For the first time ever, Joe Bonamassa will be on Palladia this Saturday night March 31st back to back. Palladia will first be broadcasting Black Country Communion’s “Live Over Europe”, followed by Joe Bonamassa’s “Live From New York – Beacon Theatre”. This is the national debut on Palladia for Joe’s Beacon Theatre performance. Each show is an hour in length. If you’ve seen the Beacon broadcasted on PBS, this broadcast will have the same footage. Oh and it is in HD.. sweet!
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Guitar Center is home to Joe’s new signature Gibson Custom Shop ES-335. Pictured above is a sneak peak of Guitar Center’s upcoming Easter Flyer. Pictured in the flyer is Bonamassa with his new ES-335. Gibson Custom Shop has been working with Joe to complete the guitar. In mid February, Gibson Custom Shop posted the following on Facebook “Joe Bonamassa’s 1961 ES-335. In the shop for us to take a look and a few photos.” And just about a month later, we now have a Bonamassa Custom Shop ES-335. I’m sure some modifications and adjustments were done by Joe and Gibson. So if you are a Guitar Center subscriber, keep an eye out. The flyer is on it’s way around, more details will be posted as we find them out.
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What we know so far.. Joe’s next studio album is titled “Driving Toward the Daylight”. The album was recorded in Las Vegas at The Palm Studios. The band playing on the album is an all star cast featuring Anton Fig, Brad Whitford (Aerosmith), Harrison Whitford (Brad’s Son), Jimmy Barnes, Michael Rhoads, Carmine Rojas, Blondie Chaplin (featured on Joe’s previous studio album Dust Bowl), and Arlan Oscar. Joe gives credit to Kevin Shirley for bringing together one heck of a band. Final mastering has been completed and Joe has been listening to the album, according to his post on Facebook.
Within the past week, Joe has added the title track “Driving Toward the Daylight” to his routine and it’s now appears in the setlist. Take a look at this YouTube video from Joe’s performance at Newcastle Arena on March 25, 2012.
As far as the release date goes, the scheduled release date is May 21st for Europe and May 22nd for the United States. As we find out more information about the album, such as artwork and track listing, it will be posted. A little bit less than two months until we get a new cup of Joe.
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In case you live under a rock and have not heard, Joe is going on tour in the United States during the fall. Complete tour information can be found on our tour page. Any fans from Toronto!? Consider yourself lucky, Joe is stopping in your neck of the woods on November 17th.
So here is the scoop for the fall presale. All presales will start on April 3rd. Each show while have it’s own unique presale code. By doing this, the goal is to cut down on people scalping tickets. No one will receive the presale codes before anyone else. So if you are signed up on Joe’s email list correctly with you geographical information listed correctly, you will get your presale code for the show in your area on April 3rd. That happens to be one week from today. Best of luck and hope you’ll be able to see Joe this upcoming fall.
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Today is March 20th, one week till the release of the Beacon DVD. All preorders have shipped out.. did you order from us? Hope so, if not there is still time to order! Just click here… If you did get the DVD, what are you thoughts? I did a full review on the Beacon DVD not too long ago. After watching the DVD several times now, it has become my favorite Joe DVD. I like the songs with Paul Rodgers best. Paul has a great voice and it would be great to see more recording done with Paul Rodgers in the future. Please let us know what you think of the DVD, comment on this post! Order now and have your DVD shipped today!
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Well, well, well… look what we have here! That’s a picture of Rick, Roy, Carmine, and Joe. Notice what they’re holding? It appears to a plaque certifying Joe’s Royal Albert Hall DVD for going gold! Congrats to Joe, Roy, and the band for getting gold. The Royal Albert Hall DVD was filmed on May 4, 2009 at London’s famous Royal Albert Hall. If I’m correct, that means RAH DVD has sold how many copies?? Watch the video below… !
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This past weekend, I opened the mailbox. Going through the normal glorious junk mail, I found my advance copy of the Beacon DVD. I watched it immediately. The DVD created the show all over again. I remember those cold November nights, the 4th and 5th. Up I walk to the famous Beacon Theatre, where my longtime favorite guitar player is playing. He’s made it to the top, this it. The Beacon.
Joe did play two shows at the Beacon. Footage from both shows, mostly Saturday, was used for the DVD. First song up is Slow Train. With two minutes to midnight playing in the background, the stage goes black. The train is coming! Joe rips into Slow Train. Next song Joe plays is Cradle Rock. One of Joe’s first hit songs, in my opinion. I haven’t seen this song live in quite awhile. It’s great to see Joe bringing the some back, 10 years after it was originally released. Here is the complete listing for the DVD:
Disc One:
1: 72nd St. Subway Blues
2: Slow Train
3: Cradle Rock
4: When The Fire Hits The Sea
5: Midnight Blues
6: Dust Bowl
7: The River
8: I’ll Take Care Of You (w/ Beth Hart)
9: Sinner’s Prayer (w/ Beth Hart)
10: You Better Watch Yourself
11: Steal Your Heart Away
12: Bird On A Wire
13: Down Around My Place (w/ John Hiatt)
14: I Know A Place (w/ John Hiatt)
15: Blue And Evil
16: Walk In My Shadows (w/ Paul Rodgers)
17: Fire And Water (w/ Paul Rodgers)
18: Mountain Time
19: Young Man Blues
Disc Two, the second DVD, contains bonus content. It contains two songs, the first being If Heartaches Were Nickels and the second song is Woke Up Dreaming. Other bonus footage on the DVD includes a clip with Joe and David Crosby. Joe with his eyes peeled open gets an acoustic guitar lesson from David Crosby. You’ll also see more footage from Joe playing in the 72nd St Subway Station. Joe made no money in the subway station sadly. Good thing he is sticking with his day job! Lastly, there is a huge photo gallery. The photo gallery includes behind the scene pictures from the beacon. The pictures cover backstage, sound check, and Joe reviewing the setlist with Kevin Shirley. My favorite part about the bonus disc, Woke Up Dreaming. Each performance of this song just continues to get better and better.
