Joe Satriani - Live!!

Went to the Joe Sat show last nite!!
Man it was a F-R-E-A-K-I-N A-W-E-S-O-M-E show. Totally kick ass.
I had to leave a bit early from work (Yeah that is why I am at work on a Sat typing this out). The gates were supposed to open at 1645hrs but yunnoh with the way IST (Indian stretchable Time) goes the gates opened at about 1745 hrs. I reached there at 1750hrs. (Yeah i know this is becoming like a history lesson with times instead of dates - Will try to keep that at a min). We had to stand at the end of this looooong queue. The great thing about this show was that there weren't too many free tickets and that kept the riff-raff out. Was a complete gathering of the worshippers of the God of Guitar.
15 mins later we were in and making our way to the front of the block. At about 1845hrs in walks THE ONE ..... THE ONLY ..... JOOOOOOOOOOE SATRIANI!!!. The crowd went hysterical (Isnt that supposed to happen... still it is worth a mention) Anyways to mixed chants of JOE!! JOE!! and JOEY!! (I still can't believe I heard that) He touched his guitar the way a car enthusiast would put his hand on the bonnet of a purring BMW. Those first chords sent shivers up my spine and my mind spiralled outta control. I dont think that the high that I had at the end of the show could have gotten any higher with any amount of ANY alcohol.
Ok now this is the place I suck! I usually put songs into my playlist and wander around so I don't know the names of most of them.
But I think he opened with War. He went on to play Summer song, Psycho monkey, Starry night, Satch Boogie, Down(Vocal?) and many more. He flung picks into the crowd (Yeah these were flung into the Rs 2000 crowd. You do get a lot less for buying lowly Rs 1000 tickets like us)
The feeling of being there and listening to the music is inexplicable. I mean if people make babies to Richard Clayderman's piano music they would DAMN well have to stop and listen if the Satch man was playing.
The fans stood in awe during the slower music and head banged their way to the upper inospheric state of mind during the heavier ones. They sang along with the vocals and roared to the tune of the guitar!
Well he kept strumming for like 2.5 hours and at the end of it all the Theory of relativity kicked in. Over??? This fast????
NNAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!
ONE MORE!! ONE MORE!!
We didn't get one more. NO SIR the satch man was way to generous with that. "You know what..... It is so great being here tonight and I really feel like playing my guitar so this one goes out to you......" (Wonder if I got that right)
WE GOT 3 MORE. He ended up playing 'Friends'. I heard one of the faithful comment after the show "He made my day man!! All I waited for all evening was to hear him play my fav song Friends' live....... he did it man! he did it!!"
After introducing the band members, he flung the last pick into the audience and the drummer chucked his sticks into the crowd as well.
Then it was really over really....... :-(
He had pulled all the right strings at the show. On my way home I was High OH sooo High...
Still am ;-)