Guitar hero Joe Satriani shredded
his way through a blazing two hour set in New York last night, awing an
audience for the second night in a row at the Best Buy Theater.
Despite
harrowing, arctic winds that tore through the city streets, fans came
out in droves to see the legendary ‘Satch.’ The guitarist is touring
behind his newest album, Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards, and last
night’s show demonstrated beyond question that the virtuoso, responsible
for instructing players as reknown as Steve Vai and Metallica’s Kirk
Hammett, is as on top of his game as ever.
From the second Joe
hit the stage, the underground Best Buy Theater was turned into a world
of screaming guitars and otherworldly effects. Satriani is a master of
not only rapid-fire playing, but riding a seemingly endless tone up and
down the fretboard, diving with the whammy bar only to soar back up in
ear-bursting squeals. Fans closest to the stage stared open-mouthed,
simply in awe as they watched his fingers fly almost faster than the eye
could follow. Virtually every song was instrumental, but unlike most
of his rock contemporaries, Satriani fills every second of music with
such original, exciting moments and emotion that there simply isn’t room
for vocals even if he wanted.
The musician had great stage
presence, never removing his green-tinted sunglasses as he strode about
and bobbed his head back and forth, leaning back into the crunch of his
backing band’s rhythm. The band, consisting of a drummer, keyboardist,
bassist and rhythm guitarist, was tightly locked in with their frontman,
blasting through tight beats and stopping on a dime, giving Satriani
more than enough audio elbowroom to run wild all over their foundation,
sounding as well as looking otherworldy as his guitar effects and
arpeggio-filled tapping created a rich sonic tapestry.
The
show went on for an impressive two straight hours, including a half
dozen tracks from the new record which were received just as well as the
classic material. Watch my video of new, ultra-catchy song Premonition
on the left side of the page. While guitar noodling can get old after a
while, Satriani never faltered, keeping things interesting by
demonstrating his absolute mastery of the instrument. He broke out
acoustic guitars, a harmonica, and engaged in a duel with his
keyboardist, battling back and forth on riffs until the keyboardist was
finally unable to match a particularly epic high note bent into an
impossibly long, overdriven squeal. Later, Joe played the same game
with the crowd, fans doing their best to imitate the guitar licks with
their voices, but if one thing was proven last night, it’s that no one
or instrument can truly match what Satriani does best.
Charmingly
polite in his short stage banter between songs, Joe finally took the
microphone to sing on the bluesy Big Bad Moon, letting loose with a
smooth singing voice that really deserves to be heard more often. Fans,
who were sitting for most of the show, finally rose to their feet, and
crowded right up to the stage, hands outstretched as Satriani
effortlessly blazed his way across every inch of fretboard. He then
encored with fan favorites Crowd Chant and Summer Song, his lightening
guitar magic as impressive as it was in the beginning of the concert.
Joe
Satriani might not have radio hits or rabid fanclubs like other hard
rock artists, but make no mistake: This is one of rock’s greatest
players, and one of rock’s greatest writers as well. Words can’t truly
relate the magic of witnessing Mr. Satriani in person, and fortunately
he seems set to continue writing and touring for a long time to come,
both solo as well as his roles in supergroup Chickenfoot and the vaunted
G3 tours. But in the meantime, fans can check out plenty of video on
Youtube, buy his latest record, and be sure that next time Joe comes to
town, they are in the crowd and ready to surf with the alien.
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