Joe Satriani Blues Improvisation (Live 2006)

[MegaYoshitsune]

The bassist, Dave LaRue , is really cooking it.

[bjparhamguitars123]

the bassist looks like eddie van halen used to

[hyperaznfisherman]

Well actually, Satch was Morello's teacher...

[TheWiraharja]

I'm very fucked with this song!! the bass player is geat !!!

[KelvinBurigo]

can i like twice?

[TheBlueDreamSoldier]

*sigh* okay Satch, we all know you're the god that taught god how to play guitar, just shed your mortal form, inhabit the body of a self-playing guitar and be done with it

[tatsandteles]

His tone is really good in this clip. What amp is he playing through on this?

[Joebergz94]

so over rated.

[platinumaster7700]

@Joebergz94 True!

[TheBlueDreamSoldier]

@Joebergz94 Heathen

[lazerbladeck]

this is not just blues , its also jazz too mixed in with blues

[dokkenmassive]

Dave La Rue is awesome!!!

[mistervicenteblues]

Blues aha? 

[The1FM2]

disapointing... the bassist was way better than him -.-

[Rodalvarez80]

I love how he keeps the rythm for a moment at the end to give his bassman the oportunity to solo, that's being generous

[rmccaw7]

and this is why Satch is the best. He is, at the very heart of it all, a blues player

[gmakepiece]

@rmccaw7 It has a Hendrix Bleeding Heart live at Albert Hall feel.

[91rexxar]

esto es blues?

[ctsurg]

That is bluesy..if I say it is, it is...Shit I"ve got"born under a bad sign" tatted on my whole chest..I would know

[adamellis1000]

explanation for the 12 dislikes... moronic brainwashed C**ts clicking wrong vid and thinking, hang on a minute.... this aint justin beiber!!!

[runnerba]

OMG...

[capecodnut]

Nobody....does....as.....SATCH­......DOES.



[MBCplayerzoob]

this does make me think of "my name is mud"...

[pepehorhae]

is it me or is this more of jazz blues than THE blues? idk, maybe its because of the bass? good man, very good thanks for the upload

[TOKILLTHECOPS]

best part

0:00-0:23

he should jam with primus "my name is mud"

[TubeSpoker]

@TOKILLTHECOPS hahahahaha totally !

[Bluesisnotrock]

its more jazz than blues..

[majere880]

@Bluesisnotrock Yeah I've got to agree. It does sound more like jazz than blues.

[teracite]

@majere880 its a blues with color jazz .

[grrgrralex]

that is actualy called "cool 9"

[Diege29]

Ciò le bestemmie che frullano.

[GustavoMdeOliveira]

Tom Morello wannabe in the beginning, lol

[satchrules101]

@GustavoMdeOliveira your a retard lmao

[jimmyleppard6]

@GustavoMdeOliveira comparing tom morello to SATCH? are you high?

[GustavoMdeOliveira]

@jimmyleppard6 I was just kidding, dude. That was a joke.

[jimmyleppard6]

@GustavoMdeOliveira a ''high'' joke lol :) just kidding, man. it's all cool.

[GustavoMdeOliveira]

@jimmyleppard6 =)

[ShreddinThrash]

@GustavoMdeOliveira lol this must be extreme sarcasm, because as we know joe was probably doing this before tom was even out of nappies. :P

[GustavoMdeOliveira]

@ShreddinThrash lol, as I said, I was joking =D

[stbreal]

@GustavoMdeOliveira tom wants to be satriani

[jocapavlovic747]

@GustavoMdeOliveira Or not.. this guy is on a whole new level compared to Morello.

[codename116F]

@jocapavlovic747 Yea for real. That guy was probably on some serious medication when he posted that.

[GustavoMdeOliveira]

@codename116F How many times I have to say I was joking???

[robelinda2]

@jocapavlovic747 Hah yes indeed, Tom who? Oh thats right, that guy who got boring after 5 minutes in 1993.

