Off The Tracks

Off The Tracks
  • Blog
    • Interviews
    • Miscellany
    • Special Guests
    • Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • The Vinyl Countdown
  • Back Catalogue
  • About
    • About
    • About the banner image
    • On Song
    • Advertise

Posts Tagged Joe Satriani

Archive

April 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Joe Satriani: Shapeshifting

Joe Satriani Shapeshifting Legacy Recordings The new Joe Satriani album raises the question: Is there even any point in reviewing Joe Satriani albums at all or ever anymore? And the answer, quite simply, is no.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Joe Satriani, Joe Satriani: Shapeshifting, Legacy Recordings, Shapeshifting, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

November 28, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Joe Satriani: Altered States (Live 1988)

Joe Satriani Altered States (Live 1988) Shockwaves In 1988 – and for me it was through until about 1994 – Joe Satriani was the man. His Lazarus days. A king shredder that invested some melody and mood into the trick-bag. Rock instrumentals for fairweather-bogans, guitar music that wasn’t just for guitar-nerds…okay, it mostly was, but […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1988, Album Review, Altered States, Altered States (Live 1988), Bootleg, CD, Concert, Guitar, Instrumental, Joe Satriani, Joe Satriani: Altered States (Live 1988), Jonathan Mover, Live, Not Of This Earth, Radio Broadcast, Rubina, Satch, Stu Hamm, Surfing With The Alien, Time Machine, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

May 29, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast # 170: Gregg Bissonette

Welcome to episode 170 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T, Yeastie Boys and La Petite Chocolat.  Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your Spotify library. Here’s a 35-minute conversation I nabbed with […]
Posted in Blog, Podcasts · Tagged Acast, All-Starr Band, Anchor, Anchor/FM, Apple, Big Band, Buddy Rich, David Lee Roth, Drummer, Drumming, Drums, ep.170, Film, Gregg Bissonette, iTunes, Joe Satriani, John Bonham, La Petite Chocolat, Maynard Ferguson, Off The Tracks, Ringo Starr, Rodger Fox, Simon Sweetman, Soundcloud, Soundtrack, Steve Gadd, Stevie Wonder, Stewart Copeland, Sweetman Podcast, Sweetman Podcast # 170, Sweetman Podcast # 170: Gregg Bissonette, T Leaf T, The Beatles, Toto, TV, Van Halen, Yeastie Boys, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

March 27, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Todd Rundgren: White Knight

Todd Rundgren White Knight Cleopatra Todd Rundgren knows a thing or two about making mixed-bag albums – but he also knows that if you keep experimenting and collaborating you find magic. And there’s plenty of good stuff here on White Knight, an album of profound and perplexing collaborations that very much vacillates from the sublime […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Atticus Ross, Bettye LaVette, Bobby Strickland, Collaborations, Dam-Funk, Daryl Hall, Donald Fagen, Duets, Joe Satriani, Kkwatson, LIars, Michael Holman, Robyn, Todd Rundgren, Todd Rundgren: White Knight, Trent Reznor, White Knight, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

February 14, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Gat This: My Top 10 ‘Guitar’ Albums

A while ago I described something/someone as “guitar music” and was chortled at from all directions; there’s no such thing as guitar music. This is not a genre. This is no way to explain or define music. Andres Segovia and Derek Bailey and Jimi Hendrix and Django Reinhardt and Eddie Van Halen have all made amazing music by approaching the same instrument (or versions of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 10", Andres Segovia, Blow By Blow, Buckethead, Colma, Derek Bailey, Diary, Eric Clapton, Gat, Gat This, Gat This: My Top 10 ‘Guitar’ Albums, Grant Green, Guitar, Guitarist, Guitarists, Harmonic Crusader, Instrumental, James Blackshaw, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Satriani, Live At The Lighthouse, Lyle Workman, Marc Ribot, Music By Ry Cooder, My Top 10 ‘Guitar’ Albums, Passion and Warfare, Ralph Towner, Rootless Cosmopolitans, Ry Cooder, Santana, Steve Vai, Surfing With The Alien, Ten, Top 10, Van Halen, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

Archive

January 4, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

The Crush of Love: Musical Crushes

I do my best to not listen to Joe Satriani too often these days. But I have a weak point, Flying In A Blue Dream is a classic – and, if it’s not it’s certainly a nostalgic favourite. Listening to that LP recently sent me to YouTube to look at a few clips. I found […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Eternal Flame, Flying In A Blue Dream, Joe Satriani, Katy Perry, Manic Monday, Susanna Hoffs, The Bangles, The Crush of Love, The Crush of Love: Musical Crushes ·

Archive

December 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: # 5 – Five O’Clock World

