G3 (tour)

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G3 is an almost annual live music show and concert tour featuring three select guitarists of the generation; hence its name. It was created by guitarist Joe Satriani in 1996. Since its inception G3 has featured many guitarists including: Steve Vai, Eric Johnson, Michel Cusson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Robert Fripp, Paul Gilbert, Uli Jon Roth, Michael Schenker, Adrian Legg and many other special guests, including Tony MacAlpine, Steve Lukather, Steve Morse, Chris Duarte, Andy Timmons, Neal Schon, Gary Hoey, Brian May, Billy Gibbons, George Lynch, Patrick Rondat, Eric Sardinas, and drummer Mike Portnoy.

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1996 G3 Promo Picture: Left to Right: Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson
1996 G3 Promo Picture: Left to Right: Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson
Main article: G3: Live in Concert

Toured: North America

Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Eric Johnson
  • Stephen Barber - keyboards
  • Roscoe Beck - bass
  • Brannen Temple - drums
Adrian Legg also performed on solo acoustic guitar as the opening act.

1. Joe Satriani:
Cool # 9
Flying in a Blue Dream
Summer Song
2. Eric Johnson:
12 - 12 Vibe
Manhattan
SRV
3. Steve Vai
Answers
For the Love of God
The Attitude Song
4. G3 jam:
Going Down (Freddie King / Jeff Beck cover)
My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama (Frank Zappa cover)
Red House (Jimi Hendrix cover)

G3 1997 Poster
G3 1997 Poster

Toured: North America and Europe

Lineups in North America:

Joe Satriani
Kenny Wayne Shepherd
  • Noah Hunt - vocals
  • Jimmy Wallace - keyboards
  • Joe Nadeau - guitar
  • Sam Bryant - drums
  • Robby Emerson - bass
Robert Fripp

Note: Michel Cusson played a few shows in Quebec before Kenny Wayne came aboard.

Lineups in Europe:

Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Adrian Legg[citation needed]

Toured: Europe

Lineups:

Joe Satriani
Michael Schenker
  • Seth Bernstein - guitar and keyboards
  • Shane Gaalaas - drums
  • Jeff Kollman - bass
  • David Van Landing - vocals
  • Gary Barden - vocals
Uli Jon Roth

Michael Schenker's set list was:

  • In Search Of Peace Of Mind
  • Assault Attack
  • Into The Arena
  • Another Piece Of Meat
  • Let It Roll
  • Captain Nemo
  • Written In The Sand
  • Essence
  • Lost Horizons
  • Attack Of The Mad Axeman
  • Bijou Pleasurette
  • Positive Forward
  • Armed And Ready

G3 2001 Poster
G3 2001 Poster

G3 2001 featured Joe Satriani and Steve Vai up with Dream Theater's John Petrucci, who wrote an entire set of new instrumental music for the tour.

Toured: North America and Mexico

Lineups:

Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
John Petrucci

There were special guests on this tour, who included Steve Lukather & Paul Gilbert in Los Angeles, Billy Gibbons in Houston, Andy Timmons in Ft. Worth, Eric Johnson in Austin, Neil Schon in Detroit, and Steve Morse in Orlando.


John Petrucci:

1 IBS 2 Damage Control 3 Lost Without You 4 Glasgow Kiss 5 Paradigm Shift

Steve Vai:

6 Shy Boy 7 Giant Balls Of Gold 8 Erotic Nightmares 9 Blood & Glory 10 The Animal 11 Whispering A Prayer 12 Incantation 13 Jiboom 14 For The Love Of God

Joe Satriani:

15 Cool #9 16 Devil's Slide 17 Satch Boogie 18 Flying In A Blue Dream 19 Until We Say Goodbye 20 The Extremist 21 Raspberry Jam Delta-V 22 Always With Me Always With You 23 Surfing With The Alien

G3 Jam:

24 La Grange 25 Voodoo Chile 26 Little Wing 27 I'm Goin Down

G3 - Live in Denver DVD cover
G3 - Live in Denver DVD cover

See: G3: Live in Denver

Toured: North America

Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
Yngwie Malmsteen
  • Patrick Johannsen - Drums
  • Mick Cervino - Bass
  • Jocke Svalberg - keyboards

1. Joe Satriani:
Satch Boogie
The Extremist
Starry Night
Midnight
The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing
2. Steve Vai:
I Know You're Here
Juice
I'm The Hell Outta Here
3. Yngwie Malmsteen:
Evil Eye
Baroque And Roll
Acoustic guitar solo
Adagio
Far Beyond The Sun
4. G3 jam:
Rockin' In the Free World (Neil Young cover)
Little Wing (Jimi Hendrix cover)
Voodoo Child (Slight return) (Jimi Hendrix cover)

Note: Songs released in the CD version called G3 - Rockin' in the Free World are different from the original concert:

1. Joe Satriani:
The Extremist
Crystal Planet
Always With Me, Always with You
Midnight
The Mystical Potato Head Groove Thing
2. Steve Vai:
You're Here
Reaping
Whispering a Prayer
3. Yngwie Malmsteen:
Blitzkrieg (Black Star)
Trilogy Suite Op. 3 - Movement One
Red House
Fugue
Finale
4. G3 jam:
Voodoo Child (Slight return)
Little Wing
Rockin' In the Free World

G3 toured Europe and South America in 2004 with Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Robert Fripp.

