Foreword
Chapter 1: The Hendrix Experience
Chapter 2: High School Confidential
Chapter 3: Learning Curves
Chapter 4: Satch Goes West
Chapter 5: Twists of Fate-The Joe Satriani EP, 1983-1984
Chapter 6: Not of This Earth-1985-1986
Chapter 7: Relativity
Chapter 8: Surfing with the Alien-1987
Chapter 9: Launching the Silver Surfer
Chapter 10: Flying in a Blue Dream-1989
Chapter 11: The Bearsville Experiment
Chapter 12: The Extremist-1992
Chapter 13: Eponymous-1995
Chapter 14: G3/Crystal Planet-1997
Chapter 15: Engines of Creation-2000
Chapter 16: Strange Beautiful Music-2002
Chapter 17: Is There Love in Space?-2004
Chapter 18: Super Colossal-2006
Chapter 19: Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock-2008
Chapter 20: Chickenfoot I-2009
Chapter 21: Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards-2010
Chapter 22: Chickenfoot III-2011/2012
Chapter 23: Unstoppable Momentum-2013
Chapter 24: Shockwave Supernova-2016
Conclusion: 2017 and Beyond
The Gear: Album by Album
Acknowledgments
Index
For three decades, Joe Satriani, the biggest-selling
instrumental rock guitarist in the Soundscan era, has traveled the
world, playing to sold-out crowds both as a headliner and as
founder of the all-star "G3" guitar extravaganza. His studio and
live recordings have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Of
his 14 solo albums, two have gone platinum and four others went
gold, with 15 Grammy nominations between them. In 1988, Mick Jagger
invited Joe to perform as lead guitarist on his first solo tour,
and in 1994, Joe toured with Deep Purple as their lead guitarist.
His side project, Chickenfoot, featuring former Van Halen front man
Sammy Hagar and former bassist Michael Anthony, and Red Hot Chili
Peppers drummer Chad Smith, saw their debut album certified
gold.
Award-winning music biographer Jake Brown has written 35
published books in his decade-long career, featuring many
authorized collaborations with some of rock's biggest artists. In
2012, Brown won the Association for Recorded Sound Collections
Awards in the category of Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound
Research.
"Joe has refined his own style of playing to a point where he's
forever up there in the stratosphere of excellence that is reached
by very few musicians."
Brian May
"Every time Joe puts his fingers on a guitar, what comes out sounds
like inspired music, even if its just a finger exercise. He created
and branded a niche with his own voice and in so doing he wielded
an entire genre."
Steve Vai
"After all the times I had been on stages with Joe, been on the
side of stages watching and listening to Joe, and all the times I
have been in the audience cheering for Joe, I continue to have no
idea how Joe does what he does."
Robert Fripp
"Joe Satriani's my favorite guitar player."
Sammy Hagar
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