Lynch
Here for the cookies and the tunes
Re: Joe Satriani
The first thing I ever heard from Satch was the title track off of Surfing With the Alien. I had heard of him before, but he was typically mentioned as some guitar whiz who was at one time Steve Vai's and Kirk Hammett's guitar teacher (of which the latter two were already more known).

Anyway, when I heard Surfing, I was blown away. The music, the groove of that tune... it just floored me. I immediately went out and bought it and I must have played it a dozen times over the next couple of days. Satch Boogie, Crushing Day, Always With You, Ice 9, etc etc... the album made me realize how tiny I was as a guitar player.
Very few albums blew me away like this one did. I became a fan on that day and never looked back. I don't own everything he's ever recorded, but I do have a bunch of it.
The first thing I ever heard from Satch was the title track off of Surfing With the Alien. I had heard of him before, but he was typically mentioned as some guitar whiz who was at one time Steve Vai's and Kirk Hammett's guitar teacher (of which the latter two were already more known).

Anyway, when I heard Surfing, I was blown away. The music, the groove of that tune... it just floored me. I immediately went out and bought it and I must have played it a dozen times over the next couple of days. Satch Boogie, Crushing Day, Always With You, Ice 9, etc etc... the album made me realize how tiny I was as a guitar player.
Very few albums blew me away like this one did. I became a fan on that day and never looked back. I don't own everything he's ever recorded, but I do have a bunch of it.