[TylerGGrinstead]

@GustavoMdeOliveira Satriani is at least 20 years older than Morello

[xTurquoiseGlazex]

Type in "Steve Vai Blues" and watch the first recommended video and then compare that to this video. The best example of why Satch will always remain the master and Vai will forever be the student.

[guitarnukka724]

that lady on bass looks like a man

[jonahtran1]

This really isn't that good. He starts off with something cool but just kinda leaves you with a non-rhythmic mess. Watch SRV. His right hand never stops going. He keeps it rhythmic. Joe could be much better.

[f3l18ipsk8ermm]

@jonahtran1 I don't know if the fact that his "right hand never stops going" means anything. The rhythm is kept by the bass player; Satriani doesnt have to play continuously to keep flow.

[jonahtran1]

@f3l18ipsk8ermm Every instrument should have some form of rhythm or else it would just sound like a mess. Even Jeff Beck has some kind of rhythm, although he's much more sporadic and all over the place. What I mean about Stevie's hand was that even when he didn't play a note, his hand didn't stop. He kept locked right in. Joe starts off decently but then just kinda leaves you.

[h2ofield]

You fucking musicologists need to get over yourselves and just groove out on this funkyjazzyblues jam.

[donottawaguitar]

loved

[drdoutrina]

Gary Moore!!!!!!!!!

[annolenno]

This is not blues lol. This is Cool #9

[TheXrobwx]

@annolenno And more a of a Jazz improv in my opinion.

[petecockcroft]

Blues is a state of mind.

It can be achieved with no musical knowledge whatsoever.

But we are resonant beings - held together by light and vibration and some inherent tendency of all our atoms to want to stay together. Music affects us all in some complexity , but do we really feel? The answer is no.

"Real Blues" would invoke a sense of being lost and wanting to get back home.

Nothing at all to do with anyone's comfort zone of musical analysis whatsoever.

Nice "funky" jam Joe!

[ropzilla]

I can do that...

[SchoolofRockNRoll]

He has more hair on his arm than on his head , trololo

[nicolasarevalo]

AWESOME!!!!! LA PARTE RITMICA IMPRESIONANTE

[thebestmusicofall]

zzzzzz soooo boriing wtf you retarded call this shit music.... I just saw the stupid sound of the beginning and I start hating this

[kakkashin]

@thebestmusicofall You do have a right to dislike this song, but please do refrain from using words like "retarded" and "shit". It makes you look a little stupid. Also your grammar needs some work. You just made yourself look like an ass. You clearly aren't worthy of listening to his music. It's also kinda sad that you surf in the internet posting negative comments. Are you lonely or something? Ever heard of this old saying: "If you don't have anything good to say, then don't"

[ouija1324]

THIS IS NOT BLUES ... IS PORN!!!!

[jimmyt568]

@ouija1324 i know is awesome..lol..

[satchrules101]

@ouija1324 your a retard lmao

[ciccioconti0]

@ouija1324 ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[capecodnut]

@ouija1324 WTF! Grow up and appreciate great MUSIC when you hear it. PEACE.

[ouija93]

@ouija1324 this ouija agrees as well :D

[Brainconvulsion]

Sounds jazzy to me.

[klesk333]

I like it!

[yaserhelmy]

Great technique, but no soul. The real star is the bass player!

[mastersclub4030]

@yaserhelmy wanna see satriani playing with soul listen to him play with grace potter - cortez the killer = ]

[yngwierulez1]

why do i like Satriani you ask?...creativity, technicality, soul ...need is say more?

[XmetalFra]

Awesome bass.

[TheLightSoul94]

so great improvvisation! to Eric Clapton, he makes a whisker!

[ibanezman04]

240p, we meet again !

[vonjibbly]

This is so cool!

[fafaffu2]

who wanna play like him? if so, you need the best teacher! ask me :)

[GunStriker999]

His guitare is magnificent !!!!!

[grosper]

Great!

