Joe Satriani

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Joe Satriani is known as 'Satch' to his friends, and he has lots of friends!
In addition to his own material, Joe Satriani has recorded and toured with friends including Mick Jagger, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper and even Spinal Tap.
And before his self-released 1986 debut album, "Not of This Earth", Satriani had become something of a cult legend as the guitar teacher to such future stars as Steve Vai, Metallica's Kirk Hammett, Counting Crows' David Bryson and jazz artist Charlie Hunter.
How cool would it be to have Satriani as your guitar teacher?
Well, that's just not going to happen. He is touring the USA right now.
Satriani was born on 15 July, 1956 in Westbury, New York.
He was inspired to play the guitar at age 14 after hearing that Jimi Hendrix had died.
Satriani heard the news during a football training session where he immediately confronted his coach and announced that he was quitting to become a guitarist.
Today, he is widely recognised as a technically proficient rock guitarist.
He has mastered many performance techniques including two-handed tapping, sweep-picking, volume swell, harmonics and extreme whammy bar effects.
He is also known to have an eye and an ear for a good tune, and more recently, an emphasis on emotion over technique.
What guitar technique will you be known for?


(from Chris Elmore)

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