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Originally Posted by Mr Pheer
But to call him a has been and never was, sounds pretty unfair. He is everything he wants to be. Any band in the world would be thrilled to add him to their lineup.
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He actually alternated for Ritch Blackmore with Deep Purple in 1993 Japan tour, I've even heard the bootleg, what's not that well known is that it was not his only engagement ever without his name on, as he was a part of Mick Jagger's touring band before his breakthrough record.
Joe made a great deal of popularizing guitar throughout the 90's, he's an excellent guitarist with bluesy roots and although not all of his work is entirely that consistent, he deserves full credit - making the pop charts with instrumental rock just sounds surreal.
I remember his performance at the Expo Sevilla 1992 among with Vai, Brian May, Joe Walsh and others, that was just incredible, I'll have to check if those sessions were ever released on a DVD.