[rubendaviso]

They're improvising on a bluesy riff, but that ain't blues. the blues should have at least the three basic dominant chords which are I7 - IV7 - V7

[TheLydianRocks]

@rubendaviso If you're a 13 year old listening to clapton records

[rubendaviso]

@TheLydianRocks Blues is Blues, a true musician should know that. Joe Satriani himself has said it too. And I bet Satriani never said he was improvising to the Blues in this song.

I would've named this video "Joe Satriani Improvisation (Blues Style)

[ZyggieFromJiU]

@rubendaviso blues isn't defined by a I IV V progression using all dominant chords, that's such a strange thing to say

[rubendaviso]

@ZyggieFromJiU When you get a major in popular music, you may debate with me. Until then, this will be blues for you.

[ZyggieFromJiU]

@rubendaviso

well actually i am studying music to a third year university level at Aberdeen University Scotland, blues originated when slaves came over from africa and they took with them the harmonic devices used in africa at the time (what we call now, the blues scale) they don't use tertian harmony like us here in the western world, they use different types, it is these types that made their way into the western world and since became things like jazz and blues

[rulo0801]

@ZyggieFromJiU of course it is defined by that. I am surprised that a third year music university student doesn't know this. Harmonically, the blues is defined by the I7-IV7-V7 progression. That's the dominant blues. There are a lot of variations you can do to alter the blues, there's the blues in minor and with it come many variations, for instance, if you wanted to add a jazzy feel to it, you'd probably have add a II-V-I but anyway, in essence, rubendaviso is right.

[ZyggieFromJiU]

@rulo0801 the blues comes in many different forms, just because you've heard that I IV V progression a million times in popular mainstream music doesn't mean that is the only form in which blues exists, blues is lyrical more than harmonic and traditionally uses acoustic instruments

[rulo0801]

@ZyggieFromJiU If you reread my post you will see that I mentioned that the blues can have a wide variety of chord combos. The most popular form of blues is the 12 bar blues and, in its simplest of forms, only these 3 chords are used. Most basic examples I can give are I7-I7-I7-I7-IV7-IV7-I7-I7-V7-I­V7-I7-I7 and I7-IV7-I7-I7-IV7-IV7-I7-I7-V7-­IV7-I7-V7. Sure a I-IV-V progression can be found everywhere, metal, punk, this video, etc. Yet the structure is not blues, see?

[idemus168]

@rulo0801 the blues is anything that involves the "blues scale" which is a hybridization of the pentatonic and diatonic scales, which i told zyggie as well. For both of you, arguing beyond that the form of blues doesn't make much sense. The progression doesn't matter much if it's done in the spirit of blues, using both African and western principles of music. Because of its "backwater" origins it doesn't have a set of strict rules, only that it use the blues scale

[whatshendrix]

@rulo0801

Bullshit... The I7-IV7-V7 progression is one of the most used progressions in ALL OF MUSIC. Furthermore 7th chords are not typical of the blues AT ALL. The blues is defined by the use of BLUE (chromatic) tones. Many blues guitarists (like Frank Gambale) take a chromatic approach to the blues.

[rulo0801]

@whatshendrix I think it is fairly pointless to argue with you seeing as you so freely speak your ignorance. You are talking with a musician, kid. But just to clear you something real quick, what you are referring to is the blues SCALE.

[whatshendrix]

@rulo0801

You arrogant dumb shit :D You know a scale and a chord progression and you think you're good to go, eh? LMAO

I'm talking about the use of the CHROMATIC scale in blues.

You've obviously never listened to Frank Gambale AND you've obviously never listened to Frank Zappa (just to name a few) which incorporate chromatic tones other than the flat fifth in their blues playing. YOU'RE the ignorant one, "kid". Go educate yourself and come back in 10 years.

[rulo0801]

@whatshendrix I do not feel the need to prove my points to someone who keeps using rude words at me when I haven't just to feel I'm making a point. Chromatic playing had nothing to do with what was being said, we were talking about musical form so, as irrelevant as it is, I'll answer you.. (cont)

[rulo0801]

@whatshendrix chromatic playing is used in all music, genius. It is not something to boast about like it's a rare thing. Frank Gambale is a studied musician far too advanced to be consider a "blues guitarist". Playing blues as simply as doing pentatonic licks over and over again is boring and is only natural to incorporate more complex stuff. About the part of you being a "musician", I suppose you forgot to add "bedroom" before it, if not, I'll let you keep dreaming you are.

