2008年 10月 23日 木曜日 17:49
Sat 4 Oct – Joe Satriani, Mountain
Yes, I've been away for a long time.. going to university full time and working full time does that to a person.. also I still haven't reviewed the Judas Priest concert yet –I am just waiting till I have time to send all the files from my phone to the computer. I'll get around to it eventually.
I have seen Joe Satriani once before and had an amazing spot upfront when I saw him in Seattle – I didn't think this concert would live up to that personally. However, it did and was on par with that concert. I did prefer the set list from the Seattle show a few years back but I did get to hear some new stuff this time around.
Anyway, the concert was at the Edmonton Event Center – the lineup extended outside and through the parking lot. I didn't think I'd be able to be upfront, however, like always people run to the bar upon entry like lemmings and I get to the front. It always works out that way it seems.
Still, there was more people attending than I had previously thought.
Mountain was the opener, and while I hadn't heard much of them previously. I still really enjoyed their performance – but I thought their set-list was a little too cover heavy. I prefer listening to original material. They had a great sound and we even managed to catch the drummer's drumstick (one of many though, he liked to ricochet them off the cymbals).
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Mountain
Their bassist had quite the hair, and would swirl it like a helicopter sometimes – which was cheesy but quite mesmerizing. The whole band was very good – but like I said previously, I wish they didn't choose to cover Bob Dylan so much. I preferred their original material.
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Mountain's bass player
I'm not going to say much more about Mountain since the only member I can name is Leslie West and just say the whole band did a wonderful job and were a great opener.
Joe Satriani didn't take that much longer to appear onstage with the cheesy rock anthem I Just Wanna Rock. Stuart Hamm joined him on bass (last time I saw Joe Satriani he had Matt Bisonette on bass). Whom I also like and I'm glad I've seen both bassist in action.
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Joe Satriani with some makeshift bucket hat thing on his head he wore during the first song or two
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Joe Satriani
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during the tapping portion of Satch Boogie I believe
Joe Satriani's set list wasn't any different from set lists I've seen from him all year – but it isn't a bad set list and made retrieving it quite easily at least. He varied between the new and the old quite well and aimed to please pretty much anyone.
The crowd wasn't as great as the crowd in Seattle unfortunately, they didn't seem into it as much especially during songs like Crowd Chant. Not saying the crowd was bad, all in all they were great – just not as good as a previous experience I had.
I did see one guy try to force his way upfront by claiming he had a beer for his sister and when he got upfront he goes ''Now that's how you get upfront." There was also people pouring beer on others in front of them, a few people I knew had this happen to them at the concert. Which is something I'd have expected at Judas Priest or Iron Maiden but for Joe Satriani I didn't expect that and it just seemed out of place.
For Judas Priest I was there to horse around and such, but at a Joe Satriani concert it seems out of place and I'd rather watch his technique and phrasing with my mouth wide open than be rowdy. Perhaps you think differently, that's alright.
Anyway, the band was perfect and Joe didn't do too much talking between songs but when he did everyone was attentive. He'd talk about his guitar from the album cover Flying In a Blue Dream and how a theft had taken the guitar and erased the drawing Joe had put on it so when Joe got the guitar back Ibanez put an exact replica of the drawing back on the guitar and how it was a 'ghost' of a guitar before he'd launch into the song Ghosts.
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Joe Satriani's "Ghost" of a guitar
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Just in case some people complained all the photos were of Satch, this one has Stu in it. So HA!
Stuart Hamm played the bass solo off of the San Francisco DVD, and while I wished it wasn't the exact same one I'm still glad I saw such an amazing solo live. One of the highlights of the show.
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The momentum never slowed during the show – even the new stuff is excellent. Although I wish Ghosts wasn't an Itunes exclusive since I loved that song live the most from the new album.
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AHH! Too much light in mein eyez – actually I have no idea what's going on here
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During the last song, Mountain's guitarist and frontman, Leslie West, came out onstage and jammed with Joe which was quite cool to say the least.
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hard to get a shot of this as people became more pushy to get a look, Joe playing with his teeth
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How I wish this didn't come out blurry but it's worth showing
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Sorry for the image heavy journal, but that's how I like my journals. I don't really have much else to say other than I truly recommend seeing this guitar god. He's probably my all-time favourite guitarist, and that's saying a lot.
Mainly because there are so many amazing players – you've got your Vai's, Malmsteen's, Petrucci's, Gilbert's, etc etc. But one player I always come back to and can listen to no matter what mood I'm in is Satriani. He's got the shred/melody and really looks like he truly enjoys playing when he's onstage.
———–Set List———-
If I'm missing anything or if anything is in the wrong order – do tell
01.Nantucket Sleighride
02.Theme Of An Imaginary Western
03.Blowin’ In The Wind
04.Crossroads
05.Mississippi Queen
01.I Just Wanna Rock
02.Overdriver
03.Satch Boogie
04.Ice 9
05.Diddle-Y-A-Doo-Dat
06.Flying in a Blue Dream
07.Ghosts
08.Revelation
09.Super Colossal
10.One Big Rush
11.Musterion
12.Time Machine
13.Cool #9
14.Andalusia
15.Out of the Sunrise
16. Bass Solo
17.Cryin'
18.The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing
19.Always With Me, Always With You
20.Crowd Chant
Encore:
21.Surfing With the Alien
22.Summer Song
23. Jam with Leslie West of Mountain not sure if there was a particular song they were doing, I just remember the soloing. Ha.