Joe Satriani – Constitution Hall, DC – 1990

I can’t believe I was as excited as I was to see this concert. I think this was my second concert ever, and I went with two total guitar geeks. (Note: I do not even play guitar….or did not at this point in time).

None of us had a lot of experience driving in the city, so we ended up asking a jogger for directions to DAR. The bastard sent us the wrong way down a one way street.

Honestly, the concert was kind of a mess….lots of solos that were painfully loud (literally, my ears hurt for two days), lots of guitar nerds who had traveled a long way to see this show. This was the first tour (I think) when Joe was singing, and my notes say that they performed “Hey Joe” , but I don’t remember that, to be honest.

I do remember a bass solo and a drum solo that were a little on the indulgent side. (Sorry, Stu Hamm).

On a lark, I looked up Stevie Salas, who was the opener, and it looks like he’s still working with old rock stars….bully for him.

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