Al Surfer
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Hey Joe -
Just had to post that "Party On The Enterprise/Crowd Chant" & "Surfin'" were played yesterday & today during the wait of the arrival of the peloton into Santa Rosa (yesterday) & Sacramento (today) during the Tour Of California. Both songs both days so I'm sure they'll be playing them again for some of the other stages.
Met Greg LeMond today too so the day was really terrific!
Damn those guys ride ridiculously fast! Very cool!
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Tue Feb 20 '07 9:21:26 pm
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Al Surfer
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I don't know if he'll win a jury case, but Joe sure has a strong complaint. Pretty darn blatant swipe of his song.
I'm glad he's standing up and saying something about it.
It will be interesting to see what Coldplay puts out on their next album as they'll have to write original stuff (not that I'll ever hear it though as I had never heard the "Viva" song until this morning).
Joe might also have a case with Metallica (seeing them in 2 weeks btw) as
"The Day That Never Comes" has hints of "Chords Of Life"
however, on the flip-side
"Starry Night" sure sounds like "People Get Ready"
Switching gears - My son & I were at a Roy Rogers show a few months ago and we waited after the show to chat with Roy. He saw my son's Satch shirt and went on to say how much he likes Joe. He must have spent 15 minutes with us mostly talking with my son. Very cool & a terrific slide guitarist!
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Fri Dec 5 '08 6:23:27 pm
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Al Surfer
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Austin -
Nice to hear/see from you too.
It appears you're doing well and have your life started and well on its way. Very cool!
My oldest son is nearing 15 with school, guitar, mountain biking, and cross country (the season just ended) being his life at this point. It all keeps him busy which is good at this age (time for girls later). Thanks for asking.
All is good. Just having a blast going through time. It's funny and a trip how priorities change along the way. Wish I could check in here a bit more like 5+ years ago, but that's the way it goes. Noticed your "Live In S. F." mention - my kids like to look for the glimpses of me too. That was a great 2 days!
Satch is still huge at our house and we've told him so a few times. Workouts, housework, traveling, and good old down-time are much better with some Joe cranking! Joe & Rush are the universal tunes in this place that we all love (although my wife prefers Joe much more than Rush, but she goes with it (& gets dragged along to 2-3 shows a tour, ha)) with all kinds of other stuff playing in between. Music is the best!
Roy Rogers was a great show. He is fantastic! He thanked us 2 or 3 times for supporting live music which was cool. As did his drummer when he stopped by to join us. Definitely and sadly there is a big drop in folks actually putting down their remotes and leaving the house to go to a concert of musicians that actually play real instruments. In the past month we've been to a Buckethead show and a Giles Apap (amazing violinist) show and both were just over half full with their respective audiences.
Take care and "Keep On Rockin'" (with G3 of course)!
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Mon Dec 8 '08 7:53:08 am
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Al Surfer
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Cappy Steve -
That's a great story!
Looks like I've forgotten how to create paragraphs here. Looks good in the message box, but once posted it's all jammed together. Oh well ...
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Mon Dec 8 '08 7:57:22 am
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Al Surfer
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Our house has been rockin' all afternoon and evening! Great album!!!!!!!!
I'm with Michelle's post a day or two ago though -
"Our Joe" isn't going to be ours after today. I'm pumped for him to be in a big-time band, but it's also a bit strange. Can't explain it.
I don't post often, but do read good old T2J frequently and Joe's loyal satchaholics are the best! Great info. & insights here.
The other day I was cleaning out my dresser and stumbled across my old T2J shirt with the yellow bar across the back for our user names to be written in black Sharpie, ha. I remember wearing it to The Filmore one show and meeting other T2J'ers.
I thnik the guys really mesh well with one another with Joe being the quiter calm one, Mike being the happy smiling one, and Chad & Sammy being the rambunctious one's.
Great chemistry, great band! Should help for a fun suumer!
Good move Joe and thanks again for your music!
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Fri Jun 5 '09 9:16:05 pm
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Al Surfer
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Joe -
I'm up the road from your place. Went on a mountain-bike ride this morning in a neighboring state park (Annadel) which is under threat of closure (I'll keep my Sacramento comments to myself here). Anyway, a huge community effort is underway so I was chatting more than usual with fellow rider's before heading up the mountain. Turns out 4 other rider's had your music on their mp3 players as well as myself. Sweet! For me this morning it was SBM. "Mountain Song" kicked in during a tricky single track and was the perfect soundtrack for that section! Thanks as always for sharing your music with us! Looking forward to Friday's gig in Berkeley!!!!
cheese101 & roo -
Noticed you are going to the CF Berkeley show. Very cool (especially roo for the super long distance trip)! I e-mailed Austin back on 8/29 to the gmail account he has listed here, but haven't heard anything. Anywhere in particular you guys are meeting before the show? Would love to say hello to some fellow Satchaholics. We gotta show Sammy's "redheads" that Joe has fanatics of his own, lol.