The overall setlist they picked for the show was not bad at all. I thought it was a great selection that covered many different eras of Joe’s work. I’ve heard a lot of different opinions from various people. Why didn’t they do Just Got Paid? Honestly, that’s simple. Joe had several special guests, each doing two songs. Just Got Paid was on the Royal Albert Hall DVD. I’m glad Joe picked Young Man Blues to be part of the setlist. I know that’s a long song, but hey, the connection between Joe and Tal during this song is just priceless. I like it better than Just Got Paid!
My favorite special guest that played with Joe has to be Paul Rodgers. Joe opened for Paul Rodgers almost 10 years ago. Joe has also done several songs that Paul Rodgers has wrote. One of them being Walk In My Shadows, which we see on the DVD. The other was Seagull from Joe’s CD titled Sloe Gin. Paul Rodgers has an incredible voice that one has to hear live to get the full effect. Paul and Joe nailed Fire and Water. Great song.
The overall production of this DVD is great. Just like Joe’s other produced films, this DVD was filmed by Bangor Films. They are based out of Canada, they’ve recorded many other notable performances such as Joe’s RAH show and they also did the documentary for Iron Maiden. The camera crew on hand for the Beacon shooting was in the teens. If you did attend both nights – hope you were not one of those stuck behind a camera guy! Not all songs played made the DVD. Both Sloe Gin and Ballad of John Henry were recorded. One song was played each night. Not exactly sure why they didn’t make the cut. As stated before, majority if not all of the first DVD was recorded on Saturday night.
In conclusion, was this show better than RAH? Well, that’s up to you determine. RAH had a large house band with a different setlist. RAH also had Eric Clapton as special guest. Beacon did not have Clapton, but it sure did have three other spectacular guests: Beth Hart, John Hiatt, Paul Rodgers. I personally like the Beacon better because I was at the show. It’s great to have a copy of your all time favorite Joe show on DVD. I also feel that Joe’s playing was dead on, top notch for this show. I highly recommend this DVD. If you’re a JB fan, this needs to be in your collection. His performances keep getting better and better. Where will Joe go next? Only time will tell. Make you pre-order your Beacon DVD today, you do not want to miss out… click here.
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Joe Bonamassa is featured on Europe’s new CD due for release on April 30th. Joe plays on the title track “Bag of Bones”. Europe front man Joey Tempest said the following about Joe being on the album.
“We’re honoured that Joe Bonamassa wanted to play some slide guitar on our record. We’re all big fans of his music”.
The first single from the album is set to release this Friday, March 9th.
Track listing:
1. Riches To Rags
2. Not Supposed To Sing The Blues
3. Firebox
4. Bag Of Bones (Feat Joe Bonamassa)
5. Requiem
6. My Woman My Friend
7. Demon Head
8. Drink And A Smile
9. Doghouse
10. Mercy You Mercy Me
11. Bring It All Home
More details can be found on Europe’s website. When we get a hold of the CD and get the song on YouTube, you’ll be able to find it here first at Bonamassa Live.
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Got an email earlier today about the new lithograph “Midnight Blues”, which is the seventh in the series. Features Joe ripping up a solo on one of his Les Paul’s. Tried to access the link to Joe’s store to see if there were any available and guess what.. link does not work! Appears that the lithograph is now no longer available on the website. Only 100 of each lithograph is sold, which makes it a collector’s item. The price of the lithograph is not a bad deal at all. I’ve heard several people talking about the price, but for $399 you’re getting a lot. Take into consideration that the photo itself has to get matted and framed. This is not done by a local rag shop, it’s professionally framed. Plus, you’re getting two tickets and meet n’ greet passes. The tickets you get from purchasing lithographs are very good seats. They’re not up in the nose bleeds. With ticket prices rising, scalpers going nuts, purchasing a lithograph is a smart way to secure good seats. The meet n’ greet is awesome too. Up and close with Joe, he will take photos with you, sign any item. He is one of the most down to earth people. That’s just my two cents. Congrats to all of those who were lucky enough to snag #7.
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Just found some more clips from the Beacon DVD on YouTube. DVD looks like it will be great. I’m still wondering why Sloe Gin and Ballard of John Henry are not on the DVD. Maybe they will surprise us and include them in the special features on the Bonus DVD.
Hope you enjoy the clips of Mountain Time and Fire and Water with Paul Rodgers. Less than a month to go. Only a limited amount of time left to get your preorder in with one of our limited packages. Make sure you place your preorder today.
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