Dear Joe,

I attended the G3 2004 tour on the 26th June in Birmingham, and it was the first time I saw you. For the last three years now your music has meant more to me than any other artist, group or musician in history, so to see you live was possibly the defining moment of my life so far. If you read this, which is undoubtful as I'm sure you're busier than your average Joe (no pun intended), please also pass on my regards to Messr Vai, who was, as I expected, mind blowing. But you, Joe, you topped the night off. You played a few of my all time favourites, which was something special, and you were just generally a charming, inspirational individual. In case you remember seeing me, I was the guy wearing the 80's denim outfit and blue bandanna :-P

JAYCEE - How cool is that to have both those guitars!! Do you have any others in your collection?

Austin - Even though I do really like VR they still aren't as amzing as GnR were IMO. I wonder what Izzy is doing these day, is he alive? I do like Scott's voice but sometimes I can just imagine Axl singing em and I think he could be better!

Anyone heard anything about John Deacon (Bassist from Queen) at all in the last 10 - 15 years or has he completely vanished off the face of the planet? It would be interesting to know what he is doing nowadays.

TASTEY, just looking for a 'news' voice really - it's got to be clear enough to be easily understood. Do you have a regional accent? Also, time wise, that's cool cause each 'newscast' (there's 3 of em) in the track lasts about 10 seconds.

update: I just read your mail(s). It would be so helpful if you could do this for us! I shall talk to my friend/colleague (alex) today and i'll mail you the script for each of the 3 newscasts if he agrees it's a good idea! Many thanks in advance! hehe

By the way, no not Pink Floyd, it's all original. It's very modern, kinda quirky, but making a strong point!

Good Morning my great friends :-) !!! I`ve been very busy, now in the Summer i have more work than normal, the company sell more music in this season :-)) !!!

CUTHBERT1176 - Hello, i never been in Açores Island but it`s avery beautiful place indeed. Nuno Bettencourt was born there. Bettencourt is a very popular name in Açores :-). Next month Nuno will play in Açores four times with EXTREMME and POPULATION1. Check out his website :-). Take care friend :-) !!!

MICK87 - Hello friend. There`s a Medieval Fair in Óbidos, pretty cool :-)). How are you?

Zenfish - Hi :-) !!!

TASTEY - Sending Prayers for your friend Peter!!!

OCPS470 - Cool new tune friend, i like it :-) !!! Very well :-) !!! Great guitar ;-) !!!

NOVJUL - Hello :-) !!!

OVATION1 - We miss you a lot my wonderful friend, be strong. ALWAYS WITH YOU!!!

MARIMARISRV - Hello Sea Eyes :-)) !!!! Thank you very much, glad that you liked the photos like me :-). I sent the Joe`s photos to Mr. Jon Luini, but nothing yet. We must wait. There`s a few cool photos of Joe too ;-)). About Mikey, yeah he is one of my moderators as Clara, the Gonçalo Pereira`s wife :-) She is very nice and a great friend. Mikey is a great human been, a great MAN !!!! Thank you so much for your friendship, thank you Sea Eyes :-)) !!! Take care!!!

CLARKY - Good idea, Tony M. Is amazing :-).

MICHELLE - I love the King Lion but i don`t know if it is a Disney Movie. Hello :-) !!!!

GUITARSRULE - Great tune :-)) !!!

SLANSHROOM - Nice to see you :-)) !!!! How are you?? I hope very well :-)) !!! Warm Regards!!!!

JUJU808 - Have a good trip and take care, talk to you soon :-))

TRUTINA - How are you great friend?? Let us know, please!!!

Ok friends, see you later ,have a great day!!!! Warm Regards!!!

joeman Good luck tomorrow!

mowlie Good luck in Germany!

michelle I have two Disney favorites, Robin Hood and Fantasia. Or both of Fantasia actually, so it's three favorites. ;) I have listened to Dave's cd once and I like it, but I'll have to listen to it a few times more to really get an opinion. I really like Tourmaline though, I'm a sucker for acoustic. :)

SOTD - None, really. I'm going for silence today. :)

Really interesting Joe's comments in the listening party. To hear the songs knowing Joe's inspiration sources makes them still more enjoyable.

novjul: thanks again for the lyrics

Joeman.........Our prayers are with you today. Hope all goes well...................Clint

um, I have an excuse for missing a few days. Really I do! I just don't feel the need expand, lol...

MarimariSRV - haha, no the mackenzie brothers were on Second City TV I think, thats long gone, lol. When does it warm up? well normally it can get pretty hot around June and then all the way until September, but this year has just been weird! lol, I don't get why the weather is odd. Hope you're feeling better and good luck looking for that car!

