metronews.ca 22 SCENE Thursday, October 3, 2013 Living to keep playing music Local music. Guitar legend Joe Satriani brings instrumental Unstoppable Momentum tour to Halifax

BACKSTAGE PASS Jenna Conter [email protected]

Those who can’t do — teach? Well, people who were the teachers behind people like Rick Hunolt, David Bryson, and Kirk Hammett tend to do quite well. When Joe Satriani, an in- strumental rock guitar god with multiple Grammy nom- inations and tour bus stories involving Mick Jagger and Deep Purple, picked up the phone it was all I could do to not drop to my knees and declare, “I’m not worthy.”

SCENE Though first a dedicated drummer, Satriani famous- ly highlights the untimely death of Jimi Hendrix as the “moment in my life to crys- talize a personal direction.” Since then, having a guitar in his hand, Satriani has taken it upon himself Joe Satriani is performing this weekend in Halifax. CONTRIBUTED to fill the void left by his idol. Sharing the stage with to include the members of Coming to play the Reb- fame, he explains, continues Details greats like Alice Cooper Chickenfoot. In addition to ecca Cohn Auditorium in to be a sacred moment. and Sammy Hager, Satriani Satriani on guitar, the group Halifax on Saturday night “What I live for is being maintains he is merely a ves- consists of vocalist Sammy during the second leg of the able to capture the particu- Ʉ `þÑĮȤ Joe Satriani’s sel for his famous sound. Hagar and bassist Michael tour for his latest album, lar feeling I’m having at that Unstoppable Momentum “As much as we spend Anthony (ex-Van Halen), and Unstoppable Momentum, moment and those are the tour every waking hour trying to drummer Chad Smith (Red Satriani explains that this private moments,” he said. perfect our sound, our gear Hot Chili Peppers). When most recent musical offer- “The only private mo- Ʉ `þåĤåȤ Rebecca Cohn and technique, I think the he’s not luring those power ing was in large part “the ment I have anymore — Auditorium reality is that (the fans) find players into the recording soundtrack to my enthusi- when I’m in a room by my- our sound and relate to it studio — which he hopes to asm about being able to pick self writing a piece of music Ʉ `þåĒȤ Saturday, 8 p.m. but we’re sort of immune to do again in the new year — up my guitar after all that — it’s still a very special, it,” he said. “We generate it. he is continuing to perform time and be able to sit down golden moment for me. If I Dalhousie Arts ɄSÿÝĊåĮĨȩ We can’t hear it like every- what are known as the most and write something.” didn’t have that — the rest Centre box offi ce. one else.” energetic, high-energy live The songwriting process of it would be useless to “We” these days has come shows. for someone of Satriani’s me.”