Joe Satriani praises DTRW

[Darling Pretty]

One of my other Guitar heroes since 1992 Joe Satriani pointed out on Twitter that he likes the album very much

https://twitter.com/chickenfootjoe/status/1075574297966501888

[qjamesfloyd]

Wow, that is high praise indeed!!! I never would have thought Joe Satriani would be into Mark or his music. They have totally different styles, but I guess Joe knows a great player and songwriter when he hears one. This will be great promo for the album too

[Darling Pretty]

Yeah. Let us all like and retweet this

[hunter]

I'm not very fond of Satriani's music or guitar style, but I've watched some interviews with him, and he seems like a very humble and nice guy. Nothing like Steve Vai or Yngwie Malmsteen. Quite surprised that Satriani would mention an album of Mark's on Twitter, actually.

[JF]

He praised the Electric ladyland 50th anniversary edition.
I put the videos at the end of my article :
https://www.facebook.com/notes/textes-blog-rocknroll-chroniques-rock-blues-folk-soul-chanson/electric-ladyland-de-jimi-hendrix-pierre-angulaire-du-rock-a-50-ans/485049235328849/


Not a surprise, it's well known that he is a Jimi fan, but as for Mark's album, yes quite surprising

[Eddie Fox]

Satriani's music says nothing to me but it's good he posted that. Lots of his fans don't respect guitarists who are not into guitar juggling, words like these might open their eyes a little bit.

[Pottel]

the satch is an amazing guitar player, actually the one that thought most of the other shredders to actually play, like Kirk Hammet, Steve vai, etc..
Saw him live in 94, only recently did i manage to pick my jaw up again
the man is a monster, but with an amazing touch, unlike the shredders.
i liked, commented and retweeted. we should all. wonder if mark heard about this.
will leave this here...prolly my favourite live song (on the Time machine live recording it is even better)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=45&v=1ls3ectO1F4

[Darling Pretty]

Thanks pottel. Jepp. My fave also.
I love Echo too. With mighty Stu Hamm on bass.
Killer live song

[border_reiver]

I see his friendship with Sonny Landreth paid off well

[Pottel]

from his later work i also really like "light years away" which has an amazing soulful solo roundabout 05:04 into the song.
@Border_reiver: i do not get it...whose friendship? Marks or Joe's? andi f Mark, what does that have to do with Joe?

[border_reiver]

from his later work i also really like "light years away" which has an amazing soulful solo roundabout 05:04 into the song.
@Border_reiver: i do not get it...whose friendship? Marks or Joe's? andi f Mark, what does that have to do with Joe?

It was just a poor joke. Sonny and Joe have collaborated in recent years and it was just my loony opinion that Sonny therefore must have introduced Joe to MKs music. I would never imagine that someone who plays JS's style of music could be into MKs music.

Irony is tough. Bad jokes even more so. Please forgive me.

[Pottel]

from his later work i also really like "light years away" which has an amazing soulful solo roundabout 05:04 into the song.
@Border_reiver: i do not get it...whose friendship? Marks or Joe's? andi f Mark, what does that have to do with Joe?

It was just a poor joke. Sonny and Joe have collaborated in recent years and it was just my loony opinion that Sonny therefore must have introduced Joe to MKs music. I would never imagine that someone who plays JS's style of music could be into MKs music.

Irony is tough. Bad jokes even more so. Please forgive me.

Lol,no worries. I do not think Joe needed sonny to know about mark. But pretrY sure they discussed the man

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[qjamesfloyd]

I am sure every world class guitarists knows who Mark is, they would have all heard and loved Sultans of Swing, and in the 80's Mark was everywhere and Dire Straits were huge. I am not into shred music at all, mostly because there is no emotion and feeling in it, but there are a few tracks I like from Joe Satriani:

Tears in the Rain - An acoustic/classical guitar piece.
Always With Me, Always With You - Good guitar sound and good melody
Flying In A Blue Dream - As above

But even with the last two above he can't resist going a bit mad in the middle of it!!!

Saying all that Mike Oldfield is in my opinion the greatest composer and player of instrumental music.

[hunter]

I am not into shred music at all, mostly because there is no emotion and feeling in it,

I think that is wrong. Just because shredders play fast, loud and at a very high technical level doesn't mean they don't put any feeling in it. It's just a very different approach than minimalistic players, such as Mark, have. Look at jazz - some like frenetic, wild bebop, others like the more subdued, minimalistic modal jazz. It all comes down to preference, and there are 'bad' shredders who only play technical exercises, and there are 'bad' minimalistic players. And God knows Mark has played his share of half-hearted, lazy licks where he's just going through the motions, relying on muscle memory. The riff and solo in Nobody Does That comes to mind.

[qjamesfloyd]

I have never heard any shredders who can touch Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour, Mike Oldfield for feel.