“I’d hear it on the radio as a kid, and now I’m standing beside Don Henley playing it – I had to do both solos, Joe Walsh’s and Steve Lukather’s”: The SatchVai Band is just the latest of many high-profile stops for Pete Thorn

Pete Thorn of The Classic Rock Show photographed in Eastborne, UK.

Pete Thorn prepared for his latest challenge as third guitarist in the newly formed SatchVai Band through gigs with Don Henley, Chris Cornell and Melissa Etheridge. And one of the most important lessons he learned is a simple one.

“You just have to work your ass off and be the best guy in the room for the job,” he tells Guitar World. “That is the job. I bring that attitude to everything I do, and that includes Joe and Steve. They’re going to get 300 percent effort.”