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[JCnNJ]

So you know when you hear a great song on the radio, and the DJ never bothers to tell you who the hell it was that played it?  That's happened to me a number of times, except it's even worse because the track was an instrumental.  I *think* it's Joe Satriani, but I have no idea how to check.  I've gone through as much of his catalogue as I possibly can, and I'm having no luck.

Anyway, I've had the song stuck in my head, and it's been on modern rock radio in the past.  I heard it ALL the time on 92.3 K-Rock in NY, before they changed formats when Howard Stern was still on the air.  I believe Howard himself even used it as background music when he had to read commercials on the air.

That's pretty much all I know.  It was all-instrumental, very guitar-centric, and it was the only song of that description I ever heard on K-Rock.

It's a complete shot in the dark, and I know it's a pretty vague description, but does anyone who listened to 92.3 before the format change have ANY clue what song I might be talking about?

[The Thrill]

What did the song sound like? I don't know how much you know about music but any kind of description would be good. Was it more outright shredding, were there frequent gaps in the riffs, what kind of tempo, the feel of the song, stuff like that. I know a fair amount of Satch's stuff and my friend Josh can probably name (and play) every single song the guy wrote. Also can you think of how long ago you first heard it?

[lb969]

I'm bout halfway from Sayracuse to Rochester, so I can pull in K-rock, but its 106.5 for me.

I love my Mandatory Metallica.

I thought the other Krock was 94 something... Up in Utica IIRC.


Yeah, a discription would be helpful. Can you nail a style down? Like is it closer to pink floyd insrtrumental, or more Kansas instrumental?

[JCnNJ]

It was a more upbeat tune, a kind of "Summer Song" mood.  It wasn't a shred-fest; it mostly centered around one main riff that it kept returning back to; definitely not Yngwie.  Very up-tempo, major-key (kind of happy sounding), not a lot of breaks in the riffing from what I remember.  Not a lot of time changes or anything like that; structurally it's pretty straightforward.  The tone had me thinking Satriani, but I've used the I-Tunes preview on all his stuff, and I'm thinking he's not it.  I'm plowing through Steve Vai now, and this doesn't seem right either.

I think I first heard it 6-7 years ago.  I've heard it sporadically ever since.

[lb969]

Was it on Jam Sessions? Sunday night.

That would be easy. Kyle has his playlists online. Shame the rest of Krock doesn't...

[Storm Rider]

It might be Why. That's the only Satch song I can think of that fits those requirements and was around 6-7 years ago.

[Gridgm]

satch boogie keeps returning to the same riff and it's up beat if that's any help?  get the song anyway cause it is awesomeness in a nutshell

[JCnNJ]

Nah, "Satch Boogie" ain't it.  I already have that, and yes, it is awesome.

[Thrillho]

Without being stupid, not 'Surfing With The Alien'?

[lb969]

Could it have been The Alan Parsons Project?

They do a bit of instrumental. British Progressive Rock.

Love Mammagamma and I Robot.


Sirius was used as the Bulls intro theme in the 90's. Quite popular as instrumentals go.

[carrotosaurus]

Was it Eric Johnson's Cliffs of Dover?

[JCnNJ]

It was Cliffs of Dover!

Holy %&*, thank you so much!  You have no idea how good it feels to finally find out what that song is after 7 years.

Edit: Thanks to everyone else too, the effort's very much appreciated.

[Ernest]

So you know when you hear a great song on the radio. . .?

No.

[Tyler]

That is twice in the last month someone wanted the name of Cliffs of Dover. Amusingly coincidental