Joe Satriani at the Fillmore in South Beach
Oct 31, 2008
WOW!!!
That's really all I can say about seeing Joe Satriani last night at the Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theatre in South Beach. And with classic 70's rock band Mountain opening, it was one hell of a guitar slingers paradise.First of all, big props to Leslie West and "Corky" Laing from Mountain. Its easy to see why a guy like Joe Satriani would have this band opening for him. For a couple of guys who are easily pushing 60, they were jammin their asses off. And of course, they closed with their classic "Mississippi Queen" which made the whole opening set worth it.
Now when Joe came on it was a whole different story. I have to admit, I've been a fan of Joe Satriani since Surfing With the Alien came out in 1987. I was a comic book geek who loved Rush and when I heard this guy play and saw the cover of that album, I was hooked. But in all that time, I've never seen him live. What a mistake that was.
In almost 25 years of seeing concerts I've never seen anything like this guy. His hands were lighting fast and he was playing on parts of the guitar you wouldn't even think of. And of course, its all him. There's no synth or keyboard player. Just four guys playing hard core rock and roll.
There's really nothing else I can say except buy the new album, buy it now. It fucking rocks!
Oh by the way, I was front row center, so that was SWEET as well.