BB King Remembered On His 91st Birthday
For many of us, the passing of BB King still leaves a massive gap – he truly had the 3 keys to living a fulfilling and impact-filled life: – He was a generous soul, self-made and continued to lift everyone around him with his music, advice and example long after he had made it big […]
Joe Bonamassa – Sloe Gin Live Red Rocks
Absolutely stunning performance by Joe Bonamassa of the Tim Curry (1978) song Sloe Gin (albeit with some cleaned up lyrics). By the way – how did Bowie miss this one…tell me this wouldn’t have been an awesome David Bowie + Joe Bonamassa collaboration? Anyway – Joe has shown many times before he can master slow […]
Sometimes Magic Just Happens – Joe Bonamassa “Burning Hell”
What makes a blues rock performance turn into pure magic? Watch this video, and you’ll find out: This video was taken from the wonderful DVD “Joe Bonamassa Live At Rockplast” – perfect trio where tone, amazing songs and energy come together for one magical show. If you like Joe at all, this is one […]
Are You Sure You Want To Be A Music Star?
Funny post by Joe Bonamassa on Twitter today showing the crazy life a rock star (or in this case, guitar GOD) must live…reinforces the notion that you better as hell love what you do… Clay and Eric did a little number crunching this morning for our entire tour from March through the end of this […]
Joe Bonamassa Recording “Stop”
I really like these “behind the scenes” views into the recording process musicians use on their songs. This video shares such a view (albeit still officially produced) into the recording studio during a recording of the song “Stop” from Joe Bonamassa’s 2010 CD “John Henry”. Notice a few things: How several overdubs of vocals and […]
Top 10 New Blues Guitar Players – Agree?
Gibson recently published a listing of their top 10 list for current/new blues guitar greats…obviously this is subjective, and I wanted to give my opinion… First, let’s look at their list: 1. Joe Bonamassa 2. John Mayer 3. Jack White 4. Eric Gales 5. Don Auerbach (The Black Keys) 6. Davy Knowles 7. Kenny Wayne […]