Cube - haha, ya I kinda like the rain too... but like you say... everyday is just too much! lol

Michelle - lmao, that site was crazy!! What kind of people come up with that stuff?? haha, probably other nut cases like us ;-P. Another spoonman... maybe Im related to him? Lots of good vibes and dryer sheets for your birthday, whenever that is! lol

OCPS470 - I dug that SRV/Hendrix tune man. Yee got soul ;-) lol

Mowlie - Good luck in Germany bro!

Alexandre - hey buddy! A medievil fair in Obidos? Sounds like a great time... I'm doing alright lately. Just getting to the end of my working season. Im going to be taking all of August off, so I'm looking forward to that a lot! More time to play guitar ;-).... how are things with you? take care...

The quote was from a friend who I was hanging out with yesterday, one of my other friends put "For Whom The Bells Toll" on and for the first few minutes its go no lyrics...so thats when he said...

"Is this an instrumental?  Or have the lyrics fallen off?"

:-)

DCK Ok cool, I'll get them all :-)

OLLY.

I don't have what I'd call a collection but I do have a few other guitars that are shared with my Son but no other Ibanez, luckily all the family shares a love of guitars and guitar music(especially Satch) so we don't have any conflict of interests. I have a Les Paul Standard, a USA Strat and various acoustics (21,6 and resenators) In addition to those I build guitars as a hobby so I have a number of customs of my own (toooo many guitars) but there you go, you've got to do something on dark winter nights.

HI JOE,

please READ...

According to a UN report broadcast by NPR radio in 1993, about a dozen cities in the United States of America, otherwise known as the Great Satan abroad, qualify as Third World status based on per capita income alone. These urban areas I recall included Miami, Detroit, Oakland, Philidelphia, Wash. D.C., among a couple of other cities in Ohio.

We know every republican admin in the 20th century resulted in either the Great Depression or one or two recessions. It is no accident that this 100 years of consistancy persists. Yes, I'm speaking to a touchy issue and people don't want to hear it and this is not the appropirate forum, yada yada. Well, tough titty...

To wit, as reported by Reuters today, we find confirmation the trend continues; I suspect it has has grown worse:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The income gap between rich and poor in Washington, D.C., is significantly wider than nearly every other large city in the United States, according to a report to be released on Thursday. The study from the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute, a research group focused on issues impacting low- and middle-income people, said economic development activity in the capital benefited the top fifth of the city's population in the 1990s.

The average income for the richest 20 percent of Washington, D.C. households grew by 35.7 percent during the last decade, while the average income for the bottom 20 percent rose 3.3 percent, the report said.

That has left the average income for the city's richest residents almost 31 times higher than that of the poorest, or $186,830 compared with $6,126, according to the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute.

Atlanta and Miami have similar gaps, but in most other cities, the difference between high income and low income is less pronounced, with income for the top 20 percent of the population 18 times that of the bottom 20 percent, the report said.

"Stark poverty alongside stunning wealth in the District of Columbia is a serious cause for concern," said Angie Rodgers, a policy analyst at the D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute. "The wave of economic progress is bypassing many D.C. residents."

Greets and Waves ~ ~ ~

I've been enjoying all the G3 reviews from Europe ~ thanks to all our international fans for posting their reactions! :-)

I sent you an email about the mp3 of SBM's listening party ~ basically I'll never be able to receive an mp3 email attachment: too large! ~ re Gary Hoey, as I recall, he only mentioned the three names, so I assumed G3 ~ I know he opened for Joe on The Extremist Tour ~ possibly he was referring to that and he's jammed with the other G's separately, or it could have been G3 ~ no way to know without asking him or Joe or Steve :-)

…peace…

novjul: have you been to the king richards fair? or the midevil(spelt wrong) manor?

Mick, Alexandre: Thanks for checking the tune out! Thanks for the comments, I really appreciate it!

~ Hi Zenfish ~

thanks for the prog SBM list ~ if I understand you, these songs you call prog mostly because of the non-traditional riffs and embellishments? And what do you mean by this word, “fioritures”?

End of April
By Phillis Levin

Under a cherry tree
I found a robin’s egg,
broken, but not shattered.

I had been thinking of you,
and was kneeling in the grass
among fallen blossoms

when I saw it: a blue scrap,
a delicate toy, as light
as confetti

It didn’t seem real,
but nature will do such things
from time to time.

I looked inside:
it was glistening, hollow,
a perfect shell

except for the missing crown,
which made it possible
to look inside.

What had been there
is gone now
and lives in my heart

where, periodically,
it opens up its wings,
tearing me apart.

"How can you forget the charisma of a Robin Zander? The Dream Police...nananana!"

Also, Although personally I loathe Mr. King (can you blame me? He stole my life story and made millions) I was wondering if you were aware that your name is a character in one of his novels as well. With the 1776 after it though I asume it has some sort of historical reference that I should be aware of but am to ignorant to know but not to proud to admit.