[whatshendrix]

@rulo0801

Look, man, come back in 10 years...

[whatshendrix]

@rulo0801

p.s. - I guarantee you that 90% of the people who posted here are musicians, myself included. Boasting about being a musician here is just fucking silly xD

[ZyggieFromJiU]

@rulo0801 uhm, you're arguing with a musician too, and speaking of blues, what about great players like stevie ray vaughan? the man hardly EVER played a I IV V using all dominant chords . . . is he or is he not a blues player?!

[rulo0801]

@ZyggieFromJiU It's been a long time and I have only heard Stevie's Texas Flood album but if I recall correctly the album has I IV V all over the place, not sure if all songs but surely most of them..

[ZyggieFromJiU]

@rulo0801 also by your logic most country music is blues

[rulo0801]

@ZyggieFromJiU Well seeing as you are not going to accept what I'm trying to explain to you consider this my last respond. I don't need to prove anything to you or anyone over the internet, I was merely trying to help you understand musical form a lil better, I already know that what I'm saying is true, I have studied music harmony. If indeed you are a 3rd year music student but they haven't taught you the simple 12 bar blues, consider studying music.. (cont)

[rulo0801]

@ZyggieFromJiU ..elsewhere. Study Major and Minor Harmony, it will help you no end. It is the basis of all western music. It is basic you understand Music Harmony to further venture into Phrasing and Improvisation, Composition, Harmonic Families, etc. Cheers and keep studying, friend.

[ZyggieFromJiU]

@rulo0801 what? i know music harmony in a lot of depth, i would like to say i study music more than i play it, but i don't, i play a hell of a lot, but i like studying more than just major/minor, i study in modes, other types of scales, chromaticism and concrete, which are used A LOT in western music, and none of them are as simple as just major/minor

[tomaspepino]

blues is country music too, look the history.

[ZyggieFromJiU]

@tomaspepino only after the slaves took it over from africa, look even further brah

[idemus168]

@whatshendrix the I-IV-V progression is one of the most popular progressions of all time, however the stacking of the 7th on the chords in the typical 12-bar blues fashion is only done in blues and jazz for the most part...or things with a "bluesy" feel. And i would argue that blue notes aren't chromatic tones so much as they are other notes of the blues scale which combines the pentatonic and diatonic scales. Semantics really though.

[rubendaviso]

@rubendaviso take for example this Steve Vai's Blues improvisation /watch?NR=1&v=qaJjju-LT7s

[idemus168]

@rubendaviso THE dominant chord is the V chord there are other dominant FUNCTION chords, but V is called the dominant chord. IV is a predominant chord and I is the tonic, neither is dominant

[sillrens1]

Bass player is Dave LaRue. Usually with the Steve Morse Band.

[travelinpicker]

@sillrens1 he has no time for sit-ups or a haircut, just blues XD

[xXslash44Xx]

can someone tell me who this bass player is? he's awesome!

[vonjibbly]

@xXslash44Xx Looks like it could be Stu Hamm, but I can't say so with absolute certainty. Whoever he is, he's not bad!

[MatthijsBudding]

@vonjibbly No, not Stu. I forgot his name too..

[oshersharaby]

@MatthijsBudding The bass player is Dave Larue , best rythm bassist I ever heard and he always performce with the best like satch and steve morse!

[viper516]

Satriani just ignores the rhythm laid out by the drummer and bassist.

[KTMBitches]

this isnt an improvisation idiots

[rockngamer32]

i hear some billy gibbons in this

[jmr1068204]

How do bass players keep their rhythm constant and ongoing in a song where they hear blues and shred all around them blasting right there in their ear as a distraction?

[jbtele]

Victor would play circles around him!!!!

