He calls it a hunch, the idea that the pair, who he had worked with individually in the past, would mesh well together. Choosing Jim Scott to record and mix the album was another leap of faith. Satriani picked up the phone and asked the veteran producer if there was any chance that he might want to work on an instrumental guitar album. Scott quickly and happily accepted the invitation, inviting the band to come and work at his studio in Valencia, California.
His approach fit well with the way the guitarist himself likes to work. With the right team in place, Satriani and the band were able to focus in on capturing the right performances on the songs, which inspirationally, came from really interesting places. Acknowledging that Ali Farka Toure and Dick Dale are perhaps unlikely collaborators, Satriani still saw a common thread.
The future guitar hero the world came to know less than a decade later, would have to wait. Longtime collaborator Eric Caudieux has a string of credits in the liner notes for Shapeshifting that only tell a small piece of the story in regards to the many roles he played.
Just leave that alone! I really trust him to point out that there was some magic on that that perhaps I missed because I was listening for amp hiss or something only a guitar player would worry about. Tapping Coleman was an idea that came from Caudieux, who had worked with her previously. There was a Vemuram Jan Ray overdrive on one song. I used my EVH phaser, which felt like a trip down memory lane, going back to the early '80s. Players come along and challenge what you thought was possible Yvette Young is another.
It has to mean something to you. Spirits, Ghosts And Outlaws felt like a different approach for me. It was another first take that I decided to leave alone. What do you think about the next generation of guitarists?
Who is currently impressing you? I was so impressed they were brave enough to stand next to some old guys and see what happens! And vice versa, it must be great to hear other players think of things you might not yourself…. The internet is a great tool, but it also has the danger of homogenising everybody because you can learn how anybody does anything and pick it up in an instant.
They might not have spent enough time being themselves. I know that sounds weird, like a therapy session, but it kinda is! You have to understand who you are and what you like regardless of what your community is telling you. That made total sense. But you know how it goes in the abnormal new normal: his UK tour that month was bounced to , and less than year later it shifted again, to April Such is the lot of the international touring musician these days: Delays, cancellations, postponements, uncertainty.
But Satriani's been around for long enough to take it in his stride, and below he reveals what he's learned from a lifetime in rock. Tickets to Joe Satriani's UK tour are on sale now. I started playing in bars around New York when I was 16 years-old, and I signed up with a local booking agent when I was
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