OFF: Satriani / other guitarists

[Jerry]

>See Satriani's name come up in connection with Imaginos,
>obviously, but didn't know he had anything to do with Deep
Purple. I know
>almost nothing of the band, so I'll just ask, was he playing in
`Smoke on
>the Water'? Or was this before/after his time?
Satriani only finished the tour with DP after Blackmore left for
the n-th time.

>As for the man, well, I'm with Theo: good, but he ain't Buck. One
>guitarist friend of mine thinks he's the best thing ever, but I
just hear
>a lot of notes that don't make music. Lots and lots of very
skilful
>notes, sure, but it kind of misses the point of the guitar...
Count me in. Great technical skill, but a lack of emotion, as is
with Vai, Tamas, Malmsteen. Er, /my/ opinion.

>the only song I ever heard of his on the radio sounded all right.
Can't
>remember the title though. Anyway, my opinion.
I have heard a few good songs as well. Can't remember them, so
they weren't /that/ great.

Anyone heard of Dutch band Bagheera? Lots of guitar (only one
guitarist, but a lot of him), but with emotion. Could be described
as progressive metal - a bit too heavy to be called progressive
(symphonic) rock, to progressive to be plain metal. (Although
"metal" sounds too heavy here.)

Jerry