{"id":25972,"date":"2023-09-16T05:30:12","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T09:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=25972"},"modified":"2023-09-08T11:57:25","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T15:57:25","slug":"five-great-joe-satriani-guest-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/16\/five-great-joe-satriani-guest-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Great Joe Satriani Guest Spots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guitar hero Joe Satriani first achieved wide fame with 1989\u2019s <em>Surfing with the Alien<\/em>, his second LP. That instrumental record won a Grammy, as did its highlight single, \u201cAlways With Me, Always With You.\u201d Subsequent albums have continued to demonstrate Satriani&#8217;s wide-ranging skill and expressiveness. But beyond his solo work \u2013 18 studio albums to date \u2013 the New York-born musician has an impressive and eclectic range of credits. Thanks to his instrumental prowess (and because he\u2019s one of the nicest guys in the business), Satch is a sought-after collaborator. Here are five tracks that you might not have known feature Joe Satriani.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crowded House \u2013 \u201cNow We\u2019re Getting Somewhere\u201d from <em>Crowded House<\/em> (1986)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe trio formed by Neil Finn after dissolving Split Enz made its stellar debut with a self-titled 1986 album. The record\u2019s biggest hit was the worldwide smash \u201cDon\u2019t Dream it\u2019s Over,\u201d but in fact the first single from the album was this song. Oddly enough \u2013 seeing that nearly all of his recorded work is instrumental \u2013 Joe Satriani was enlisted to provide backing vocals on the album. The famously modest Satriani laughed when this writer asked him about Crowded House in a 2013 interview: \u201cI think it\u2019s the only time I\u2019ve ever been paid to sing!\u201d he said. \u201cThat was the beginning and the end of my career as a singer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OmnDCPWxBFM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Spinal Tap \u2013 \u201cBreak Like the Wind\u201d from <em>Break Like the Wind<\/em> (1992)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe mirthful metallurgists Spinal Tap weren\u2019t a \u201creal\u201d group when they appeared as the subject of the groundbreaking mockumentary <em>This is Spinal Tap<\/em> in 1984. But in response to public demand, the trio of Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer assembled a full group and went out on tour. Eight years later the band returned with<em> Break Like the Wind<\/em>, a star-studded album populated with an unexpected assortment of guest stars including Cher, Eagles\u2019 Timothy B. Schmit and (on liner notes) Steely Dan\u2019s Walter Becker. The title track features dueling, over-the-top guitar solos from Satriani, Toto\u2019s Steve Lukather and Jeff Beck.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R-r_X3kuQrw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>G3 \u2013 \u201cMy Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama\u201d from <em>G3: Live in Concert<\/em> (1997)<\/strong><br \/>\nBeginning in 1995, Joe Satriani put together a series of concert tours in which he would share the spotlight equally with two others top-flight guitarists. Over the years, the popular G3 tours have featured artists as far-ranging as Robert Fripp, Al DiMeola and Uli Jon Roth. To date there have been four G3 live albums; the first featured Satriani alongside Steve Vai and Eric Johnson. Per the tour\u2019s custom, after each guitarist played his own mini-set, all three would reconvene onstage for a blowout finale. This reading of the Frank Zappa classic is an undisputed highlight.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FZXt1djCkQU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yardbirds \u2013 \u201cTrain Kept A Rollin\u2019\u201d from <em>Birdland<\/em> (2003)<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring their original 1963-68 run, the Yardbirds featured a succession of lead guitarists: Top Topham, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. The group ended when Page changed the name of his \u201cNew Yardbirds\u201d group to Led Zeppelin. After a quarter-century break, founding member Chris Dreja and Jim McCarty revived the Yardbirds with new players and occasional guests. For their 2003 studio album <em>Birdland<\/em> they were joined on various tracks by Slash, Brian May and others. On a remake of their classic \u201cTrain Kept a Rollin\u2019\u201d (itself a cover of a Tiny Bradshaw classic from 1951) Joe Satriani lent his guitar wizardry.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yzmLJ6PK1pg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Hunter \u2013 \u201cTwilight in Harlem\u201d from <em>The Manhattan Blues Project<\/em> (2013)<\/strong><br \/>\nHunter is perhaps best known as one half of the ace guitar duo with Dick Wagner that lend sonic fireworks and finesse to albums by Lou Reed, Alice Cooper and others. Beyond his unassailable rock credentials Hunter is a superb blues player. On his 2013 album, he invited a who\u2019s-who of friends (Johnny Depp, Tony Levin, Joe Perry and more) to contribute. This contemplative instrumental showcases both his and Satriani\u2019s soaring guitar work.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CDzNiIYlICQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guitar hero Joe Satriani first achieved wide fame with 1989\u2019s Surfing with the Alien, his second LP. 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