Robert Fripp:

A Drummer

A Bassist

Steve Vai:

Dave Weiner - Guitars

Tony McCalpine - Guitar - Keybords

Billy Sheehan - Bass

Jeremy Colson - Drums

Joe Satriani:

Jeff Campitelli - Drums

Galen Henson - Guitar

Matt Bissonette - Bass

Songs:

Fripp:

1

2

3

4

5

Steve Vai:

I Know Youre Here

Giant Balls Of Gold

Answers

The Reapper

Whispering A Prayer

Bangkok

Taurus Bulba

I'm The Hell Outta Here

For The Love Of God


Joe Satriani:

Hands In The Air

Satch Boogie

GNAAHH

Cool #9

I Like The Rain

Up In Flames

Always With Me,Always With You

Searching

Is There Love In Space?

War

Flying In A Blue Dream

Surfing With The Alien

G3(2) Jam:

Ice 9

Red

The Murder

Rockin' In A Free World

I'm Goin' Down (Mexico & Chile Only)

G3 - Live in Tokyo DVD cover
G3 - Live in Tokyo DVD cover

The 2005 G3 tour featured John Petrucci, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. It was recorded on May 8th at the Tokyo Forum, Japan.

Main article: G3: Live in Tokyo

Toured: Japan and United States

Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
John Petrucci

1. John Petrucci:
Glasgow Kiss
Damage Control
2. Steve Vai:
The Audience Is Listening
Building The Church
K'm-Pee-Du-Wee
3. Joe Satriani:
Up In Flames
Searching
War
4. G3 jam:
Foxy Lady (Jimi Hendrix cover)
La Grange (ZZ Top cover)
Smoke On The Water (Deep Purple cover)

For the first time, the audio of the DVD and CD version are from the same concert.

The first 2006 G3 tour featured John Petrucci, Eric Johnson and Joe Satriani. Performances were held from October 16th, 2006 to October 29th, 2006.

Toured: Latin America

Joe Satriani
Eric Johnson
  • Roscoe Beck - bass
  • Tommy Taylor - drums
John Petrucci

1. Eric Johnson:
Summer Jam
My Back Pages
Trademark
Brilliant Room
Manhattan
Morning Sun
Columbia
Desert Rose
Cliffs Of Dover
2. John Petrucci:
Jaws Of Life
Glasgow Kiss
Lost Without You
Curve
Wishful Thinking
Damage Control
3. Joe Satriani:
Flying In A Blue Dream
The Extremist
Redshift Riders
Satch Boogie
Cool #9
Super Colossal
Just Like Lightnin’
Crowd Chant
Summer Song
Always With Me, Always With You
4. The G3 Jam:
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
Red House
Rockin' In The Free World

The second 2006 G3 tour featured John Petrucci, Steve Vai and Joe Satriani. Performances were held from November 29th, 2006 to December 8th, 2006.

Toured: Australia

Joe Satriani
Steve Vai
John Petrucci

1. John Petrucci:
Jaws Of Life
Glasgow Kiss
Curve
Damage Control
2. Steve Vai:
Tender Surrender
Giant Balls Of Gold
Whispering A Prayer
For The Love Of God
Freak Show Excess
Building the Church
3. Joe Satriani:
Flying In A Blue Dream
The Extremist
Redshift Riders
Cool #9
Super Colossal
Just Like Lightnin'
Satch Boogie
Crowd Chant
Summer Song
Always With Me, Always With You
4. The G3 Jam:
Voodoo Child
My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
Rockin' In The Free World

On Joe Satriani's website it was stated that for the spring G3, John Petrucci and Paul Gilbert would be joining the tour. This will be Paul Gilbert's first full G3 tour as he has only played as a special guest with Steve Lukather in a Los Angeles 2001 tour.They will be going to Phoenix, AZ, Las Vegas, NV, Reno, NV, Kansas City, MO, Chicago and many more.

Dream Theater and the Scorpions are the only bands that had two of its members on G3 tour: John Petrucci on guitar and Mike Portnoy on drums (2001, 2002 & 2006), and Michael Schenker and Uli Jon Roth both on guitars (1998).

John Petrucci, Eric Johnson and Robert Fripp are the only three guitarists (excluding Joe Satriani and Steve Vai) who have played on the G3 tour more than one time:

  • John Petrucci - 5 times (soon to be 6)
  • Eric Johnson - 2 times
  • Robert Fripp - 2 times

  • Bx3 - spin-off that features three bassists rather than three guitarists


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G3
Founding Members
Joe Satriani | Steve Vai
Invited Guitar Players: Eric Johnson | Adrian Legg | Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Robert Fripp | Michael Schenker | Uli Jon Roth | John Petrucci | Yngwie Malmsteen | Paul Gilbert
Discography
Albums and DVDs: G3: Live in Concert | G3: Rockin' in the Free World | G3: Live in Denver | G3: Live in Tokyo
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