Joe Satriani King Biscuit Flower Hour
Recorded 31 July 1988 (California Theatre San Diego)
Label : Bootleg
Format : flac
The King Biscuit Flower Hour was a syndicated radio show presented by the D.I.R. Radio Network that featured concert performances by various rock artists.
The program was broadcast on Sunday nights from 1973 until 2007, although new programming ceased in 1993 and previous shows were repeated from that point. During its prime, the program was carried by more than 300 radio stations throughout the United States. The show’s name was derived from the influential blues radio show “King Biscuit Time”, which was sponsored by the King Biscuit Flour Co., and the hippie phrase “flower power”. The first show was broadcast on February 18, 1973 and featured Blood, Sweat & Tears, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Bruce Springsteen. The long-time host of the show until the mid 1990s was Bill Minkin, whose voice has been described as "the perfect blend of hipster enthusiasm and stoner casualness."
The concerts were usually recorded with a mobile recording truck, then mixed and edited for broadcast on the show within a few weeks. In the 1970s, the show was sent to participating radio stations on reel-to-reel tape. In 1980, D.I.R. began using the LP format, producing the show on a three-sided, two record set. The first show on compact disc was a live retrospective of the Rolling Stones broadcast on September 27, 1987. By the year 2000, King Biscuit was using CD-R media to distribute the show. These tapes, records or compact discs were accompanied by a cue sheet which gave the disc jockey a written guideline of the content and length of each segment of the program.
In 1982, a three-alarm fire damaged the Manhattan office tower that housed D.I.R. Broadcasting. Reportedly, many of the King Biscuit Flower Hour recordings were lost in the fire. Although closely associated with classic rock in its later years, the King Biscuit Flower Hour dedicated much air time to new and emerging artists, including new wave and modern rock artists in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
In 2006, the King Biscuit tape archives were acquired by Wolfgang's Vault which began streaming concerts online and has made some available for download.
This show features guitar wizard Joe Satriani when his career as a solo artist was just starting to take off. Inspired by the late Jimi Hendrix to learn and play guitar, he adapted to the instrument so quickly that he became an established teacher on Long Island in his late teens. Among his students was Steve Vai, who would later gain fame with Van Halen's David Lee Roth.
Satriani studied with pianist Lennie Tristano and guitarist Billy Bauer, and later settled in the Bay Area in 1978. He played with the Greg Kihn Band, before being asked in early 1988 to be lead guitarist for Mick Jagger's solo band. That exposure gave Satriani the platform he needed to get his own thing in motion.
His initial band would go on to be a legendary group of musicians, including bass ace Stu Hamm. In 1996, Satriani formed the G3 guitar tour with his old pal Steve Vai and axeman Eric Johnson. The tour would be based on the Lollapalooza format and often had special guitar stars join up; among them was King Crimson's Robert Fripp.
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Tracklist :
1 King Biscuit Hour Promo
2 King Biscuit Hour Introduction
3 Ice
4 Memories
5 Circles
6 Lords of Karma
7 Hordes of Locusts
8Always With Me Always With You
9 Satch Boogie
10 Surfing With The Alien
Band Members:
Joe Satriani - Guitar
Stuart Hamm - Bass
Jonathan Mover – Drums
Also released on vinyl under the title 'Silver Surfin' Satriani' by Red Robin Records [Tracks 3-10 only]
