Episode 33: 'Surfing With The Alien' with Sam Russell

Hold on tight as Mike and guitarist extraordinaire Sam Russell
celebrate Joe Satriani's 'Surfing With The Alien', the first
fully instrumental album to be showcased on 'My Classic Album'.


 


Without a single vocal or lyric on the album, Satriani is able to
tell vivid stories and evoke strong emotion from every track on
this album. Sam's discovery of this album from his music teacher
in his early days of playing guitar comes full circle as he and
Mike discover behind many of the great tracks on this album.


 


How is Joe Satriani influenced by the great composers of
classical music?


Which song on the album has been nominated for a Grammy Award on
three separate occasions?


What exactly is the pitch axis theory?


 


All these questions and more will be answered on the latest
edition of 'My Classic Album'.


PLUS: Mike gets in to his latest live music experience as he
shares his thoughts from seeing southern rockers the Kentucky
Headhunters in Newcastle!


 


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www.myclassicalbum.co.uk


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Music Credits: 'This Is Rock' by Silvia Marchese