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I have about 265 posts to go...I'm getting through it all...LOL.

First, is anyone going to the Dio / Deep Purple / Scorpions show in LA this Sunday? I'll be there, wearing my black/white G3 2001 shirt. You can see what I look like by either watching the LISF DVD or looking at my picture on the 7/1/01 gig page. If you see me at the show, don't be afraid to say hi.

Bar Hook - The JS seven-string isn't commercially available.

Karma burger - Yeah, Joe usually signs autographs after his shows.

lilshreddah3 - Check out www.ticketmaster.com for 8/11 tickets.

The Local Person - You said you were going on holiday and that your "postrate" would decrease dramatically. When I first read that, I thought you said "prostate"...LOL.

elmole - If you want to play faster, use a metronome. Start slow and gradually work your way up to higher speeds.

ShySaxGirl - SBM is your first guitar instrumental album? Cool. What made you buy it?

eebysubb - There isn't a G3 2001 album available anywhere...not offically. And to answer your other post, in the past Stu and Eric have played some of Joe's other guitar parts. He has a guy touring with him this time around too...

Ya Yo Gakk - Yeah, Joe is doing Always... on this tour.

Kda - Give Vai another shot... Do you have Passion & Warfare?

Master Yoda - Did you find the secret in The Secret Jewel Box? Unscrew the bottom panel.

sweetnsour - I would try looking at www.tickets.com. If you can't find the sale info there, I'd go to the venue's website and look around for info. If it's a smaller place, you might have to go to the box office to buy tickets.

gruskada - That's a cool story about your wife's grandparents.

sharon - Oh well, at least you had a few Satch victories at the dog shows. Maybe it's time to start using another one of Joe's albums.

navlag - Welcome to the site. :-) What is your favorite Satriani song and album? How many times have you seen him live?

peter mulas - I don't know if it will help you at all, but a few weeks ago I posted something here that I found on a Joe Satriani newsgroup. It was from an Aussie fan that found SBM somewhere. Look through my post history on the site here and maybe the info will help you.

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Hi everyone. I am completely caught up, as of the end of this post. I'll follow this post with another one that's about my vacation... On another note, congrats to Lance Armstrong for winning his fourth consecutive Tour de France. I don't think that was mentioned here.

Joe - It's cool to hear that you got to jam with Deep Purple. I'm seeing them in LA tomorrow night.

Everyone - Go to www.thehighwaystar.com and you can read some recent reviews from the show Joe did with Deep Purple. And for the newbies that might not know the connection here... Joe played guitar with Deep Purple in 1993 and 1994, filling in for Ritchie Blackmore before Steve Morse joined the band.

Anyone with the link - Now that Joe is visiting the site more often, maybe someone should repost the link to that page full of the funny Joe pictures.

Mr Smith - Joe's first guitar was a Hagstrom, or Hangstrom, or something similar to that. I'm sure someone else here knows for sure.

dragonchild - I'm going to see Deep Purple, but it's their show in LA...not the one in Reno that Joe was at. Man, that would have been cool to see.

housefullofbullets - I was just in St. Louis (vacation) and saw a billboard advertising the show every time I would drive down the freeway. It was cool.

platinumskeleton - You can find two versions of tab for Tears In The Rain because there are two versions of the song...the original version on The Extremist and the live version on Disc 2 of Time Machine. You won't ever find tab on this site, but you can find some of Joe's tab books at www.amazon.com.

JS Clone 1 - You almost caught me, but I still have the most posts...LOL. ;-) Anyway, to answer your question, I think the guys in Deep Purple gave Joe a call ahead of time. Joe wasn't really planning on it...if he was, he probably would've had one of his own guitars...ya know?

mrshades - You should be able to buy the JS hooded sweatshirt on tour this summer.

MMMindSSStorm - Grow up.

trinityv3 - I don't think there are plans for a G3 2001 CD or DVD.

2 TON TESSIE - Look through my post history... I did a daily song by song "review" of SBM.

bob cock - Joe's first EP was titled "Joe Satriani" and was released in the mid 1980s. Joe's 1995 album was also called "Joe Satriani". Joe's new album is called "Strange Beautiful Music". All three of these albums have absolutely nothing in common (other than the fact that they're all JS albums, LOL). Only 500 copies of the original EP were created. The original versions of four of the five songs on the original EP were included on Joe's Time Machine 2 CD set. The first song on the original EP (Talk To Me), could not be included on Time Machine because there were some problems with the master tapes. You can find that song (sourced from vinyl) on Morpheus, though. As far as what you bought...it's not the EP, as that was never reproduced on CD. What is the track listing? Maybe it's a European import.

