GO TO THIS LINK AND WATCH JOE'S INTERVIEW IN GREECE! 20+MINUTES! mms://a558.v33234.c3323.g.vm.akamaistream.net/7/558/5321/871599012/flash.download.akamai.com/3323/Entertainment/music4/Satriani/Satriani-int.wmv

GO TO THIS ONE AND WATCH THREE SONGS FROM THE GIG IN GREECE: http://entertainment.flash.gr/music/Portrait/2002/6/17/11592id/ (just click on the video links - Crushing Day included! Also, if the interview link above doesn't work you can go through here)

In a concert where no word was sung (well, almost - Joe played "I Believe"), I lost my voice along with quite a few others I'm sure. While the "sing with me" experience is common, I don't think the "sing with my guitar" experience happens all that often as Joe encouraged us to do at some point (you'll know what I'm talking about if you've got the Live in SF DVD). I couldn't speak after only the first two songs but that was more because of screaming when I realised what was going on! Joe was in Greece! Just in case someone hasn't read the reviews from Bulgaria the first two songs (of the whole European tour probably) were the transcendental "Flying in a Blue Dream" (no surprise there for the owners of Joe's DVDs) and the equally miraculous (drum roll) "Crushing Day"! I watched for the next two hours in a state of shock and I can't pick any highlights, the whole show was a highlight go and watch it Europeans! To all the sceptics out there:(those, won't be members of this webage of course :-) But just in case any casual visitors drop by) There's more to Joe than flash; he has the ability to appeal to non-guitarists and people with a lack of knowledge of musical theory (such as myself), because what he does best is emote his audiences. Fine examples here are "Midnight" and "Always With Me Always With You". And if someone says that these are songs from Joe's peak 15 years ago, my reply is that 42 seconds into his brand new "Mountain Song" me and my friends had a hair-raising experience. I would have liked to see Joe play more tracks from "Crystal Planet" (including the title track and "House Full Of Bullets") and his wonderful Grammy-nominated ballad "Until We Say Goodbye" from EOC but, hey, he played "Crushing Day"! That was a real treat. Enough said, DON'T MISS IT. You'll see a master at work; how many times can you claim you did that? But what makes him a GREAT is the fact that he is friendly and down to earth. God bless him and his family.

PS: The new album is a fine addition to Joe's catalogue. In Greece the new songs Joe played live where "Oriental Melody", "Belly Dancer" (the Middle-Eastern melodies on these two tracks are something that may seem exotic to others but Greeks are VERY familiar with this kind of music, perhaps too much :-) ), "Starry Night", "Mind Storm" (it sadly didn't sound perfect but I'm no expert, great song though),"New Last Jam", "Mountain Song" and "Seven String" (If I remember well).

PS #2: (15/7/2002) The European tour is almost over now, so I don't think I'll be spoiling it for anyone if I write down the whole setlist; if you don't want to know stop reading now! :-) Well, here goes: [Not of...] -> Headless Horseman, [Surfing...] -> Always With Me Always With You, Crushing Day, Ice 9, Midnight, Satch Boogie, Surfing With The Alien, [Dreaming #11] -> Crush Of Love, [Flying...] -> Flying In A Blue Dream, I Believe, Mystical Potato Groove Thing, [Extremist] -> Friends, Extremist, Summer Song, Why, [Joe Satriani] -> Cool No.9, [Crystal...] -> Raspberry Jam Delta-V, [EOC] -> Devil's Slide