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Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai Announce G3 Reunion Live

Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai Announce G3 Reunion Live
Photo by Jen Rosenstein

Joe Satriani’s G3 returns with Reunion Live, an album that sets out to capture the energy and essence of their sold-out 2024 US tour.


This reunion features guitar icons Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Steve Vai—who first joined forces in 1996. The live album showcases the boundary-pushing performances that define G3. Fans will enjoy full sets from each guitarist, including hits like Satriani’s “Sahara,” Johnson’s “Cliffs of Dover,” and Vai’s “For the Love of God,” along with a thrilling encore jam of Hendrix and Clapton covers.

In addition to the live experience, Reunion Live offers new live albums from each artist, plus a collaborative supergroup LP. Available in multiple formats, the deluxe edition features a different colored vinyl for each artist, a special splatter LP for the jam sessions, and a 64-page photo book, divided into separate artists and jam chapters, documenting this monumental event. It is also available in a 2CD set with a 16-page photo booklet. The album perfectly mirrors the live tour format, with individual sets followed by an epic jam session featuring all three guitarists.

Pre-order here.

Satriani says, “This live album recorded at The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles captures all the energy of the live performances while shining a spotlight on the ever-evolving art of playing the electric guitar.”

Tracklisting (all formats):

  • Gravitas (Vai)
  • Avalancha (Vai)
  • Little Pretty Intro (Vai)
  • Little Pretty (Vai)
  • Tender Surrender (Vai)
  • Zeus in Chains (Vai)
  • Teeth of the Hydra (Vai)
  • For the Love of God (Vai)
  • Land of 1000 Dances (Johnson)
  • Righteous (Johnson)
  • Trail of Tears (Johnson)
  • On-Ramp Improv (Johnson)
  • Freeway Jam (Johnson)
  • Desert Rose (Johnson)
  • Venus Reprise (Johnson)
  • Raspberry Jam Delta-V (Satriani)
  • Surfing with the Alien (Satriani)
  • Satch Boogie (Satriani)
  • Sahara (Satriani)
  • Nineteen Eighty (Satriani)
  • Big Bad Moon (Satriani)
  • Always with Me, Always with You (Satriani)
  • Sumer Song (Satriani)
  • Introductions
  • Crossroads (Encore Jam)
  • Spanish Castle Magic (Encore Jam)
  • Born to Be Wild (Encore Jam)

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