Godfrey n Satch

[Jem]

I'm delighted to announce that I'll be playing keys for Joe Satriani for 2 shows during his Autumn tour. I'm depping for Mike Keneally, Joe's main keys man on this tour who has a prior engagement on those dates. He very kindly got in touch with me and I was delighted to be able to help out. As surprise emails go, this one was a belter.  :lol:

I'll be there for the Glasgow show at the Clyde Auditorium on Fri 22nd October and the Birmingham Symphony Hall gig on Saturday October 23rd.

Hopefully see you there or thereabouts.  

Full details of the tour are here -

http://www.satriani.com/road/

[MikeEvs]

Jem that is awesome I've met Joe a couple of times and had photo access for his last tour over here I had planned on going to the Bristol show but I'll see if I can fit in Birmingham as well

My Photos on Satriani.com

[Trapezium Artist]

Well, that's certainly an odd one, but good for you, Jem: a real rocker at last. You have three months to grow some shoulder-length locks starting ... now!  

[Phrog]

Phwoar! Usually I'd be there (Symphony Hall) at the drop of a hat, but at £37 a ticket coupled with the fact that by then I'll be living on a somewhat tight budget, I'll have to give this some thought. I shall endeavour to make it though, it sounds like a right old blinder  

[weezul]

excrement! What a gig Who's on bass? Stu Hamm again?

[Dave M]

Fan-fucking-tastic news !

What a gig ... are you going to be having a shread off ? .. My money's on you Jem    

Thats going to have to be a gig to attend.

Do tell us .. how did you end up getting the invite for the gig ... apart from being totally deserving of course (being a lion and all) ... Satch must know 100's of keyboard players in the USA ?

[Dave M]

Oooooooooh just had a thought ..

A Satch guest appearance on the next batch of Frost tunes ?    

You've got 2 nights to sell it to him..you can do it Jem !

[D S]

Fantastic!  8-)

I was in 2 minds whether or not to go to this as I've seen Satch quite a few times before and I always feel that the Clyde Auditorium lacks the atmosphere of smaller venues.  But that's just made my mind up - ticket just bought!

I do hope Joe allows a bit of guitar / synth interplay and you're not just holding down string pad chords all night.  The fact that Mike Keneally is doing the other dates suggests that Satch is looking for a bit of battle with the keys!  (I've seen Keneally with Steve Vai and he's just scary...  :shock: )

[rogerg]

very cool!  have fun!  rawk!

[gr8gonzo]

8-)  I had the same question. Why you? Did Mike recommend you? Rudess? Is he a Shayne Ward fan? Or is Satch a Frost*ie? Regardless, congrats. That's proper recognition there. Do take it easy on 'im.

[gav]

:shock:
AWESOME!







That is all.

[E.S.]

That's just awesome! He's a freakin great player and musician, and now seems to have decent taste in keyboard players.  :mrgreen:

[ChrisX]

Oh man, I can't wait to see a Frost* report on those gigs and the preparations for that. At least I do hope you make one because I would love to see some of that since there is no chance whatsoever that I could attend any of the gigs living on mainland Europe.

[EVP]

Awesome news!! Playing with one of the all time greats no doubt!

[Pedro]

Awesome news!! Playing with one of the all time greats no doubt!

Yeah, lucky Satch.