Hello from Lisbon, Portugal, on the last night of the first leg of the Wormhole Tour. Looking forward to a great show tonight to cap off a great tour of Europe. Big hugs and thanks to all our European fans for making this tour so much fun. With our new production in full swing now, the show looks and sounds better than ever.
Coming up on the 29th, I will be sitting in with Jay Leno Tonight Show Band, playing some cool covers and maybe a few originals. Tune in and check it out.
The Joe Satriani "Essential" CD will be out on Sony/Legacy this month. It's a nice collection of songs and stories for someone just beginning to check me out, or, the fan who must have everything!
Our "Light Years Away" video is out and spreading the word in the deepest corners of the galactic internet for humans and aliens alike...
After a little Thanksgiving break we will be back on the road December 1st at The Center Stage in Atlanta. The tour will keep rolling and thundering through North America until January 22nd and 23rd, where we will be playing two shows in Mexico City. Come see the band and be a part of the Wormhole Tour!
Joe

JOE ON JAY LENO TONIGHT SHOW 11/29

Joe will be sitting in with the Jay Leno Tonight Show Band playing some covers and originals on November 29th. Check out the Tonight Show web site for the latest information:
http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/

"LIGHT YEARS AWAY" VIDEO    

If you haven't checked it out yet, we invite you to step into the strange world that Joe inhabits in the official music video for "Light Years Away". This video features performance footage from the first leg of the Wormhole Tour as well as some unusual space and effects visuals.

JOE SATRIANI "ESSENTIAL" CD OUT THIS MONTH

Check out this excerpt from Joe's liner notes for this new "Essential" series collect from Sony/Legacy. Also included are individual stories and memories behind the songs included on this compilation.

"This collection represents a twenty-five year journey composing, playing and recording rock guitar instrumental music, with a vocal or two thrown in for good measure. Selecting the tracks was at first a daunting task, with over one hundred and seventy songs to choose from, you can imagine the difficulty. During the selection process I started to feel that artists shouldn't be the ones to pore over their work like this. It's better to be looking forward, always searching for what lies ahead. Then I asked myself, "Is this a 'Greatest Hits' or an 'Anthology' collection?" There is a difference. However, in this case, it turns out to be both after all, a collection of songs for the hardcore fan, as well as the casual listener. I know this because we turned to the very people who know my music best to compile it, the online fans at satriani.com. With thousands of replies from our questionnaire regarding the "Anthology" collection, we compiled a master track list from which we could extract an awesome collections of songs, and exercise a little editorial control as well. In the end however, their message was loud and clear, and I thank them for ultimately defining this double CD offering."
- Joe Satriani, San Francisco September 2010
Check out more information and pick up a copy at:
http://www.satriani.com/discography/The_Essential_Joe_Satriani/

BSAWW TOUR UPDATE AND NORTH AMERICA DATES

The Wormhole tour is just wrapping up it's first leg through Europe and Joe and the band have been having an amazing time digging into the new music into a live show environment and we are overwhelmed by the amazing fan response to the shows as well as their overwhelmingly warm welcome you've shown to new band members Allen Whitman and Mike Keneally. We invite all our friends in the U.S., Canada and Mexico to come check it out first hand over the next two months!
dec 01 Center Stage - Atlanta, GA
dec 02 Pompano Beach Amphitheatre - Pompano Beach, FL
dec 03 House of Blues - Lake Buena Vista, FL
dec 04 Ruth Eckerd Hall - Clearwater, FL
dec 06 The Palace Theatre - Greensburg, PA
dec 07 Aronoff Center for the Arts - Cincinnati, OH
dec 08 Massey Hall - Toronto, ON CA
dec 09 House of Blues - Boston, MA
dec 10 Tower Theatre - Upper Darby, PA
dec 12 Metropolis - Montreal, QC CA
dec 13 Best Buy Theater - New York, NY
dec 14 Best Buy Theater - New York, NY
dec 15 The Music Center @ Strathmore - North Bethesda, MD
dec 16 Fillmore Detroit - Detroit, MI
dec 17 House of Blues - Cleveland, OH
dec 19 Chicago Theatre - Chicago, IL
dec 20 Uptown Theater - Kansas City, MO
dec 21 Historic Paramount Theatre - Denver, CO
jan 04 Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium - Edmonton, AB CA
jan 05 Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium - Calgary, AB CA
jan 06 Kelowna Community Theatre - Kelowna, BC CA
jan 07 Queen Elizabeth Theatre - Vancouver, BC CA
jan 08 Snoqualmie Ballroom - Snoqualmie, WA
jan 09 Bing Crosby Theatre - Spokane, WA
jan 11 Roseland - Portland, OR
jan 13 Fox Theater - Oakland, CA
jan 14 Grand Sierra Theatre - Reno, NV
jan 15 House Of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
jan 16 Orpheum Theatre - Los Angeles, CA
jan 18 Granada Theatre - Dallas, TX
jan 19 Paramount Theatre - Austin, TX
jan 20 House of Blues - Houston, TX
jan 22 Metropolitan Theatre - Mexico City, MX
jan 23 Metropolitan Theatre - Mexico City, MX
For the most current dates you can always visit:
http://satriani.com/road/