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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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May 19, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1996

Joe Satriani, Flying In A Blue Dream (1989) I don’t know where this LP came from – or when I purchased it; I’m thinking I probably picked it up five or six years ago. Maybe? But I was a fan of this album when it was released. I remember buying the tape from whatever version of […]