Ya Yo Gakk - Stuuu!

For Adun - I imagine the webcast will be hosted by Quicktime, just like all the others...so I'm sure it will be available in that format.

rappellbuttes - Joe isn't playing in Sacramento this time around. I'm kinda bummed, but I'm seeing him in Concord on 8/11. That's the closest show.

Ibztone - Yeah, going through everything can get tiring. I wonder how I do it...LOL.

Hi... Thanks to everyone for the welcome back messages. I had a ton of fun on my vacation. I'm back at home in Folsom now. I went to the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame (Cleveland, OH), a Cleveland Indians baseball game, the Baseball Hall Of Fame (Cooperstown, NY), and the Football Hall Of Fame (Canton, OH).

The Rock Hall was a ton of fun. There is so much cool stuff there. They have a Jimi Hendrix surround sound theater room...have you been there, Joe? LOL. There were two floors full of John Lennon stuff. One of them was full of original handwritten lyric sheets. It was so cool to be able to look at that stuff...it's like being inside his head. In another part of the hall, they had on display John's clothes from the night he was murdered. His glasses were there, and his dried blood was still splattered on them. It really sucks that someone had to kill him. John Lennon was awesome.

I got back to St. Louis on Wednesday. My cousin works at a local bar / concert hall, and she got free tickets to see They Might Be Giants. For those that don't know, they do the theme song to the Malcolm In The Middle tv show on Fox. They do a bunch of other cool stuff too, though...they've been around for 20 years. That was a FUN show. It was a small venue, and I was right up front. I met some guys in the band, and got an autograph and a guitar pick. Cool. :-)

jblaze1 - Hi... Go to the road archives for the G3 2001 tour and look at the 7/1/01 Konocti show to see what I look like. I'm wearing the same clothes at the LISF show as I am at this show...except I also had a long sleeved white shirt on underneath the Satch shirt for the LISF show. You can see me on most of the establishing shots throughout the show that were filmed by the robotic camera arm, but the three easiest places to see me are:

1.) At the very end of disc one, when Summer Song ends, you can see me cheering. I wipe sweat from my face as the camera fades out.

2.) At the end of Surfing... on disc two, you can see me cheering as well. The camera is on me for most of the Call And Response. I have a big goofy grin on my face.

3.) During the bonus footage that plays along to Friends, you can see me in line outside the Fillmore. I'm wearing the same thing that I described above, as well as a NY Yankees hat.

Edit - I forgot to mention one thing. I've always found it funny that Sony insists on including complete artist discographies as prizes for their artist contests. They're doing it for Joe this time around, and they've done it for Aerosmith and Ozzy Osbourne in the past. Yet, most people that enter these contests are entering them because they like the artist in the contest...and most likely already have their complete discography. Hmmm... ;-)

Hi everyone. I just found out that Chick Hearn died earlier tonight. I'm sure everyone in California knows who he is. For those that don't, he was the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers for over 40 years. I loved listening to him while I was watching Lakers games on tv...this really stinks. I have so many memories of games that he called. He fell and was injured on Friday...he had two surgeries over the weekend to releive swelling around his brain. He never woke up.

Joe - I read the transcript from your USA Today chat... I'd love to eventually hear that orchestral album that you were talking about.

j brozt - You're never too old to start playing the guitar!

sparrow - Joe only made 300 original EPs? I thought it was 500...oh well. It's awesome that you have one. Can you write me into your will? ;-) I wouldn't mind having that.

jblaze1 - Hopefully you'll get to meet Joe on this tour. I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya.

Kda - If you look around on Ebay you can find some shirts that are new and have never been worn. I guess people buy them and try to sell them for more than what they paid.

WindxHeaven - I think Joe said Stu wasn't on the new album because the songs called for a different style of bass playing.

satriami - Where are your seats for the 8/11 show? I'll be there...up front in the pit.

ARASH1 - Joe has some tab books for sale at www.amazon.com.

XtremeSkier - Do you have a picture of yourself up on the site here? Where can I find you on the DVD? I was there too.

webmaster - Thanks for your continued hard work on the site. I have a question for you that doesn't affect me, but it will probably have an effect on some other people on this site. I thought I'd ask you before the tour starts so you can get a quick answer from Joe. During the second half of the tour, when Dream Theater closes the shows, when will the aftershow pass winners go backstage to meet Joe? Will they go back during DT's set, or will Joe wait for them until the very end of the show?

stu hacking - Yeah, I think Stu's working on a third GHS album. Or maybe it's already done.