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Sat Sep 19 '09 10:26:34 am
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Al Surfer
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Tracie & Austin -
I really hope that we can hook up during the show!! I just replied to Austin's e-mail. I've got his cell # & I gave him mine. Texts might be good in the noisy venue. It's just myself & a friend going to this show so I can meet up at any time before, during, or after the show so sure hope it can happen.
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Sat Sep 19 '09 11:46:26 am
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Al Surfer
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Only 12 hours to go until show time!
Looking forward to Davy Knowles.
Never thought I'd see Queensryche again. Too funny. Must have been around 1988 when I last saw them.
Completely pumped up for Joe (& Chad)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just hope Sammy doesn't yap too much & Mike doesn't lose his Jack Daniels all over the stage. Seems so odd for Joe to be around, but he does appear to be having fun with these guys.
Quick couple of hours of work and then off to Berzerkeley and some Satch time!!
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Fri Sep 25 '09 7:26:21 am
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Al Surfer
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Oh Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What a night!!
Met Austin in line for a minute. Nice seeing you again.
CF was OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!! The energy & enthusiasm is absolutely infectious!! They really have a blast together and are all playing great. Joe was perfect as always!! Lets his guitar do the talking. Nothing new to Joe fans though I know. I can only hope that I'm doing as well as Sammy is when I hit that age (sooner rather than later). The guy acts like Steven Tyler from the 70's!! Loved having Chad on guitar & Sammy on drums.
Queensryche was horrible in my opinion. Sounded like a mash-up of Ratt, Scorpions, Judas Priest, with the singer trying to act like Bruce Dickinson. Wasn't pretty and I'm mad that it made me think of 2 bands I loved in the early 80's - JP & IM. The worst part was that their appearance caused Davy Knowles to do a shortened one-man acoustic set. Davy did a great job though & I've now got his cd.
So my friend won the aftershow passes and being sort of an old hat at meeting Joe we hung back a bit when the 30 or so people with various passes went in so we'd be near the back of the crowd. Hung out a bit longer, chatted with Mike Manning a bit, and the next thing you know we're sort of forgotten and all of the other people have been shuffled through & are heading out the venue. We meander to the back and have a seat on a sofa backstage. Joe comes on over and I mention that roo from T2J is outside and has come from Australia. Joe says "what's he doing here?", lol!!!! So I say "he came to see you Joe" and he says "let's get him back here". Too funny. Joe is so selfless he didn't realize that roo came all that way to see him.
Every time I meet Joe he is always so gracious and patient! What a terrific human being. Takes time to chat and cares about what you're saying. I told him Jeff Beck used my Sharpee and he stuck it in his pocket, lol! roo told him that his Sharpee had just been to a Myley Cyrus show in L.A. and Joe said he didn't want anything to do with that pen, lol! Joe & I then chatted about the bizarre time he played the national Anthem at an A's/Yankees game, but the coliseum guy didn't plug him into the sound system. Told him I have a video of him from my seat playing "air guitar".
Also met Chad & Mike - great guys, but definitely much more reserved than Joe when meeting someone. Makes sense though as I'm sure there are pretty aggresive knuckleheads at VH & RHCP shows compared to the fans Joe meets.
I bought 3 CF posters and Joe, Mike, & Chad all signed each of them. Mike made a joke about they better not show up online for sale & I assured him they were for my 2 kids & my wife.
Also met John Luini & Jeff Campitelli again. Both so cool! Got a good picture of Jeff & Chad having a manly drummer's-hug.
It was really nice to meet and hang out with roo! Glad we were able to get him back there after traveling so far.
Sorry I didn't get to meet Tracie though.
Great night, Joe's the man, and I'm tired so that's all.
One more note - I asked Joe about the dvd and he said he watched it today and it is very cool with some amazing goodies on it. It should be out in January.
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Sat Sep 26 '09 1:44:34 am
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Al Surfer
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Roo -
Your Miley remark made for good banter with Joe though, lol.
Really enjoyed meeting you and it was my pleasure to help get you back stage!! Mike Manning wasn't budging when I explained it to him, but Joe lit up when I mentioned it to him.
I've got a great picture of you & I with Joe by the way.
I'm flying high today thinking about Joe's guitar and the CF experience!
