Joe Satriani is currently touring with the rock supergroup Chickenfoot with their second album. As well as Satriani the band consists of former Van Halen members Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony, and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.
Along with his own material, Satriani's career has included working with many other artists. Most notable are the G3 concerts where Satriani features with two other guitarists playing a mixture of their own work, cover songs, and on some occasions original music written for the concerts. Satriani also briefly toured as the guitarist for Deep Purple in the early 90's and was eventually asked to join the band but had to refuse due to contract commitments with Sony.
It is also notable that early in Satriani's music career he was also a guitar tutor to many students who would become famous in their own right. The most famous of his students included Steve Vai, Kirk Hammett of Metallica and Alex Skolnick of Testament.
In this video Satriani effortlessly plays the track Raspberry Jam Delta-V from the Crystal Planet album