Baradi - You can buy Joe's tab books at www.amazon.com.

minus human - I'm pretty sure all of those things about Marilyn Manson are made up... I don't think he was on Mr. Belvedere either.

gutarman05 - Joe didn't do Somewhere Over The Rainbow...sorry.

webmaster - I've been to four shows and am still trying to win the aftershow contest...maybe I'll get lucky and win it this time around on 8/11...LOL. Either way, I have pit seats up front so I bet I'll run into you at that show. I'll be sure to say hi.

akreepish1 - That's great news about Stu... Where did you hear that? Stu doesn't visit this site anymore so I don't really have a place to go to find out news about his upcoming projects. If you know of a site please let me know.

Kda - I think there are moments when Joe's voice is just awesome. He knows he isn't a "singer" (he's a guitarist), and I think that it hurts himself (mentally) when he's singing. There were a few spots during I Believe at the Amsterdam show where his voice was full of emotion, though. It sounded great.

Stefan1 - It's Raspberry Jam Delta-V...the letter V. The title came from a sci fi book.

ovation1 - I think that's the second time that Joe broke up a three-peat. See, we all think that he doesn't pay attention to the page here, but he's waiting just to mess with our heads like that. ;-)

Ibztone - I've looked at that page in the past, and everything is very out of date. Is there new info about Stu there?

sharon - Stu didn't leave to work with Guns N Roses...Eric did. I don't think he's a permanent band member by any means, but he probably did some keyboard work on the new album. His name is in the liner notes for their Live Era: 87-93 2 CD set...probably for the same thing.

michelle - I'm glad to hear that you're ok. It's good that you keep your eyes open on the road...why can't everyone do that? ;-)

KhakiCoalition - The aftershow pass thing is a "pick the winners out of a hat" deal. List yourself as attending your show on the road page and you might win. Three people are randomly chosen from the list.

dragonchild - Hi. The word "three-peat" is the same as "three in a row". If you do something twice it's a "repeat", if you do it three times it's a "three-peat"...get it? So what does that have to do with Talk To Joe? Back on the old Talk To Joe, there was a time limit in place...we could only post once every four hours. There were three posters (JS Clone 1, Plum Loco, and Ya Yo Gakk...right?) that would post regularly. Whenever the three of them made three consecutive posts on the board, we would call it a "three-peat". And if two of them would make a post, someone else would type a message up really fast that said "Three-peat DENIED!!!" or something stupid like that. It was a fun way to pass the time. So what we're saying, just the other day Joe broke up a three-peat... Two of the people had posted in a row, and Joe posted next (preventing the third person from posting in a row). Does that all make sense? I know it's a very long explanation for something that's very simple, but hey.

Ugh! The suspense is killing me. I'm staying up late waiting to see who the winners are for the 8/11 show. It's 1:21 right now and I'm still waiting for the names to show up...LOL.

For Adun - I'd go ahead and import a copy of SBM, as long as it isn't too expensive. Although now that I say that, 4 months from now I bet the Aussie version of SBM will have Slick on it...LOL.

michelle - Did I understand you correctly? You were in a line with about 8 cars and the idiot still almost hit you?

eebysubb - The album title thing was only for SBM. However, Joe has asked for title suggestions from us for the past few albums, so I'm sure he'll let us know when he wants us to give him more ideas.

Mr Nick - Your math is off somewhere. The new site went live on June 12. So from then to now is 56 days of me posting on T2J. I've made 160 posts (not counting this one), so that comes out to an average of roughly 3 posts each day, or one post every 8.42 hours. If you don't count my vacation (because I posted a lot less), I've posted an average of 4 times each day, or once every 6.18 hours. Well, it's much too early fo me to be doing math like this, so I'm going to stop now. ;-)

Quantum - Yes, that's basically what Joe said.

stu hacking - I didn't really post that often on the old T2J...I'd post maybe 3 times per day. But if you look through the archives I made sure I'd keep my posts as close to the four hour mark as possible, so I can get a last post in right before I go to bed (around midnight). LOL, I had this thing down to a science, didn't I?

The first show is TONIGHT! I assume we'll have reports here on T2J, right? :-)

Mr Nick - Yeah, I figured you made a small mistake like that. I guess it is quite an average.

NonSmoker - How's the cig-free life going for you? How many weeks are you at now?

Hoopes - Can you give us any song titles? You mentioned "sit-down section" so I guess that means more than just I Believe. Hopefully he kept Midnight in there. Did he play Why?

Hi everyone. I'm just trying to piece together the set list from reviews that I've heard here and elsewhere. Feel free to correct this. I've put them in an order that I think is similar to how Joe might've played them.