I'm the home plate umpire for my youngest son's little league baseball game ("fall ball") in a few hours. Hope my mind doesn't wander to Joe's bits in "Turning Left" for example when I should be watching for balls & strikes, lol.
Bonus for last night was my nice chat with Jeff (& ribbing him for looking like the guy on Myth Busters). He is always so friendly just like Joe. Probably why they are such good friends & band mates.
Have fun Sunday and more importantly enjoy your visit here with your family!!
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Sat Sep 26 '09 11:50:16 am
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Al Surfer
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elpp -
Too funny. I was thinking the same thing with you, Michelle, MegaBoyd, DTS aka nitsua, ... It's '00 again and Webmaster Luini has just made yet another satriani.com website change/revamp, lol! Just looked through my Satch tix stubs and found my 12/28/00 San Francisco Fillmore signed stub. Good times to end the year 2000!
I even joked again with Joe last night about how my wife & I used AWM,AWY in our wedding in July '89 and how we must be only one of thousands of couples to use that tune.
I do hope you are well elpp! :-)
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Sat Sep 26 '09 5:18:29 pm
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Al Surfer
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Skippygirl -
It really was my pleasure. I would have tried to get ANY T2J'er back there, but especially one that had traveled so far! As soon as I heard roo's cool accent I pointed at him and asked "roo?!" and he just smiled, lol. Priceless! :-)
Whenever I'm lucky enough to chat with Joe I'm always sure to thank him for T2J as a place for Satchaholics to chat about all things Joe (& other stuff). I also thanked Jon Luini again.
I actually asked Joe about the CF-logo'd robe and he said that someone from Best Buy (I believe) had them made and gave them out to the band & crew. Nobody knew what to do with them or where/when to wear them because nobody wants to fill up their luggage with such a cumbersome item just to wear in their hotel rooms so they just sort of travel with the stage gear. Joe wore one a few nights earlier for the encore to crack everyone up and decided to do so again for Berkeley. We joked about how it all goes back to the recording at Lucas' "Skwalker Ranch" with the Alec Guiness Jedi look.
And now back to enjoying the ride of life, family, & friends (with Joe's music as the background soundtrack of course!) ...
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Sun Sep 27 '09 6:40:29 am
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Al Surfer
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Tracie -
I am very sorry to hear what your family is going through. Your feelings for your father are evident and I wish him the best.
I thought I would mention a book a friend of mine wrote (& I was one of many proof-reader's on) that might be helpful;
"Notes From The Waiting Room" by Bart Windrum
This is absolutely not a plug by the way. In fact, I'm positive you could find a used copy from a private seller on eBay, Amazon, ...
It is a fantastic book with outsanding advice & knowledge for such new decisions you might find yourself dealing with soon.
You seem like a genuine person from what I've read here at T2J and I only mention it because it might come in handy in your life right now.
If I've treaded on sketchy ground then please disregard the mention.
Take care of yourself because it sounds like you're the one that your family needs to be strong, sharp, & healthy right now, as well as of course your Dad & Mom.
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Mon Sep 28 '09 8:56:18 pm
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Al Surfer
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Joe -
Thank you for giving all of us such a wonderful soundtrack to accompany our lives!
I enjoyed chatting with you backstage in Berkeley. It was cool to hear excitement in your voice when you mentioned meeting & playing with Jeff Beck. That's how we feel when we get a chance to spend a few minutes with you.
Enjoy your well deserved rest.
And thanks again for the "Talk To Joe" section of satriani.com!
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Mon Sep 28 '09 9:08:31 pm
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Al Surfer
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roo -
It was great meeting you and I hope you & your family had a nice time while here. Terrific pictures too.
Joe -
2 days ago here I rode in Levi Leiphemer's "King Ridge GranFondo" (where I actually got to say to one of the world's top riders: "on your left". (ok, ok, it wasn't a race & he was moving about the crowd of 3,500)). Anyway, a few minutes before the start while everyone was milling around what comes across the loudspeakers, ... "Summer Song" which was then followed 2 songs later by Sammy's "There's Only One Way To Rock". Good start to a tough 103 mile'r. Of course my iPod loaded with Satch helped get me through!
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Mon Oct 5 '09 7:17:18 am
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Al Surfer
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Axe & DTS - Great finds on the sound checks! I agree, the last one is classic Joe!!!
Too funny - I followed a few sound check links and ended up with a VH one ("Top Of The World") where Eddie storms off stage as usual leaving Sammy & Mike wondering if there will be a show that night, lol. What a knucklehead. Videos like that just back Sammy when he says what a bizarre time it was being in VH. Sign of the times too with Sammy wearing a wrist watch.
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