The guy who said the sound was bad was right. I was in the balcony, too, and Dave LaRue sounded like he was playing inside a plexi-glass cage. The playing was tremendous, but the sound sucked.

I am a huge Eric Johnson fan, but Eric's guitar sounded horrible through the PA. He played great and so did Joe but most of the night it sounded like you were out in the parking lot hearing the band's sound bleed through the building.

I am thrilled that Joe is using Dave LaRue this tour. I'm a huge Dave fan from his work with the Steve Morse Band. There is no better bass player anywhere.

It was a huge bonus to see Eric as the first act and a pleasure to see Dave playing bass for Joe.

My brother & I drove up from Tulsa for the show. It would be great if somebody in Tulsa could step up & book Joe into my town. I saw him at Cain's ballroom in Tulsa back in about '96 (another great venue but famous for terrible sound). Believe it or not the sound at the Uptown was worse, and that's saying something since I'm convinced the sound man at Cain's is stone deaf!

I've been following Joe Satriani's music since 1986. I knew that this concert was going to be good. At the end of the evening, it had totally exceeded my expectations.

The atmosphere at the Uptown Theater in Kansas City MO is a pretty casual one. It's a fairly small place, which allows you to get up close to the performing artists. The concert was opened by Eric Johnson - a highly accomplished and respected guitarist in his own right. If the crowd needed any warming up to begin with, by the end of his 45 minutes, they were motivated well enough.

After a brief 15 minute interval, the real show began. Joe and his band began with an older favorite - "Flying in a Blue Dream" (one of the best songs to open a concert with, in my opinion), before going back and forth between some older classics - "The Extremist", "Ice #9", "Surfing with the Alien" and "Lords of Karma" - and new releases from the "Super Colossal" album.

Unlike a lot of other artists, Joe has a very congenial and easy going demeanour on stage. He gets along with the crowd really well, and carries himself fairly casually. One of the nice things about this concert is Joe's image - clean and casual. Here's one of the best guitarists in the world, performing in very casual attire while maintaining a clean image. And as always, very graciously agreeing to do an encore!

Encores started off with my new personal Joe Satriani favorite - "Crowd Chant" - at this point, the entire crowd was on their feet, cheering him on - and finished up with "Summer Song".

Definitely one of the most enjoyable concerts that I have been to off late!

I've seen Joe twice in Denver (2000, 2001) and once here at Uptown and I think this was the best so far. I really enjoy Super Colossal! I talked my pregnant wife into going to the show on her 30th birthday and she had a blast as well. This was the first time she'd really felt the baby move around! Joe, you woke her up!

It was a real treat to see Eric Johnson! I'd always wanted to see him, but never been able to. While his tunes are more mellow these days, it was great to see his ability to do anything he desires on the guitar. Eric, you're amazing!

I thought the sound was fine in the balcony. I got one word for you guys who can't hear anything for all the volume...Hearos. They make Hi-Fi earplugs that work wonders and in 20 years, you'll still be able to listen to your Satriani CDs. I won't go to a concert without 'em.

Joe's playing was amazing! Wish I could have heard it clearly and enjoyed it.

The volume, sound pressure level, was so high my ears overloaded after the first song. After that song the rest of the concert sounded like one giant mass of distortion with Joe's guitar ocasionally present. The drummer's kick drum was so loud it completely covered up the bass player and most of his other drums including the cymbals! Only heard bass when the drummer stopped playing. Could not hear the rythm guitar player at all, except when the drummer stopped playing. He might as well have stayed home. Same for the bass player. I'm sure it sounded great on stage but out in front of the house PA it was a disaster.

Summary: Joe is the most incredible guitar player I have ever seen! Unfortunately, the concert sounded like a massively distorted jumble of sound and the drummer's kick drum. Joe deserves a better PA / sound board crew so we can truely hear and appreciate his talent. I have never heard a live concert sound mix that poorly done. Joe however IS the best!

Here's a link to some photo's....I got to do the meet and greet and Joe was the best, he's great to visit with and the show was stellar as only Joe could make it! Thanks Joe for setting my controls on my DS-1 it now has the JOE TONE setting forever!

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1208136

Joe kicked some hard core ass last night and Eric Johnson did a great job too, it was my friends first Satch concert and he just heard about him from me, he got PHD schooled last night and had a blast I had a blast to, Thanks Joe for playing for us and posing for the pics =), I was a bit disappoined in the crowd for not getting into Crowd Chant come on people this is Joe!

Here is a pic of Joe from my phone

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/Gouken/Joe.jpg

One of part of the setlist = )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/Gouken/setlist.jpg

Ill get more up as soon as I get them on the PC =)

Setlist:

Flying In A Blue Dream, The Extremist, Redshift Riders, A Cool New Way, Satch Boogie, Just Like Lightnin', Ice 9, One Robot's Dream, Ten Words, Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing, The Meaning Of Love, Made Of Tears, Circles, ALways With Me, ALways With You, Surfing With The Alien, Crowd Chant, Summer Song