I’ve listened to all of Joe Bonamassa’s studio albums. While I did enjoy them all, admittedly, I think I enjoy listening to his live albums more than his studio albums. Why? Simply because Joe plays better live than in the studio. On the stage, Joe has a lot more energy and power. He’s more fun and exciting to listen to when he performs live.

Joe Bonamassa has a lot of live albums and so far, I only listened to four of them. I listened to “Live In Amsterdam w/ Beth Hart”, “Live at Royal Albert Hall”, “Muddy WOlf at Red Rocks” and his newest live album, “Live at Radio City Music Hall”. All very good! I listened to all those on Apple Music, of course but I only own one live album for myself which is “Muddy Wolf at Red Rocks”.

Joe is amazing to listen to live ’cause that’s what he is known for mostly, he’s a live performer. He always has been a live performer ever since he was a little kid. Joe proves that blues music is still alive and well. As you can see, Joe is getting more popular and he’s getting bigger which is well deserved. He’s a genius guitar player and a great singer too.

If only I could get my chance to see Joe live myself. It’ll be even more fun when you go see him live on stage in person. I now kind of wish I went to his SPAC show when he played Saratoga Springs earlier this summer. Oh well, maybe I’ll catch him next time he plays here.

Joe is more fun to listen to live ’cause he never plays his original material twice ’cause he’s always playing his songs differently and always improvising. Joe plays a lot of covers at his shows too but they are mostly old blues songs.

I’m a pretty big fan Joe’s. We need more of Joe Bonamassa in the industry and less Kanye, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Even if you don’t like Joe Bonamassa, you should still give him props for playing his own instruments and doing his own thing. Best of all, Joe is not really signed under any big major label either. He releases all of his music under his own label, J & R Adventures. He refuses to be under the record industry’s control and wants to do everything on his own. That’s a part of why I have so much respect for the guy.

He may have a really huge guitar and amp collection but he deserves all that since he’s got a successful music career on his own without the help of major labels.

Joe is quite a guy, plus he seems very nice and friendly too.

Kev

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You know how in rock concerts in the backstage area, there’s always all kinds of stuff going on? Like a lot of hard partying, fans doing a meet & greet with the musicians, a lot of alcohol, food, maybe even people doing drugs, dancing girls, etc.

Well, you’re not gonna see any of that backstage at Joe Bonamassa concerts. Joe Bonamassa the man himself gives you a little tour of what his backstage life is like and he himself warns you that it’s not much. Not much going on backstage at all. It’s just his dressing room and an empty hallway.

So if you ask for a backstage pass, you might be pretty disappointed but I’m sure it’ll be worth it just to meet Joe himself. Joe is the man, keeping it real and simple.

Kev

A lot of musicians would declare that Joe Bonamassa is overrated. I’d say no and would say that he is actually underrated. Very underrated in fact. He’s not much of a mainstream artist. You hardly ever see him on guitar magazine covers. He does get featured in guitar magazines often but I don’t see him on the cover that much. You never see his albums in the top 200 of the Billboard charts. His albums may sell well in the blues charts but the main charts, no. So Joe overrated??? Not even close, in my opinion.

If you want a blues guitarist who is overrated, that would be John Mayer. I was never a John Mayer fan to begin with… I think Joe is way better than John.

I have also been getting into Joe Bonamassa a lot. He’s a genius guitar player, a great singer and songwriter too. Joe is also most famous for being a guitar collector and gear junkie. Seriously this guy is a music gear addict. He has thousands of guitars and amps in his home. Mostly vintage stuff. Some of you would accuse Joe of being a spoiled rich guy for getting all that music gear for himself but come on now. He deserves it. He did pretty well in his music career. He’s been playing guitar in bands since he was a child. He did pretty well for himself ’cause he released most of his albums on his own label. He certainly didn’t need a major or an indie label to release his music ’cause this dude did it all on his own.

I think Joe is a genius and he’s a phenomenal live performer, of course. He is coming to perform a concert in my area at SPAC in Saratoga Springs later this summer and I’d really like to go but don’t think I can afford it. He’s coming Aug. 10 and actually, I’m still thinking about going to that show ’cause I would like to get my chance to see him live. I haven’t been to a national concert in many years and this would be a good one for me to go.

Joe is awesome. I’m listening to his album “Sloe Gin” on Apple Music as I type this.

Joe should be respected. He plays his own instruments and writes his own songs. He’s one of the few good musicians left in this industry while most everyone obsesses over Justin Bieber and Kanye West.

Kev

Here is blues guitarist, Joe Bonamassa, giving guitar players a lesson himself. While most people think he’s a guitar genius and I think he is, even this guy doesn’t even think so. He clearly admitted that he doesn’t even know what he’s doing most of the time and he just says that he does his best trying to stay in key throughout a song.

In this video he gives guitar players advice that we should know the fretboard. Be able to play in every key and every fret which sound like good advice to me. I’ll take this advice myself.

See? Even famous guitar players don’t even think they’re all that great… they just like to play for the love of it just like the rest of us musicians.

Joe Bonamassa is a bad ass though. I love his music. I only have one album of his in my Itunes and was meaning to get more of his music sometime.

Kev