JOE SATRIANI To Host This Week's 'The Chop Shop'

November 23, 2010

While Steve Black takes time off this weekend to give thanks, master guitarist Joe Satriani will be stepping in to host "The Chop Shop". Satriani will play his latest single, "Light Years Away", from his new album, "Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards", which hit stores last month. Tune in to see what other surprises Satriani has in store for listeners, including a Hall of Fame salute to RUSH and the "Look What's Classic Now" segment featuring "Who Made Who" from AC/DC.

"The Chop Shop" and "Chop Shop Classic" feature weekly updates on bands and tours, web exclusive content, and special guests all while playing 10 songs an hour. Both versions are two hours in length and contain two feature interviews as well as the exclusive "Chop Shop Hall of Fame" feature, where such guests as Ted Nugent, Brian May, Leslie West, and hundreds others pay tribute to guitar legends Eddie Van Halen, Jimi Hendrix, Angus Young, Slash and more.

For more information, visit www.chopshopradio.com.

"Light Years Away", the new video from Joe Satriani, can be viewed below. The song comes off Satriani's 14th studio album, "Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards", which sold 10,000 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 45 on The Billboard 200 chart. This marked the highest opening chart position ever for the Grammy-nominated guitarist.

Satriani's North American dates will begin on December 1 in Atlanta, with scheduled dates in Chicago, New York, Boston. The second leg of Satriani's "Black Swans" tour will begin on January 4, 2011 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, with dates confirmed to follow in Seattle, Portland, the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Reno, Las Vegas and Texas.

Joining Joe on the road are veteran Satriani bandmate Jeff Campitelli on drums, and newcomers, keyboardist Mike Keneally (FRANK ZAPPA, STEVE VAI) and bassist Allen Whitman (MERMEN),all of whom recorded with Joe on this album. Satriani's classic six-string sound has become a staple on the American music scene and is now matched with a tantalizingly rich texture of new material as well. All together, both album and tour, Joe Satriani's "Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards" promises nothing less than a magical, musical experience that lifts the spirit and takes flight.

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