears - very mellow, very beautiful.
Enter The Chicken - for a nice blend of heavy and mellow and everything in between. Titled as "Buckethead & Friends" because of a lot of guest artists.
Inbred Mountain - Very unusual and heavy.
Population Override - is another unique one, a little bit funky and a little bit bluesy.
Last, but certainly not least, is my new favorite Captain Eo's Voyage - a truly beautiful work of art. Most of us "bots" (Buckethead fans) are speculating that The Homing Beacon (A Tribute To Michael Jackson) will be added as the (magical) 13th track on the CD.

smooches,
» Phy³

goodness... i was just sitting here thinking.. i wanna listen to something i havent heard for a while... thats slower... can relax me... So I found Slow and Easy... my goodness.. i tell you and im not kidding, as soon as it started playing I went into another world, So amazing!

JOE SATRIANI- Is it possible to do Slow and Easy live?

MY GOODNESS

WARNING: Epic Idea Below!

As I was browsing Youtube for new live BSAWW vids, I realized that some of them were uploaded by different people from different angles during the same song on the same night! And then this idea popped into my head:

Pick a show you want to film for a DVD recording. However, rather than have professional coverage, encourage all attendees to bring their pocket cameras, iphones, or whatever non-professional equipment they own, and tell them to film the concert themselves and send you all the footage! Cut the footage so it makes a full concert DVD, and voila... you have a masterpiece!!

Note: obviously, record the sound as you would otherwise, and sync it up in post-processing. I think this would be a really, really cool project!

Congratulations to the Conservative movement in yesterday's elections.

Some of the trash has been taken out of Congress.

scuba - glad you liked 'em! I'm always trying to raise awareness about Big B. I'm always stunned when people say things like "he looks like a freak" and "what's up with that mask?" etc. I always wonder why they let their eyes influence what their ears like? I always say to them: "Close your eyes and open your ears, isn't that what music is supposed to be about?" Reminds me of a good friend of mine who once said he didn't like Queen's music because they were "too gay". Srsly.. WTF?! Why does that have anything to do with anything?

The best (read: worst?) one I heard was over at the Les Paul forums, there were a bunch of people (supposedly musically knowledgeable) who said they just couldn't get past the mask & bucket, no matter how well he played. WTF is up with THAT?! To my mind that's akin to saying: "I can't get into Hendrix's guitar playing because he's black." So completely ridiculous.

Then it hits me; if they want to exclude epic musicians based upon stupid criteria, let them! Completely their loss. I'm just SO glad I have an open mind and I'm not hung up. I'll let my ears decide what music I do (or don't) like. I am just plain dumbfounded that anyone could write off Buckethead's playing for ANY reason. In my mind there's just no denying that he's one of the most talented guitar players in the history of the planet.

I tend to shy away from titles like "best" and "better than" and that sort of thing, all I can really say definitively is what are MY favorites, it's completely subjective of course. Being that I've loved the "shredders" for over 2 decades now AND that I spent almost 10 years straight listening to NOTHING but Frank Zappa, I think I have a pretty well rounded and balanced viewpoint.

Here then are my top 3:
Buckethead
Ler LaLonde
Frank Zappa

Of course Joe is way up there too AND Steve Vai AND Paul Gilbert AND Mike Keneally.. the list goes on and on really, Tony Macalpine, Vinnie Moore, Marc Haggard (Mirv) (totally underrated, previously with M.I.R.V. now with Madame Blavatsky Overdrive - do yourself a HUGE favor and check them out ! Their music is all free for download!) Bryan Kehoe (also previously of M.I.R.V. now heads up the Kehoe Nation), etc. etc.

smooches,
» Phy³

Germany - Cologne 11.02.2010

madness, what a great show yesterday for the E-Werk in Cologne. It was an ingenious blend of "old" songs and the new album, coupled with a super nice unobtrusive underlining light show

Phydeaux 3:

thamks for the links, I'm really liking what I've heard so far from Captain Eo, and Electric Tears has a lot of really cool tracks. Another one I explored a little was Colma, I can't get whitewhash out of my head.

A Texas boogie style song, entitled Johnny Winter Boogie:

http://profile.ultimate-guitar.com/logicbdj/music/all/play913551

Added A lil Tommy Emanuel to my morning playlist ..calm beautiful tones ..very restorative..... Morning Aire sigh <3

Joe,

Me and my wife Eveline visit your show in 013 Tilburg- The Netherlands. We liked the new extended band setting and your new album with the weird title Black Swans & Wormhole Wizards. Great performance! We are also looking forward to the 2nd Chickenfoot album. Last year we went to your show in "De Waardse Tempel" - Heerhugowaard. Also a great show. Enjoy your tour with the band, we hope to see you again next year.

Well only three words to say before bed,