Live In Concert: G3: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Cool No. 9 - Joe Satriani

2. Flying In A Blue Dream - Joe Satriani

3. Summer Song - Joe Satriani

4. Zap - Eric Johnson

5. Manhatten - Eric Johnson

6. Camel's Night Out - Eric Johnson

7. Answers - Steve Vai

8. For The Love Of God - Steve Vai

9. The Attitude Song - Steve Vai

10. Going Down - Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson & Steve Vai

11. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama - Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson & Steve Vai

12. Red House - Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson & Steve Vai

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5.0 out of 5 stars Legends On Stage, Jun 11 2004

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Russell Diederich (Littleton, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Live In Concert (Audio CD)

This is a tour-de-force of guitar legends on stage. Satch, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson plugging their axes into Marshall and Fender amps to dazzle and wow for more than an hour of music. The album doesn't do the show any justice only playing three songs from each set, and not including any of the opening act, Adrian Legg - a great guitarist in his own right. As a live show, the energy is high and the boys are on playing some of their greatest tunes. The chosen songs could have been better, but I remember some songs missing from the set list when I saw them live.

Satch's set begins with "Cool No.9" from his self-titled release. A little more bluesy and spacey than his previous stuff, but it still rocks. Full of lightning fast licks, overpowering crunch, and dive-bombs it rocks out. He follows with big hits "Flying In a Blue Dream" and "Summer Song". Both were good, but I remember a great version of "Big Bad Moon" at the show that I would have like to seen here. Satch's student, Vai shows why he was the student and Satch is the master. Although his set is good and a little more raw, he does not match to the talent of his former teacher. Overall, it is Eric Johnson who steals the show, but not quite the album. Johnson is a tone freak and had the best tone of the night. His playing is jaw-dropping fast and unbelievably smooth. Unfortunately, his song choices weren't the greatest here. "Zap" is powerful, fast, and catch. The man's tone goes from low growl to crystal solos with elegant ease. He backs of with "Manhattan" playing cleaner and jazzy. Again his fret work is amazing.

The highlight of the album comes at the end when the three guitar-gods join together for an amazing jam session. Licks abound as each takes their turn with a solo in their unique style. They cover three great hits, and although none of them have a great voice, they do a good job with "Going Down," Frank Zappa's "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" and Hendrix's "Red House" which is a fitting close to the album.

Any fan of guitar music or fan of these musicians would find this album a great addition to their collection. High energy, raw and amazing fingering. These guys are the monsters of guitar-rock.

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4.0 out of 5 stars go for the jam, April 23 2004

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This review is from: Live In Concert (Audio CD)

I'm generally a big Satch fan, but I reckon he could've chosen some better cuts than those here. As for Steve Vai I liked what he did with Dave lee Roth and Passion & Warfare but much of his other material goes for experimentalism at the expense of tunes, which is what we have here. Of the 3, Eric Johnson's set is the best with 'Zap' the best track, bar the jam stuff. It's far more beefed up than the studio version. The other 2 numbers are also excellent and again work better here than his studio efforts, which sound much weaker in comparison. The jam stuff is top notch especially the cover of Hendrix's 'Red House'. Even if you're not a fan of each individual player I recommend the jam tracks to any enthusiast of good fun rock music.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Egos and Guitars, April 22 2004

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J. Martin "hoarycripple" (Durango, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews
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A G3 concert seems more like a couple of guys showing off in the weightroom then musicians creating music. Satriani, Vai and Johnson try their hardest to get laid, they rip roar and try desperately to speed pick their way into the pants of every girl in the room. In other words, this is heartless guitar heroics without an ounce of musicianship. I'm still not sure how three "guitar heroes" could completely miss the vibe of Hendrix's "Red House"

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