Flying In A Blue Dream

Crushing Day

Devil's Slide

Cool #9

Mind Storm

Seven String

The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing

The Crush Of Love

Midnight

Starry Night

I Believe

Satch Boogie

Always With Me, Always With You

Raspberry Jam Delta-V

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Summer Song

Joe did not play Why (bummer). I haven't seen anyone mention New Last Jam. I love that song...did he play it?

When I went to satriani.com this morning I had the same picture pop up in both the photo gallery and aftershow spots...it was June 28, 2000. I thought that was funny.

The Perseid Meteor Shower will be visible on the 11th, 12th, and 13th. I love astronomy and am way into stuff like this. The best viewing times will be between 2:00 AM and dawn.

Zsolt77 - Yeah I saw those girls in the picture, it made me smile. Way to go, Joe! ;-)

eebysubb - I was at the LISF show. When Joe made that first DVD comment I remember looking around the room and just being able to feel the electricity in the air. It was an AWESOME feeling.

kell - I think I know what you're talking about in TMPHGT. I heard it on the webcast but forgot to mention it. Did Joe play New Last Jam last night?

kell - Joe didn't do Surfing? That's a surprise. It's kinda cool, actually. I love the song but it's nice to see that he doesn't have to play it at every show. Can you confirm whether or not he played New Last Jam?

Jaymz27 - The 21 and over thing is something that the promoter is responsible for. There's not much Joe can do, especially at this stage.

guitarus - It's cool that you drove down from Washington state...you're a dedicated fan. ;-) Just FYI, you should be able to make it to LA from Sacramento in under 7 hours. I live in Folsom (north of Sacramento) and it takes me less than 7 1/2 hours to go to LA (I go to school in Long Beach).

Desiree - Hi. Go to the road section and scroll all the way to the bottom. You'll find links there to all of the old tour pages. Go to the one for the year that you're looking for and then scroll down to find your date. Click the "p" and you should see the pictures. Make sense? If not, let me know and I'll try to reexplain myself.

ethn - You can go to www.ticketmaster.com and pretend to buy tickets. Ask for a pair and see what it spits out at you... Everything closer than that has been sold. So you can use that as a way to see what percentage of the tickets have been sold out. I've been checking with Ticketmaster every few days and it looks like this show is 90%-95% sold out. It may very well completely sell out by the time the show starts.

Jaymz27 - Well, there is all of that drinking and swearing and violence at Joe's shows...maybe that's why it's 21 and over. Sorry. ;-) Seriously now, Joe doesn't like the 21+ only gigs. He does everything he can to keep things all ages. If it's a 21+ show, it's most likely the promoter (the evil Clear Channel [http://www.clearchannelsucks.org/]) that is behind the age restriction. They probably have something in Joe's contract where they get a percentage of the alcohol sales. If it's an all ages show, the bar would be closed, and they wouldn't make their money.

PhrygianDominant - Yeah, I still want to change my username. I can't think of anything good though. I REALLY like Strange Beautiful Stoooer, but that name is too long for the site. So I guess I gave up. I'll think of something cool eventually, and then I'll make the switch.

guitaurus - I'm just making sure that we understand each other... I'm talking about the drive from Sacramento to LA, not the drive from Yakima to Sacramento. I've never been up to Washington state. Sorry if I confused you before. I was just saying that I live about 30-45 minutes north of Sacramento, and I usually average 7 hours for the drive down to LA... So it would probably take you closer to 6 hours because you're in Sacramento already. Make sense? Sorry if I'm confusing you... Enjoy the show! :-)

2 TON TESSIE - The shorter set shouldn't be a surprise. It was known since before tickets went on sale that Joe would be playing a shorter set. There are people on this site that decided to not see Joe this time around...they're waiting for the Evening With... tour later this fall. Even though Dream Theater is closing the show you're planning on seeing, they will still get the same amount of time that Joe gets. Don't worry. If you don't care to hear King's X, plan on arriving late. I don't know what else to say. This tour isn't a surprise to me. I knew we would get a short set. I knew that I would miss some of my favorite songs. On another note, King's X are not anti-Christian. They are Christians in a band but they are not a Christian band, if that makes sense. They're just like Creed and Collective Soul and quite a few other bands that are out there. Check out this old article for more info.

WhiteRabbit - Welcome to the site. How did you discover Joe? Do you have a favorite song or album yet?

