An
Evening With Joe Satriani
October 29, 2004 - House Of Blues
New Orleans, LA
story by Ritchie Champagne
October 29, 2004 - House Of Blues
New Orleans, LA
story by Ritchie Champagne
Seventeen years later, most of the “shredders” have faded into oblivion, while Satriani continues to release new music and to tour regularly. Both a CD and a DVD from the 2003 G3 tour, on which Satriani shared the bill with Steve Vai and Yngwie Malmsteen, as well as a collection of new tunes called Is There Love In Space? were released in 2004. He is consequently supporting these separate releases with a tour, performing two sets totaling approximately three hours.
Many
of the tracks that have historically been staples of Satriani's
live set are sidelined in favor of more obscure selections from his back
catalog (much to the surprised delight of many long time fans). Relegated
to the back burner are familiar favorites such as Ice 9, Summer
Song, The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing, The Crush Of
Love, and perennial show closer Rubina. Given a new lease on
life are Moroccan Sunset, Hordes of Locusts, War,
Motorcycle Driver, and Driving At Night. Despite being known
primarily as an instrumental artist, Satriani has released a handful
of vocal tracks over the years. One of these, Big Bad Moon, has
been performed at nearly every Satriani concert since its release
in 1989 but it, too, has been cut from the set list. It has been replaced
by I Like The Rain from his latest release, and Strange,
a funky track also from 1989's Flying In A Blue Dream.
