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Guitar mastermind Joe Bonamassa, a young player with the childhood dream of playing music similar to legends like Stevie RayVaughan, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix, was 22 when he inked a deal with Epic. Hailing from Utica, New York, Bonamassacould play the blues before he could drive a car. He first heard Stevie Ray Vaughan at age four and was instantly taken byVaughan's high-powered playing. At the age eight, he opened for B.B. King, and at age 12, he was playing regularly aroundupstate New York. It was soon thereafter that Bonamassa hooked up with the band Bloodline, which featured othermus ...read more
Guitar mastermind Joe Bonamassa, a young player with the childhood dream of playing music similar to legends like Stevie RayVaughan, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix, was 22 when he inked a deal with Epic. Hailing from Utica, New York, Bonamassacould play the blues before he could drive a car. He first heard Stevie Ray Vaughan at age four and was instantly taken byVaughan's high-powered playing. At the age eight, he opened for B.B. King, and at age 12, he was playing regularly aroundupstate New York. It was soon thereafter that Bonamassa hooked up with the band Bloodline, which featured othermusicians' sons: Waylon Krieger (Robby Krieger's son), Erin Davis (Miles Davis' drummer kid), and Berry Oakley, Jr. (son of theAllman Brothers bassist). Bloodline released a self-titled album, but Bonamassa wanted to move on. In summer 2000 heguested for Roger McGuinn on Jethro Tull's summer tour, later releasing his debut solo album, A New Day Yesterday. Producedby longtime fan Tom Dowd, the album marked a move toward a more organic and rock-sounding direction. He put together apower trio with drummer Kenny Kramme and bassist Eric Czar and hit the road to support the album.
Upon returning from the road, he hooked up with Dowd to record the muscular and sweeping studio disc So, It's Like That andreleased a document of the tour, A New Day Yesterday Live. The following year, Bonamassa put out Blues Deluxe, featuringnine cover versions of blues classics alongside three originals. The muscular You & Me appeared in 2006, followed by the moreacoustic-tinged Sloe Gin in 2007. A year later, Bonamassa released the two-disc live album Live from Nowhere in Particular,followed in 2009 by The Ballad of John Henry. Late in 2009 he released the DVD Live from the Royal Albert Hall with guestspots from Eric Clapton and Paul Jones. In 2010, the guitarist released his first disc for the Premier Artists label, Black Rock,featuring a guest appearance by B.B. King. It was followed by the debut album from Black Country Communion, a blues-rocksupergroup which put him in the company of bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes, drummer Jason Bonham, and keyboardist DerekSherinian. Bonamassa, ever the overachiever, released his earthy Dust Bowl in March of 2011, followed by Black CountryCommunion's 2 in June and by his unique collaboration with vocalist Beth Hart on a searing collection of soul covers entitledDon't Explain in September. In May of 2012, Bonamassa released Driving Towards the Daylight. The album reunited theguitarist with producer Kevin Shirley, who brought in Aerosmith's Brad Whitford to play rhythm guitar on the 11 tracks. « hide |
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