Joseph Satriani (born July 15, 1956) is an American rock guitarist, composer, record producer, and songwriter. Early in his career, he worked as a guitar instructor, with many of his former students later achieving fame, including Steve Vai, Larry LaLonde, Rick Hunolt, Kirk Hammett, Andy Timmons, Charlie Hunter, Kevin Cadogan, and Alex Skolnick. Satriani went on to build a successful solo career beginning in the mid‑1980s. He is a 15‑time Grammy Award nominee and has sold over ten million albums, making him the best‑selling instrumental rock guitarist of all time. In 1988, Satriani was recruited by Mick Jagger as lead guitarist for his first solo tour. He briefly toured with Deep Purple in 1993, joining shortly after the second departure of Ritchie Blackmore. Satriani founded the G3 tour in 1995, collaborating with a wide range of prominent guitarists. Since 2008, he has been the guitarist for the supergroup Chickenfoot. Satriani was born into an Italian‑American family in Westbury, New York. His paternal grandparents came from Piacenza and Bobbio, and his maternal grandparents from Bari. He was raised Roman Catholic. He was inspired to play guitar at age 14, after hearing of the death of Jimi Hendrix. Satriani reportedly heard the news during football practice and immediately told his coach he was quitting to become a guitarist. Satriani graduated from Carle Place High School. In 1974, he studied music with jazz guitarist Billy Bauer and pianist Lennie Tristano, whose demanding approach had a strong influence on Satriani’s technique. He began teaching guitar soon after, with his most notable early student being fellow Long Island native Steve Vai, who also attended Carle Place High School.
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Sahara
Satch Boogie
Made of Tears
Revelation
Always With Me, Always With You
Cryin
Flying In a Blue Dream
Nineteen Eighty
Summer Song
Surfing with the Alien
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