Well, what can I say: to whom that don't know the place, Villa Manin is really an astonishing venue! It's an historical mansion, with a big meadow where was installed the stage. Everything was lit up with spotlights and colourful lights, so the atmosphere was also quite magic.

Joe was really on that night, the performance was really incredible. Remarkable versions of "Alway With you, Always With Me" and "Cryin'", although all the setlist was really cool.

Remarkable was also the solo played by Stu, absolutely incredible. Audience was surpringly mixed: many young girls (I didn't expected that much!!!), and also many middle-age couples. along with me and my friends there were also many young teens boys and girls (17-18YO), so in the end that give a good idea of the vastity of audience that the great Joe can gather.

It was a great evening indeed, really worth the ticket price!!!

This was my fourth Satch concert, and believe me when I say it was one I will never forget in my life!

I arrived at 3 pm determined to gain the first row in front of the stage to be right in front of God and I couldn't believe there were no gates for the tickets... too easy to be true! The dream lasted one hour, until the security told to all the people to move away and to wait behind the gates they were adjusting!

While moving I met Jeff Campitelli and had the chance to remember with him our previous encounter at the aftershow in Milan 2006. He's really a nice guy, and it was very easy to talk with him. THANK YOU!!

At the gates I found Bruno, a friend coming from Torino. He gave me the aftershow ticket for Milan 2006... one of the unforgettable things in life!

Our friends MaxJoeMaro (the twin brother of Satch) and Tommaso (both also in Milan!) joined us and Bruno did a hat trick: he won again the aftershow pass!!!! You're really, really a lucky man!! Unfortunately he could bring only one more person with him and it was obvious to all of us it had to be Max... who else? I met Jeff just a couple of hours before, so I already had my piece of paradise for that day!

The show begun, we were all in the front rows... I just wanna rock! Rivers of notes flooded our ears, amazing as all the other Satch gigs I witnessed. The concert was perfect: sound, volume, the band in perfect shape, a beautiful place, the weather giving us a sunny day after days of rain! One couldn't want more from life! The end of the show... and one more surprise: Max told me I was the one to go with Bruno to the aftershow! Belive me my superfriend, I don't know if you're crazy or not, but I absolutely love you!!!!! Galen told the winners (sorry, I can remember only ggsxr1000 because of our common passion for motorbikes) to join the band. Joe, Galen and Stu were the first to arrive, Jeff came moments later and we all took our photos and autographs, had a talk with this incredible band! Time passed quickly and we had to go home, letting our heroes to their well earned rest. Thank you all, Joe, Stu, Jeff, Galen and my two superfriends Bruno and Max! You all made this day unforgettable.

Now I only wait for the next concert... Maybe there will be a third close encounter... who knows? Sometimes dreams come true!

P.S: You can find the photos on my website http://gufastro.free.fr more photos by ggsxr1000 at http://www.ggsxr.net

Gufastro (Udine) http://gufastro.free.fr

Well, this was outstanding. I saw Joe' s live concert several times, G3 included. If he is in this region, I go. To Codroipo I drove all together 1400 kms to see him again. Boy, it's worth every sec. This was the best one for me up till now.

It is always a great pleasure to see him from close, the way he plays. Thanx for the unforgettable experience!