Oh Joe - Chickenfoot - really? OK!
Mick on Oct 28th 2009
I must admit I stumbled upon this by visiting Joe Satriani’s Web Site and seeing the graphic for Chickenfoot. Huh - what the hey??? Chicken foot???
The link said CLiCK HERE to VISIT CHICKENFOOT.US and had the names Joe Satriani, Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith… hmmm… them there are some Van Halen band names and Chad Smith turns out to be the drummer from Red Hot Chili Peppers. I love him!
WOW! This really did sound like a hot line up - so I clicked over andmust say I really digged the video they showed on the front page for”Sexy Little Thing” and then I watched the video for “Soap on a Rope”.
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