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Overview
Oft-hailed as the Jimi Hendrix of his generation, living guitar legend Joe Satriani has long transcended stylistic boundaries with a sound that raises the bar like a new horizon for the broader genre of instrumental guitar rock. Joe's 6-string secrets have astounded listeners around the world for nearly 30 years.
In Strange Beautiful Music: A Musical Memoir, Satriani and coauthor, music biographer Jake Brown, take fans on their first authorized tour of the story behind his climb to stardom and the creative odyssey involved in writing and recording a storied catalog of classics including "Surfing with the Alien," "Summer Song," "Satch Boogie," "Always With Me, Always With You," "The Extremist," "Flying in a Blue Dream," "Crowd Chant," and more.
Featuring previously unpublished photos and hours of exclusive, firsthand interviews with Satriani, Strange Beautiful Music offers a unique look inside the studio with Joe, giving fans a chance to get up close and personal like never before. With insider details about his collaboration with multi-platinum supergroup Chickenfoot, exclusive interviews with Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony of Van Halen and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, commentary from fellow guitar legends such as Steve Vai, Metallica's Kirk Hammett, Primus's Larry LaLonde, and legendary music producers including Glynn Johns and the late Andy Johns, this memoir offers a rare inside look for die-hard Satriani fans, guitar enthusiasts, and anyone who loves to rock.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781939529640 |
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| Publisher: | BenBella Books, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 05/06/2014 |
| Pages: | 320 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d) |
About the Author
Award-winning music biographer Jake Brown has written 35 published books in his decade-long career, featuring many authorized collaborations with some of rock's biggest artists. In 2012, Brown won the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards in the category of Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.
Table of Contents
Foreword 1
Chapter 1 The Hendrfx Experience 3
Chapter 2 High School Confidential 9
Chapter 3 Learning Curves 15
Chapter 4 Satch Goes West 23
Chapter 5 Twists of Fate-The Joe Satriani EP, 1983-1984 41
Chapter 6 Not of This Earth-1985-1986 57
Chapter 7 Relativity 81
Chapter 8 Surfing with the Alien-1987 91
Chapter 9 Launching the Silver Surfer 111
Chapter 10 Flying in a Blue Dream-1989 119
Chapter 11 The Bearsville Experiment 131
Chapter 12 The Extremist-1992 137
Chapter 13 Eponymous-1995 159
Chapter 14 G3/Crystal Planet-1997 169
Chapter 15 Engines of Creation-2000 181
Chapter 16 Strange Beautiful Music-2002 191
Chapter 17 Is There Love in Space?-2004 197
Chapter 18 Super Colossal-2006 205
Chapter 19 Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock-2008 213
Chapter 20 Chickenfoot I-2009 225
Chapter 21 Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards-2010 241
Chapter 22 Chickenfoot III-2011/2012 249
Chapter 23 Unstoppable Momentum-2013 263
Conclusion: 2013 and Beyond 271
The Gear: Album by Album 275
Acknowledgments 281
Index 285
What People are Saying About This
“Joe has refined his own style of playing to a point where he’s forever up there in the stratosphere of excellence that is reached by very few musicians."
—Brian May
"Every time Joe puts his fingers on a guitar, what comes out sounds like inspired music, even if its just a finger exercise. He created and branded a niche with his own voice and in so doing he wielded an entire genre."
—Steve Vai
“After all the times I had been on stages with Joe, been on the side of stages watching and listening to Joe, and all the times I have been in the audience cheering for Joe, I continue to have no idea how Joe does what he does."
—Robert Fripp
“Joe Satriani’s my favorite guitar player.”
—Sammy Hagar