Joe Satriani Plays "Summer Song" Live at Sweetwater 

I think the thing that sets Joe apart from all other instrumental only guitar players is that HE JUST FLAT OUT WRITES GOOD TUNES !! This being no exception.

To all the peeps dissing the audience - you do realize that to really really appreciate a song you need to LISTEN to it, that's why they aren't screaming and shouting appreciation DURING the song. They have the maturity to sit back and enjoy it unlike many of you posting here. The applause at the end IS enthusiastic. Oh yeah I'm over 40 and grew up with some of the greatest rock music ever to be created.

Such control over the guitar. Always impresses me, seeing Satch.

Wow!! JOE… I’ve been listening to you for 30+ years. YOU STILL AMAZE ME!

To see that song performed live with all the nuances and phrasing is awesome. His efficiency on the neck is unparalleled. Taking nothing away from shredders, his flurry of notes is like an intricate carving versus a whittled stick.

Yes that performance of summer song shows that he is so talented that he makes you forget about the bass and drums! You are the true wizard Joe so glad I discovered you man! If there is a number above 1 then you have achieved it! Long live the SATCH ❤

He's a phenomenon. Such skill. So many albums and they're all good. Some better than others. I love him as an artist and not just as a musician.

Thank you for be here in this moment that I live in this world!

Awesome... the guy still blows my mind! His grasp of tonality is astonishing and physical ability/technique is just mind-boggling.

I can listen to this all day everyday on repeat & it never gets old!!!! Just Freaking FANTASTIC!!!!!!

Man on fire!!!!

I will NEVER grow tired of JOE

Joe Satriani is THE GUITAR HERO!. Period. Respect.

A privilege, watching and listening The Professor!

No one even comes close to the guitar talent of Joe Satriani. And he doesn't 'flaunt it' like most other performers!

tough crowd..:P Love that guitar from Flying in a blue dream.....gorgeous!!!

Made my morning watching this

I've been keeping up with him his whole career and seen him several times live and iv always thought of him as the best. . i herd everyone but think about it. joe started this Instrumental guitar thing and hes never looked back ..look at him now. I have everything he's made since 84 and he just gets better and better.

indonesia likes you joe...awesome

Amazing playing !! And I also love his attitude !!! He's a great performer !!

He plays the guitar like a child plays with his toy! Amazing

Joe is the god of guitar solo mastery! He captures his audience with punchy rhythmic tunes and searing guitar licks and riffs! Love this tune! By far, my favourite JD tune! 👊

Exactly. And the applause after every song he played was deafening. Not a low-level subdued smattering. Sweetwater really turned the applause volume down when they mixed these videos.

Thank You !

Flawlessly beautiful

Satch is incredible!! I love these old tunes and watching him calmly play this amazing music is a real treat. I agree with all the comments about the audience in this and the other Sweetwater videos. Dead from the neck up.

The perfection, the body and soul.Him as two mode to playing the guitar:old seventies and modern.Him plays blues because he's a blues with the language unique.When I listen This musician -not guitarist only-I fly.Yes there are greg howe steve vai and other, but when playing with satriani him is the best.For this he's the winner.Playing with earth.Each note....impossible impossible.This is Joe Satriani, Unico

This man will NEVER get old. O.O

perfection!

Really that's as pure a melody as Freeway Jam

Awww dayum Joe! Ugh! Back to the woodshed I go to practice my chops some more...Always homework to do, Thanks Satch, you keep me pushing.

No one else combines the pentatonic scale and modal playing like Joe does. It's familiar and exotic all at once.

this is awesome...Joe is equally talented as a songwriter as player

My god this man is a true master 🎉

The stunned audience. Yeah they're mostly guitar players. Stunned guitar players. That's decades of woodshedding right there.

THIS GUY IS AMAZINGG!!!

I love the musician but also the man he seem one of the nicest guy ever.

his right hand is really cool!his picking technique is unbelievable!

The thing that I like about Joe Satriani is that his music with a lot of practice is obtainable to all guitarists of higher intermediate level . You don’t need ridiculous technique it’s about melody over technique first. And so much fun to learn and play and learn from what he’s doing to incorporate into your own music

What can i say? Genius . I play this sometimes at my gig .the dificult part is how to maintain good quality sound of wah wah.. so i prefer to use distortion delay . Atleast i play the piece. Thank u Mr joe satriani you are always with me evertime i play your songs .( peter c ) from philpines.. God bless

Satch is LEGEND!

