1- Joe Satriani Born in July 15, 1956
2- Joe satriani was born in long island
3 His Birth name is Joseph Satriani
4- Satriani has exclusively used his own signature instrument, Ibanez’s JS Series, ever since 1988. His most famous guitar is one whose body is covered in a chrome-like material.
5- Joe Played Drums at the age of 9 through to 11
6- He is a 15-time Grammy Award nominee
7- Joe’s first guitar was a Hagstrom electric guitar.
8- Satriani is considered a highly technical guitarist, and has been referred to as a top guitar virtuoso
9- He was inspired to play guitar at age 14, after hearing of the death of Jimi Hendrix
10- Joe once said he likes to go food shopping, he gets energised by being around fresh fruit and vegetables.
11- Joe has played for many other bands, like Spinal Tap, Deep Purple, Greg Kihn’s band. He was also invited to tour with Mick Jagger on his solo tour.
12 – Before launching his successful solo career, Satriani was a member of the Greg Kihn Band
13- in 2015 Joe Satriani Won The Maestro Award
14- has a Fender Precision bass in his (small but very well equipped) home studio guitar rack.In 1974, Satriani studied music with jazz guitarist Billy Bauer and with reclusive jazz pianist Lennie Tristano
15- Joe and Steve both had songs on the PS1 formula 1 Game
16- Joe took lessons from the blind jazz pianist Lenny Triestano.
17- Steve Vai, who was in the Frank Zappa’s band, introduced Joe to Relativity Records. At the time Joe was recording Not Of This Earth, and Relativity Records gave him a chance to make a record that didn’t sound like the drum machines he’d used.
18- Steve Vai introduced Joe to Ibanez guitars. He tried a prototype that was given to Vai by Ibanez, which impressed Joe.
19- While studying in college, he taught guitar to many with the most notable student being schoolmate, Steve Vai
20- His second album, Surfing with the Alien, went Platinum in the US, ranking at #29 on the US Billboard chart.
21- in 1991 Joe Satriani Won Outstanding Guitarist Award
22- Joe Satriani’s net worth is said to be around $12 million
23- Satriani was influenced by blues-rock guitar icons such as Jimi Hendrix, Brian May, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Ritchie Blackmore, and Jeff Beck
24- He released his debut album Not of This Earth in 1986.
25- Joe once played some of his early pieces of music to the band members of The Squares. Everyone thought it was just ridiculous, and told him he’d go nowhere with it, and they all left. The only one to remain there was his future drummer Jeff Campitelli.
26- Satriani has been the guitarist for the supergroup Chickenfoot since joining the band in 200
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