5pm. Friday. That’s the end of the working week. Usually. I’m winding down, throttling back, etc. I’ve been pushing the podcast pretty hard the last couple of weeks so there’s plenty there to listen to over the holidays if you’re just catching up or if you tend to attack podcasts in full binge-mode, as I […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 5, 5pm, A Tribe Called Quest, Can I Kick It, Don't Worry Baby, Five O'Clock World, Five Songs For A Friday, Five Songs For Friday, Five Songs For Friday: # 5, Five Songs For Friday: # 5 – Five O’Clock World, Flying In A Blue Dream, Joe Satriani, Los Lobos, Some Girls, The Rolling Stones, The Vogues ·

Archive

August 2, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

The Best Guitarist in The World # 6 – Steve Vai

No, no, hear me out – Steve Vai is one of the very few from the “Shred Shed” that transcends that silly notion. For a start, he knows when he’s being a ham. I don’t think Joe Satriani has that awareness. The movie Crossroads was so important to me growing up. Not the Britney Spears […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Best Guitar, Blog On The Tracks, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Facebook, Frank Zappa, G3, Guitar, Interview, Jeff Beck, Joe Satriani, Phantom Billstickers, Steve Vai, Stuff.co.nz, The Best Guitarist In The World, The Best Guitarist in The World # 6 – Steve Vai, The Guest Guitarist in the World # 6, Vai, Whitesnake ·

Archive

November 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Joe Satriani (Nov 2, Wgtn)

Joe Satriani Opera House, Wellington Sunday, November 2 Virtuoso guitarist Joe Satriani served up solos at a relentless pace – if you wanted to point out the obvious lack of dynamics, his tunnel-focus that has him louder than anyone else in the band all the time and seemingly unaware of any of the music that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 2014, Dominion Post, Gig Review, Guitar, Joe Satriani, Live, Live Gig, Live Review, Mike Keneally, Opera House, Sunday November 2, Wellington ·

Archive

September 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Joe Satriani: Unstoppable Momentum

Joe Satriani Unstoppable Momentum Epic/RED Joe Satriani’s latest album is better than anything he’s done in years. But, hold up, is that actually (even) a compliment? You see there was a band called Chickenfoot. There have been innumerable G3 tours where Satriani continues to headline despite often being the worst player on the bill. And […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Joe Satriani, Mike Keneally, Unstoppable Momentum, Vinnie Colaiuta ·

Archive

August 12, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1309

Joe Satriani, Not Of This Earth (1986) When I first heard this album I was a bit disappointed – I’d been sold on Surfing With The Alien and also had Flying In A Blue Dream before I went back to this. Joe Satriani was a big deal for me when I was 13 years old. […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1986, Brother John, Driving At Night, Flying In A Blue Dream, Guitar, Joe Satriani, LP, Not Of This Earth, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Shred, Surfing With The Alien, Vinyl ·

Archive

July 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Steve Vai: The Story of Light

Steve Vai The Story of Light Sony Yes, this album’s a bit old now – but he’s here next week! So, thought I’d give it a mention. And I really liked this. A nice surprise. Maybe it was his virtuoso performance here earlier last year that put me in such a good (open) mind when […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Crossroads, Guitar, Joe Satriani, Live, NZ Tour, Passion and Warfare, Sony, Steve Vai, The Story of Light, Virtuoso ·
← Older posts

Popular

  • Charlotte Grimshaw: The Mirror Book
  • Janna Lapidus Leblanc: Four Years In Pictures
  • Neil Peart Was The World’s Most Overrated Drummer
  • The Sad Story of Bob Welch: Fleetwood Mac’s Most Undervalued Member
  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 8 – Mark Knopfler
  • The Best Guitarist in The World: # 11 – Lindsey Buckingham
  • Revisiting Live at Knebworth (1990)
  • Little Feat: Meanest Blues of All (Live 1973)
  • Gig Review: Bill Bailey – En Route To Normal (March 14, Wellington)
  • Poem: Dear Ngā Mihi,

Archives

Tags

Album Review Auckland Book Book Review Chat Compilation DJ DVD DVD Review EP Film Film Review Gig Gig Review Guest Blog Guitar Interview Jazz Jon Mcleary Live Live Gig LP Movie Music NZ Podcast Poem Record Records Simon Sweetman Soundtrack Spines Spotify Stub Stubs Sweetman Podcast The Ghost of Electricity The Spines The Vinyl Countdown Vinyl Wellington Wgtn Writing You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron [OST]

Categories

  • Back Catalogue
  • Blog
  • Interviews
  • Miscellany
  • Mixtapes
  • Playlists
  • Podcasts
  • Reviews
  • Scene Of The Day
  • Special Guests
  • The Vinyl Countdown

Off The Tracks is the home of Sweetman Podcast, a weekly interview/chat-based pod. It's also home to my reviews across film, TV, music and books and some creative writing as well.

Off The Tracks aims to provide quality reviews and essays, regular blog updates about the shows, albums, books and movies you should be experiencing.

It's a passion project. Your support will help to keep Off The Tracks online.

All content © 2021 by Off The Tracks. WordPress Themes by Graph Paper Press