Mike Keneally News

San Diego's Mike Keneally will perform with guitar hero Joe Satriani on tonight's episode of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" with the band Chickenfoot.

Mike Keneally has been a fixture of the San Diego music scene since the mid-80's, and eventually earned his claim to fame after becoming a member of Frank Zappa's last touring band in 1988. His mastery of Zappa's vast and nearly impossible-to-play catalog made him a cult hero in certain guitar circles, and also helped him score other prestigious gigs such as pulling guitar and keyboard duties in Steve Vai's band.

With the realization that there will always be more music coming at him than he can keep up with, John wonders why anyone would think that jazz is dead or dying.