[deadbunny001]

tom morello style in the beginning lol

[Riuhkuhku]

suicide idiot

[Taikamya]

Rock? Blues? You guys have no music knowledge whatsoever. This is smooth jazz.

[SergioCota]

@Taikamya yes!! is smooth jazz my friend!!

[jefferson2603000]

It´s very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!

[freddybg19]

blues? eso es jazz.

[skillzdatkillz900]

AVADA KEDAVRA!

[punk6kills6emo6]

bass player makes it funkeey

[clapton82]

shit...



[jolle1345]

that's "Cool #9!" Awesome song!

[FrancescoTNM]

If this is blues then I don't know what Rock means.

[Quilbo]

@FrancescoTNM it's funky blues :)

[fc7alibi]

So Lord Voldermort is also awesome at guitar?

[BigTimeBluesFan989]

love that bass walk at 2:07. wow!!!

[gobadgers257]

bassist keeps it so fresh, hes grooving on a level beyond satriani here and its a shame cuz with a bassist like that you can really do some amazing shit, too bad satriani couldnt feed off of it more

[Minertorus]

I wouldn't be surprised if Satriani was mad at this basist after all that, because he was to good. well, he surely ruled over Mr. Joe in this imrprov :D

[jagoan5]

1000% i got the groove.....what a great bass player...

[dominique141201]

stu ham un des meilleur basiste au monde!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gnutix]

@dominique141201 En effet... sauf que sur cette vidéo c'est pas Stu, mais Dave LaRue. ;)

[harmonicazhin]

@GeoGuitarPlayer You have proven to lack intelligence and compassion. Therefore I must conclude you are dumb and have no soul. I won't be able to take your opinions seriously sorry.

[FSofty]

Just wanna say...'blues is not about playing fast or playing scales, it's about using the blues scale in a soulful and passionate way. Joe's hands look like a bad case of arthritis from too much over-reaching. BB's hands are relaxed cos he plays notes that are more accessible. Joe's screwed up just trying to get the notes in the right order, whereas BB don't hav an order, he makes it up as he goes along. That's blues, and this stuff is technical but not musical. Music for robots 'n zombies.

[KatsuGuitar]

@GeoGuitarPlayer no blues soul?!?! I've played for a little over 10 years and appreciate anything and everything with true talent . To say this "has no soul" because for some reason you aren't "feeling" it is arrogant. I'm sorry, straight up. I sat here for the whole video, with a HUGE smile on my face FEELING this groove and jam. Feeling the soul. I don't care how "old school" you are. I'm "new school" and I think this is soulful and passionate playing.

[FSofty]

@KatsuGuitar 10 years? Wooo! That long? ROFL! Ha Fucking Ha! Well, I just saw your channel and I can see how much 'feel' YOU have! Like fuck-all! A high-gain amp, dimarzios, and hands like a cretin crawling all over the fretboard attempting to GOT THOSE NOTES! Your hands are ugly and your playing is creeping me out, it's just so monotonous. Your 'tone' is painful to listen to. Satch might be crap, but you're pathetic piss! Try without the Hi gain and post a vid with some feel! Okay, you can't!

[KatsuGuitar]

@KatsuGuitar lol. you drop down to insulting my playing when you aggressively talk shit about someone who has made more of a life out of music than you most likely ever will. Or myself. Do you think that I don't know I don't have years of improvement. All I'm commenting on is my ability to hear someone else and appreciate their playing. You act as if your word is some sort of ultimate guideline for everyone to follow. Allow for others to to decide what "blues soul" is for themselves.

[FSofty]

@KatsuGuitar Now yer talkin' to yaself you dick! Brain-Dead fuckwit! LOL!!

You ain't got life pal! You just sit there starin' at a screen idolisong a moron with an axe.

You don't have any ability....'you suck ass.

Nobody cares about your playing, or your opinion...'or you!

Sad, sad person you are.

[KatsuGuitar]

@FSofty no...I was talking to you. lol.

[KatsuGuitar]

haha i can't focus on only one instrument. top class all the way around the board. the drummer CHILLS! man. he's one tight mother!

