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,…
Pictured above is Joe’s legendary Fender Stratocaster, known as “Goldie”. The guitar will be auctioned off in March at Bonhams auctions in NYC. The guitar was originally on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for sometime. The auction will also feature guitars from Eric Clapton’s personal collection and donations from Jeff Beck…
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…
Great review from a local Iowa Newspaper, called the Gazette. The article goes over Joe’s early childhood life and how he started playing guitar at the age of four. They also touch upon the time when Bloodline opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd in Cedar Rapids back in 1995. At that time, they recall Bonamassa and Bloodline…
Joe’s next studio album release is set to be released on March 22nd. This is according to Kevin Shirley. The album was recorded over the summer of 2010 in Santorini, Greece. From the looks of it, we will hear Vince Gill and John Hiatt on the new album as well. You can also check out…
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…
For those of you who have not seen it yet, you should check it out. The documentary goes behind the scenes with Joe and shows you how he comes together with the songs and how he writes. Kevin Shirley goes into great detail about how the records are produced and what the process is like….
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.
Our friend Brian Ross wrote an awesome review of Joe in the Huffington Post. What really stands out about this article is the title. If that isn’t an eye catcher, I don’t know what is! Check out the article here. Thanks again to Brian for the great press, every little bit helps. Word of mouth…
