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Guitar legend Joe Satriani and writer Jake Brown write the first-ever autobiographical book about Satriani, soloist and band member of supergroup Chickenfoot.
List of contents
Foreword
Chapter 1: The Hendrix Experience
Chapter 2: High School Confidential
Chapter 3: Learning Curves
Chapter 4: Satch Goes West
Chapter 5: Twists of Fate-The Joe Satriani EP, 1983-1984
Chapter 6: Not of This Earth-1985-1986
Chapter 7: Relativity
Chapter 8: Surfing with the Alien-1987
Chapter 9: Launching the Silver Surfer
Chapter 10: Flying in a Blue Dream-1989
Chapter 11: The Bearsville Experiment
Chapter 12: The Extremist-1992
Chapter 13: Eponymous-1995
Chapter 14: G3/Crystal Planet-1997
Chapter 15: Engines of Creation-2000
Chapter 16: Strange Beautiful Music-2002
Chapter 17: Is There Love in Space?-2004
Chapter 18: Super Colossal-2006
Chapter 19: Professor Satchafunkilus and the Musterion of Rock-2008
Chapter 20: Chickenfoot I-2009
Chapter 21: Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards-2010
Chapter 22: Chickenfoot III-2011/2012
Chapter 23: Unstoppable Momentum-2013
Chapter 24: Shockwave Supernova-2016
Conclusion: 2017 and Beyond
The Gear: Album by Album
Acknowledgments
Index
About the author
For three decades, Joe Satriani, the biggest-selling instrumental rock guitarist in the Soundscan era, has traveled the world, playing to sold-out crowds both as a headliner and as founder of the all-star "G3" guitar extravaganza. His studio and live recordings have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Of his 14 solo albums, two have gone platinum and four others went gold, with 15 Grammy nominations between them. In 1988, Mick Jagger invited Joe to perform as lead guitarist on his first solo tour, and in 1994, Joe toured with Deep Purple as their lead guitarist. His side project, Chickenfoot, featuring former Van Halen front man Sammy Hagar and former bassist Michael Anthony, and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith, saw their debut album certified gold.
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, including 2013 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Heart (with Ann and Nancy Wilson), living guitar legend Joe Satriani, heavy metal pioneers Motorhead (with Lemmy Kilmister), late hip hop icon Tupac Shakur (with the estate), late Funk pioneer Rick James, superstar country music anthology Nashville Songwriter, and the all-star rock producers anthology Behind the Boards, among many others. Brown has also appeared as the featured biographer of record on Fuse TV's Live Through This series and Bloomberg TV's Game Changers series. In 2012, Brown won the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards in the category of Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research.
Summary
Go behind the scenes with the musician The New York Times called "a guitar God!"
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.
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"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