[lucasvca]

That's how you play with two instruments

[harmonicazhin]

Look at all these whining insecure wannabe's complain about Joe. They have no clue that it's guys like Joe that keep blues alive and accessible to every new generation. I would have never heard of Hendrix or Buddy Guy if it weren't for Satriani.

[MClancer18]

Joe Satriani is a great player putting it lightly, The way he plays is soo different which is why people love him. I love him because every song i listen too reaches my soul just like with Hendrix. Joe has studied every scale and mode, he knows his stuff and plays what he knows which is alot lol Metal, blues, jazz, rock etc. CodeHendrix you are blind if you think Joe has no emotion in his playing and i feel sorry for you because your missing out on something so pure.

[funofsk8ing]

@MClancer18 makes sense huh? since he was inspired by hendrix... and i agree with you, you can only go to a certain point in guitar without knowing theory, pass that point, it's about time you get some books or lessons and start learning.

[KatsuGuitar]

@funofsk8ing just knowing some basic theory helps immensely. knowing the notes on the fret board and being able to identify root notes is huge. So many levels of knowledge.

[guidoyngwie]

you can actually hear some of Joe's trademarks riffs ...i could swear the beginning was SATCH BOOGIE...

[codehendrix]

FUCK SATRIANI>>> HES GOT NOOOOOOOOOOO RYTHEM>>>> his feel is shit.......... he went to metal..... metal is every guitar players excuse to give up on blues.......... you get frustrated so you stop...... so boring..... JAMES BROWN would hate satriani...

[TruD0G]

@codehendrix You are crazy.

[codehendrix]

@TruD0G Im crazy about GOOD MUSIC>.... GOOD MUSIC IS ORIGINAL>... this is why Buddy GUy, BBking and HEndrix are GOOD .... not because theyre 'accurate' or technically correct.... but because theyre ORIGINAL... and that is where FEEL ... which blues is all about comes from.....

[TruD0G]

@codehendrix Hendrix wasn't blues but he did play the blues make sense? Joe has his own style just like Eric Clapton does to Stevie Ray Vaughn. They were original in the way they played their music right? So isnt Joe having his own style of play and have a ton of songs that are all different and have alot of NEW and original ideas? He has a song that he CREATED his own scale. Can you even come to begin to understand that? Plus you have terrible writing/ typing skills.

[codehendrix]

@TruD0G Wow. I am not here to show off my writing skills. Im here to voice an opinion that is often overshadowed by the weakness of the majority. Satriani created his own scale but forgot to learn the pentatonic fully. To fully express its power. Thats no good. Guitarist think its about scales. ITs not about scales. IT is about how u use the notes. How you capture an emotion. The only emotion I see coming from Satriani is BLAND COLOURLESS BORING CLICHE DYNAMICLESS BOREDOM.

[TruD0G]

@codehendrix YOUR BLIND!! IM not commenting anymore! 

[gobadgers257]

@TruD0G your a fucking idiot man hendrix was pure fucking blues. he learned from the greats like buddy guy, bb king, etc. i mean he even had an album soley dedicated to blues. so pull your head out of your ass and get it right, what makes hendrix so great is his versatility, he could play blues or whatever other style you wanted him to

[TruD0G]

@gobadgers257 Did not get what i just said? Damn calm your shit haha. Commenting a 2 month old comment. Hendrix was a mesh of everything in his time. They called it psychedelic rock. I have family members that saw him live haha. I know hes a great fuckin player who doesnt. He wasnt PURE blues. BB King is PURE blues. Hendrix was Hendrix.

[mr252307]

@codehendrix C'mon now dude.. I mean if you don't like what he's doing, just don't watch or listen.. It's that simple man..

[codehendrix]

@mr252307 I have a problem with not being free to defend rational conclusions about art though... I believe if people were to listen to more blues... they would be happier and healthier than metal.....

[SPARTAbassist]

That piano player was just jamming like a champ.

[RaOrCiKeSs]

i love the jammin with bass players..nice