PhrygianDominant - Strange Stutiful... LOL, that's pretty funny. ;-)

guitaurus - LOL, I think I've confused you a lot. I'm not going to the show in LA, I'm seeing Joe in Concord. I've driven the Sacramento to LA drive many times before, though, because I go to college down there. Hehe. Sorry about not making sense. And just FYI, your "one that's like the very last song on FIABD with that slap bass intro!" is The Bells Of Lal (Part 2)

ovation1 - "The Urge II Stu"... I like it!!! LOL, thanks. I'll make the change a few days. I don't want to do it before tomorrow's concert or I'll confuse a lot of people that I'm trying to meet there...LOL.

O Power - The webmaster set up a contest on the site where you're entered in a drawing if you filled out a set list. If you can't edit your list now it's probably because he froze everything so he can pick the winners.

Tommy N Teri - Joe and Dream Theater don't play full sets on this tour. They each get 90 minutes. You can catch Joe later this fall on his own, with the usual 2 1/2 - 3 hour show, though.

kell - Thanks for your answers about the set list. I'm sure a lot of us here appreciate your help.

Christyleena - That doesn't sound sad. It's wonderful to hear how Joe's music can help people. What songs of his have helped you the most?

Just a quick note for anyone that is attending the Concord 8/11 show...

Find me on the LISF DVD or right here and be sure to look for me at the show. I'll be the tall guy in black shorts and the navy shirt. I may or may not be wearing a navy CSULB hat (it depends how hot it is).

The show starts at 7:00, the gates open at 5:30, and parking opens at 5:00. Because I have pit seats, the best time to look for me would be in the parking lot before the show. I'll be there right at 5:00, in a 1997 white VW Jetta.

Don't be shy...it'll be great to meet some people at the show.

Quantum - Shamrock is crappy music played by wanna-be musicians. LOL, sorry, that was a BAD joke. A shamrock is an Irish yellow-flowered clover.

Ya Yo Gakk - I'm sorry that you had a bad time at the concert. Don't give up on shows, though.

jonk36 - Use the "mark as read" feature to get rid of old posts. Easy.

akreepish1 - Free tickets are always cool. :-)

ethn - It sucks that you can't make it to the show. I wish there was some way I could help.

macanaaa - Congrats on your four years. I'll be at the Concord show too...it's gonna rock.

2 TON TESSIE - Joe mentioned the Evening With... tour in a recent interview. I forget where it was from, but the details were posted here recently. I'm sure someone else here remembers. Was it the USA Today chat?

There's a review for last night's show that says Joe dropped I Believe for Friends. NOOOOOOOOO!!!

Hi everyone... I just got back from the Concord gig. I haven't read T2J, but I thought I'd mention a few quick things about the show.

1.) The bassist from King's X came out and sang part of a song with Dream Theater.

2.) Joe's set is the same as it was last night. I Believe was taken out and Friends was added as the encore.

I'll post a review and all that good stuff later. Goodnight, everybody...

Hi everyone...

webmaster - It was cool to get to see you last night. I don't think I introduced myself, but I was the other guy in the Un-List shirt next to Boyd. You came to talk to us before Joe went on.

Derickguitar - Steve Vai went to the same high school as Joe...they've known each other forever.

SandMan72 - As boring as it may sound, get a metronome. Practice your scales slowly and gradually increase the speed. There really aren't any shortcuts you can take to magically become a faster player.

Get a loaf - Where were your seats originally, and where did you sneak up to during the gig? I was in the third row right in front of Matt and Galen. I saw someone playing air guitar during Friends up front...maybe it was you. ;-)

Anuj - It was nice meeting you too. Too bad we didn't have much time to talk before the show started, though.

bill collins - Welcome to the site.

Clarky - Interesting thoughts. The artwork and tour tshirts for SBM do look like they were thrown together quickly, but Joe did say that he was disappointed that he had to tour so soon after the album's release. And honestly, I like the simplistic look of the tour merchandise.

ILuvMyJS100 - Joe's guitars are very similar to the JS 1000 signature model.

jblaze1 - Check out the message boards on Dream Theater's site and you can find their set lists. They change the set around all the time, though.

Hi everyone... Here's the set list from the 107.7 The Bone thing...

Satch Boogie

Ice Nine

Starry Night

The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing

Sleep Walk

Devil's Slide

Always WIth Me, Always With You

Summer Song

The Star Spangled Banner

Joe played bits and pieces of other things as well. Those included Midnight, Brother John, and something on Time Machine that I can't remember right now (he only played a few seconds of it). I think it was I Am Become Death.

The Star Spangled Banner was played because someone in the audience asked a question about what happened at the A's game earlier this year. So at the end, the DJ joked about it and Joe went ahead and played it.