Joe Giacoio: Quotes

“Joe's technique on the guitar is breathtaking: two hands all over the neck and body -- like an excited teenager in the back seat of a Buick. Unorthodox yet dazzling. He even mixes in a few instrumentals.
But we highly recommend that you listen to Joe's lyrics; the wordplay is at the same time funny, serious and incredibly clever. And the humorous stories include quite a bit of relevant metaphors about important things in life."

Some people seem to have the ability to create music that is at the same time funny, serious, and incredibly clever. Joe Giacoio is one of those people

I first met the late Michael Hedges at a jam session in the early 80s, and I was knocked out by his willingness to let go of all the previous rules in his approach to the guitar. Ten years later, I had the same feeling when I first heard Joe Giacoio. In a world of imitators, he set out to be original and innovative, and succeeded. It's impossible to watch him play without being influenced by his new and refreshing technique."

Joe’s percussive, two-handed guitar ninja acrobatics provide plenty of amazement. His songs show you life from a delightfully skewed point of view, until you realize that the songs are straight—it’s life that’s crooked.”

It makes me so sad to watch you play, because I know you must have sold your soul to play like that, and so, which each song, another little part of you dies.”

Songwriter singularly autoironico, and pleasantly equipped.