Joe Bonamassa will be playing the Royal Albert Hall on July 8th to take part in the annual Sunflower Jam. The jam raises money for charity that benefits the advancement of public health through the use holistic medicine, treatment, and therapy. Also confirmed for the jam so far is Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Jon Lord,…
Joe Bonamassa will be supported by new drummer Tal Bergman for the 2011 touring year. Tal has toured and worked with such artists as Billy Idol, LL Cool J, Rod Stewart. According to Tal’s website, he is also the associate producer and drummer for Grammy nominated album It Had To Be You : The Great…
Joe’s latest and greatest new album titled Dust Bowl will be hitting store shelves on Tuesday, March 22nd. This is Bonamassa’s 9th studio release and will sure be debuting number one on the Billboard Blues Chart. The new album features appearances by John Hiatt, Glenn Hughes, and Vince Gill. Album Track Listing: Slow Train Dust…
Planet Rock recently released the results of the voting for the best acts, albums, films, and events of the year. Joe and Black Country Communion took a majority of them. BAND OF THE YEAR:WINNER: BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION The first rule of supergroups is that they must be a crushing disappointment. Black Country Communion obviously…
I was browsing over at the Black Country Communion forum and came across this topic. Several links are listed in that thread that contain six tour dates for the summer of 2011 across Germany. Tickets are already on sale here. Tonight will be BCC’s first public show, followed by the second show tomorrow night in…
Above is a picture that was posted by the Caveman, on his Facebook page. You can see that Joe is in the studio with Carmine Rojas, Anton Fig, Arlan Schierbaum, and Blondie Chaplin. Perhaps Joe is finishing up some more material for the upcoming studio album, which is due out next year.
I was just browsing Facebook, like I usually do and came across this post on Joe’s Facebook profile. Larry Carlton has invited Joe to do some gigs with him for 2011. How cool is that? A few years back, Joe was invited by Larry to play at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Larry…
Do you like covers? I do.. check out this video of Sweet Moans jamming to Starship Trooper. When it comes to covers, it doesn’t get any better than this. These guys are amazing. For those who don’t know, Joe used to play Starship Trooper after certain songs such as Had To Cry Today.
A clip of Joe and Ted Nugent jamming together was recently uploaded to YouTube. Joe was a guest on the Supergroup show which ran on VH1 for a bit. It’s a short clip, but great none the less. Ted Nugent had the following to say about Joe after the show: Last night, my musical jihad…
The official Crossroads DVD was released recently. However, it only included one song with Joe, where he plays with Robert Randolph doing “Goin Down”. Joe also did one of his own songs “Blues Deluxe” with Robert Randolph. This particular song was not included on the DVD, but it’s still a gem. You can check it…
