Joe Satriani on Telling Stories With Notes, Alien Love, and Being Bitten by Jagger

Today’s Guitar Villain is Joe Satriani. Known in his truest form as a literal alien, Satriani’s music can certainly transport you to various places in the universe, and after paving the way for so many guitar players after him, Satch is still the master of the six-string sonic highway we’re all driving down. With dozens of Grammy nominations and what seems like an endless catalogue of music, Joe is constantly innovating and always inspiring in the realm of guitar, and if you know me, you know how pumped I am for this episode of Guitar Villains.

Intro and Joe Satriani's supervillain alter-ego: 0:00
Burning Questions: 13:45
Name Those Notes: 29:33
Joe's latest album, Shapeshifting and his studio recording tips: 44:45
Joe's Shapeshifting gear choices: 48:35
Joe's favorite airplane album: 53:15
The Satriani title-track phenomenon: 55:03
Joe Satriani's dream band: 57:35
Joe's supervillain advice: 59:40
The brilliance of Eddie Van Halen (this podcast was recorded just hours prior to the news of Eddie's passing–I thought I'd timestamp this comment Joe made): 1:01:45

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