Hey Peeps.....

Off on holiday tomorrow, Hope you are all well and I will be back in here when I get back,

Take Care All,

OK, so if Mountain is playing for about an hour I guess that explains why Joe's set is missing some of the cooler songs. I get that his set has to be shorter...I just wish it could be shorter in a different way. ;-)

I remember similar things happening with the 2001 and 2003 G3 tours...those sets were basically just the "hits" that were in rotation on each previous tour. What really kills me is Joe started the 2003 G3 tour with Why, Crushing Day and The Power Cosmic (the original, not the EOC version) in the set, but dropped them after the first couple of shows, and he had the usual "safe" set by the time my show (and the Denver show recorded for the DVD) came around.

I've always been vocal about wanting Joe to mix up the sets...I think if you don't do that, it gets harder on each successive tour to be more creative with the songs you pick to play.

Thanks for stopping by...it's always good to hear from you, even if it's just a random post every week or two. I hope things are going well with the new guy... :-)

And Live Without A Net is a great concert...you're right. I watched it on VHS way back when (for me I guess this is the mid- to late 90s), and it was so cool to see it come out on DVD a few years ago. Have you seen the band's Live Right Here, Right Now DVD? They filmed two shows in a row and pieced them together...it really bugs me to see Eddie playing different guitars back and forth in the same song, and everyone's clothes and stage positions constantly changing.

I think it's lame to jump back and forth between shows, but if they did that I wish they could've at least stuck to a "one night" rule for each song.

They did some recording last month, and they'll finish up an album in December. It should be released in April-ish 2009, hopefully with a tour to follow. I'm psyched...!

Hey everyone,

Just received Additional Creations in the mail yesterday. Man, how awesome is that. Now I have all of Joe's albums.

js1200js1000: Thanks for the info about Chicago. Unfortunately, I won't be able to go to that either because of work. I even got back to my running (I took a week off to give the body a rest). Are you planning on seeing Joe in concert again?

It feels good to be back out running. Two races for me this month: the 19th and the 26th (competitive races for sure). My friends and folks think I should do a marathon soon, but I told them I wasn't ready quite yet. The most I ran was about a little over 18 miles nonstop. Now I need to get the other 8.2 miles.

Hospitality work is going well. The new hotel will be ready to open soon this month. My other hotel job is getting busy with a huge game group over the weekend.

Unklpunk , i'd like to see IF in a live setlist too. allong with many others not usually played. I think they have to do all the hits though as the shows are in big cities and tourists will want to hear familiar tunes.

I saw Status Quo a few years ago and the singer asked half way through the show if we would mind if they played a couple of songs from the new album.

Anybody here gonna be at the Boston, Mass. Show?

I'll be in row J LC... in a Red Hockey Jersey w/ a Devil Face on the front and THUMP 00 on the back.. Say HI.....

Joe plays my hometown (Cleveland) this weekend but work took me to New England this week. By a pure stroke of luck he's playing Boston on my night off (Tues) between work in Vermont and N.H.... I am sssoooooooooooooooo ready to hear the Funkallicious Professor Joe, live once again.

I met Joe in 1987 in Cleveland, OH, after he did an interview at a local radio station (WMMS). He signed my old beater Ibanez Roadstar with a Silver marker pen (which I stole because I was so flat broke at the time).... It was an honor to get to meet him then ( I was so tongue tied I was barely able to ask him to sign my junker guitar).

Joe, if you get a chance to read this, I just want you to know that you have been an inspiration since the first time I heard that crazy SWOOOSH sound on Surfing With The Alien.....

(my poor co workers could never understand how I could listen to that album for days on end)

I can't wait for next Tues.....

The Bonehead..........

fatape - I agree with the solo on Live without a Net. I think it's personally the best solo I've heard from Eddie also. He was really on it that night! Sure hope one day they decide to revisit that project and release it as a CD.

Out of the Setlist - I am going to the Dallas show next month. Getting very excited. It's only a month away.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLV8nVoZT28

Go to this link. I thnk this video might be the reason Van Halen broke up after the Van Halen III project. Gary Cherone is disco dancing to some of the greatest rock and roll of our time!! There's no way Eddie keeps Abba's long lost brother on tour with them!!! =)

hae joe.. um i was just woundering have you heard of 'fun two' he has a realy cool guitaring solo thingy. I think if u havnt seen it, you should watch the video on youtube.(the video is called 'GUITAR') It is really quite amazing.. also i was woundering if the saturator pedal is selling in new zealand

Glitz Man - I may have asked you this earlier, but where did you come across Additional Creations, and how much did you end up paying?

Man, I'm starting to imagine a G3 setlist with only these songs...wouldn't that be awesome?

I have this on VHS...I'll have to dig it up next time I'm at my parents' house.

I guess I'm in the minority, but I REALLY like Van Halen III. If I ranked the band's albums, VHIII would make the top half of the list for sure.

The band had a lot of the follow-up to III written and maybe even recorded when Gary was kicked out (or left...whatever happened). I remember reading updates on their website back then. I'd love to hear some of that music someday, although I doubt it'll ever get out. Then again, that could have all just been talk from EVH...just like he's supposedly had 20 new songs written for a few years. I love the guy's guitar playing, but man, his ego and tendancy to exaggerate makes things tough.

Joe, I wanted to extended a thank you to you and your crew from the Minneapolis show. I flew in from ATL to take my brother to see you. We have seen you play in concert for 20+ years now, but I purchased the Club Joe package. It was great to spend some time talking and listening to you and your views on things.

My brother brought the origional copy of Not of This Earth album for you to sign. I felt bad, because of the time allowed, but I would have really liked to hear more about that from you. It sounds like Rubina was the artist, and since the art work was lost- there must be a story behind it...

Hearing you talk about some fears and joys in your life just pointed out that people are people. No matter what you do in life- enjoy it. We couldn't agree more with you. But it was still great to see that you are just you- a guy that plays guitar.

Again- thanks for the chance to spend some time with you. Keep up the great work and keep trying to perfect each song. And I still think it would be funny to run into you at the record store looking for Country Chicken Picken DVD's...