Satriani is the God Father of guitar, No one comes close in his choice of harmony and SATCHURATION of melodies. Joe inspires the very inner depths of my being as a musician and has blessed the subtle being of my soul with his music. I thank him every day for doing what he does.

Sincerely Ed Carson

OK first let me say that Joe is my favorite over DT. Yes DT is incredible. The song "New Millenium" is one of the greatest works of Rock music of all time. And yes Patrucci is unreal.

It was a good idea for those bands to tour together because alot of people dig Joe and DT and cross polenating the two audiences could expand the market for both. I would like to see Joe make more money, after all he is the greatest and my hero since 1986 and he has a family.

But DT cannot choose notes like Joe can. He is the greatest guitar player of all time but it is the intervals between the notes he chooses that makes us all feel so great.

I missed the communication between Campitellis right foot and Stu's right hand. Yes Bissonnett is great but he has not had the time with Jeff that Stu has had. Both Bissonetts might have been different. The rythm gutiar helped, but the facinating thing about seeing Joe and Stu is when they stand together and you cannot believe the huge wall of strange beautiful music that you are hearing from two guitars.

Campitellis right foot lives on the same life pulse as Stu's right hand fingers.

As the set warmed up it improved and was great.

I was very disappointed in that my $65 seat the sound sucked. All I could hear was a thudding Bass and an Exploding kick Drum. I was in section 105 which is on the left wing.

I slipped a bribe to a guard and ended up right in front of Joe and really enjoyed hearing those perfectly volumed Marshall cabs. The sound was perfect there.

I thought Joe played his heart out at that show. It is hard to say that I have ever seen him play better one time than before. But I think a time or two in that show his toes were sticking out over the void between the worlds. At the end Jeff dropped a stick right in my hand. Now I have a Joe pick, a Stu pick that he threw to me at Trees (he doesnt play with a pick though) and a Jeff stick. I gave a presentation the next work day wearing the JS golf shirt. Way cool!

LJ

I would rate the venue as a 10, and I would like to comment on the bands separately.

Kings X were extremely tight, very strong for an opening band. Their set wasn't long enough to really showcase their talents, especially Ty's. I saw them in Little Rock a month ago, and Ty can hang w/ anyone around. Ranking it 8.5 for shortness of set.

Dream Theatre were awesome, the extreme thinking band. Doing the whole 6 degrees was interesting, eclectic, and unusual. I did lose focus w/ the set half way through 6 degrees, but am very impressed. I was dissapointed Pull Me Under was pulled from the show. I was also dissapointed w/ the lack of an encore. Rank 9 for impressiveness, but lack of an encore.

Joe was as usual right on. He is as much an inspiration to me as Hendrix is to him. I was a little dissapointed that more new material was not played. Starry Night, Mindstorm, New Last Jam, Devil's Slide, Raspberry Jam, all that was played from the last 3 studio efforts. I understand the reasoning behind trademark classics, and squeezing 3 bands into one night. All in all, the sets were too short all around, for me personally, not enough Joe, not enough new material. I was real dissapointed Time was not in the set as opposed to say, potato head? (A lot of press in guitar world about Time) I personally think in the future, Joe is strong enough to stand on his own, without a co headliner, not meaning to disrespect DT or Kings X, but this is the Joe site, so there is my opinion, for what it's worth. ranking 9 for shortness of set, and more new stuff!

As a side, I saw Andy Timmons outside by the T-shirts, and wish he could have played also. I highly recommend his latest effort, if you like Joe's "Crystal Planet". I drove to see these guys from Little Rock, and it was worth it. Just wish there were a big enough following in Little Rock to make it worth the effort. GREAT SHOW!!!