Lol that crowd. They look like they're in a women's lit survey class

Truly Amazing!!!

monstruo!

Love this Had the cassette single

That feeling when you realize that he's making some mistakes and flawless arange them into music...😎😳👑

Well done.

People don`t like to admit it, but you have a perfectly good point. And I`ve spent my whole life playing the guitar, and make my living from it. Itt's not coincidence that the only people who buy his records play guitar, and his crowd at gigs is 99.9% guys, and everyone`s a guitarist there too. I'm a huge Malmsteen fan...but he's much in the same category. Less cheesy though.

My Hero!!!!!

Maybe the best ever?

I have seen him live 3 times. He is the God of "Burn Guitar".

have seen him live few y ago damm he rocks

great video

It appears to me that the crowd is just older and appreciative, not boring. They are old enough to know yelling and screaming will block out the sound from the band, and they aren't there to be 'cool' they are there to hear music. When you young people freak out at a show, its to let everyone around you know that your there, its a basic animal reaction to a heard. Its not necessary to 'prove' how much you 'rock' over 30, your allowed to just enjoy it.

Still Jammin! Great sound and great technique! Satch!

During the performance, I like the variation of shots, yet the fading led me to believe it was ending every time haha!

a master

How can you dislike this flawless performance? And the audience.... They are thinking... Oh Shit! Lol

The one dude in the audience playing air guitar 😂🤘🏼

unreal. I remember where I was when I first heard this...In my car in dinky town. U of Minn

ingenious technique.

Do the stiffs in the seats not realize a virtuoso at his best? He brought his A game and absolutely killed this. Flawless performance.

He is so amazing. I also love that he still looks like he is in his 20's and 30's but he is 54 here

this song sounds like something out of Mario kart 8

verry good

This is what you play like when dedicate most of your life to playing the instrument.

Yep, he's got the Pick of destiny.. ;) crazy Stuff there, remember this tune in the PS1 game Formula 1..

simply epic :3 i love it

Not a single note wrong! This is God Like.!

Jimmy would be proud.

can you give me the backing track? LOL ahhahaha

flying high

Too bad the crowd where all sleeping

Makes you want to go out and get into your car and cruise

Sounds like a Sonic track. I DIG.

Not even one wolf whistle or loud gasp/shout. I take it the 'thank you' was sarcastic.

that guitar looks nice indeed

I'm that not big on most of the music of the virtuoso guitar guys like Satch, Vai, Gilbert etc., just personal preference. But that aside, I have much respect for them, and Satch undeniably awesome, and this is probably my favorite track of his. He's got so much control over everything, clarity in tone and his bends are great, and he nails this song in every performance I've seen online. In my opinion its much harder to put bends in solos like these than just play a bunch of single 16th note, fast picking scales all over the place, and sounds 1000% better too.

Still say, I don't care who trys to emulate this..they have no chance. Can you imagine Blackmore trying this..even 50 years ago, he couldn't get close. Satriani is THE best.

tem nem um comentario em portugues neh? kkkk mais vou descrever em inglês she is the best of world...heheheheh

That just happened!

Super!

Joe when you play i drift off to where the song is................like fantasy buddy

"To check out Joe's signature gear from Ibanez, Vox, Planet Waves, Peavey, and DiMarzio click here:" lolololol he's playing thru a Marshall here, on almost every album and live show as well

La caaaañaaaaaa!!!!!!

Is that a Marshall 6100? Nice Amp and Joe's sound get more grid with it!

Imho ..The guitar since 1988 flying in the blue dream album ...

Um no. This was amazing just like every Joe performance ive seen. Don't get me wrong Yngwie is badass but Joe's on a totally different level

Monstro!!

Toca muito x muito

Абсолютно .... так его в Нью-Йорке и не могу согласиться больше!

4:00 to 5:20 is amazing

@3:29 And the crowd goes nuts!!

your insane!

why does the audience look so bored when they should be amazed!? Maybe they are just dumbfounded??? AWESOME!! Joe makes it look so freakin' easy! ROCK ON!!!

WOW

@gonzalojwasssermann actually I think they've just isolated joe, the backing track and the guitar he's playing here so you wouldn't hear the crowd.

yyyeeeaaahhhh!!!!

where can I get a backing track please

@gonzalojwasssermann its a workshop...