There Was One Guitar

The lights dim and the audience stands up and starts screaming! All they can see is the single spotlight circling the stage floor. The screaming begins to become monstrously loud. You can feel the floor shaking as the bass player slowly enters the side of the stage. The single spotlight rests on him as he slowly starts up the band's most famous song. A second spotlight illuminates the drum player who has stealthy sneaked to the center back of the stage. He starts pumping out the most incredible drum solo he has ever played. The crowd is going insane; screaming like a pack of hyenas, when they hear the rumble from the lead guitar. The next thing they see is another spotlight this time resting on me!

The first guitarist I ever saw was Joe Satriani, I was in seventh grade, my father and I saw what he calls "the best guitarist in the world!" I watched the whole concert in awe. I've never seen anything like it. He didn't play the guitar. He caressed it with his fingers, his movements were so fluid, and so well placed. I started listening to a lot of great guitar players, ...