Guitar Center recently interviewed Joe Bonamassa. As you'd expect, the interview covers Joe's influences, his signature Gibson Les Paul, the future of the blues, and his approach to letting people tape his shows: I don't understand artists who don't let people film their concerts and hire a bunch of goons to roam the audience and harass fans. These days people want to check … [Read more...]
Free Joe Bonamassa Download
I'm excited to welcome Joe Bonamassa as a new sponsor of Guitar Lifestyle. They are offering Guitar Lifestyle readers a free download of "Blue and Evil" from Joe's Black Rock album. To receive the free download, all you have to do is click here or click the ad in the sidebar and then select "Free MP3 Music". … [Read more...]
Joe Bonamassa Crossroads Festival Interview
Jason Henke spoke with Joe Bonamassa prior to the Crossroads Festival last month to ask Joe a few questions about Eric Clapton, Joe's British influences, what he hopes his legacy will be and more. One aspect of the Crossroads Festival that didn't get reported very much is the auction that was associated with the festival. Joe donated his gold-sparkle Strat that he played for … [Read more...]
Joe Bonamassa Epiphone Model Coming Soon
Joe Bonamassa recently spent some time in Nashville with Epiphone Guitars working on an upcoming Epiphone version of his signature Gibson Custom Shop guitar. Like his original Gibson, it looks like the Epiphone model will be a gold top Les Paul with a black back, black plastic components and a unique knob combination. Epiphone's blog entry about the meeting indicated that the … [Read more...]
Joe Bonamassa and Robert Randolph
Below is a video of Joe Bonamassa playing "Further On Up the Road" with Robert Randolph during this past weekend's Crossroads Festival in Chicago. It's nice to see Joe playing one of his Wildwood "Bonaburst" guitars. … [Read more...]