Joe Bonamassa Lyrics

Joe Bonamassa Info:

Born:
May 8, 1977 (age )

From:
New Hartford, New York, United States

Genres:
Blues rock, rock and roll

Occupations:
Musician, singer-songwriter

Instruments:
Vocals, guitar, theremin, mandolin, dobro, banjo

Years active:
1989–present

Associated acts:
Bloodline, Black Country Communion, Beth Hart, Rock Candy Funk Party, Jason Bonham, Joe Lynn Turner

Notable Instruments:
Gibson Les Paul
Music Man Custom Steve Morse single and double necks
Gibson ES335
Fender Stratocaster
Fender Telecaster
Gibson Flying V

Joe Bonamassa Quotes:
"You know, my heroes were the columbine guys – Paul Kossoff, Peter Green, Eric Clapton. There’s so many – there’s Gary Moore, Rory Gallagher – another Irish musician who played the same things, but don't tell him that. But those guys were my guys – Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page. There's a certain sophistication to their approach to the blues that I really like, more so than the American blues that I was listening to. B.B. King's a big influence – he's probably my biggest traditional influence. I love Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson and T-Bone Walker and stuff like that, but I couldn't sit down. I was always forcing myself to listen to whole records by them, where I'd rather listen to Humble Pie do "I'm Ready" than Muddy Waters, you know? I think, the English interpretation of the blues just hit me a lot better, you know?"


"When I heard Kossoff playing "Mr. Big" and when I heard Clapton playing "Crossroads" and when I heard Rory Gallagher playing "Cradle Rock", I was like, 'This is way cooler'.... "British blues are my thing. When I heard Rod Stewart and the Jeff Beck Group singing "Let Me Love You", it changed my life. I knew exactly what I wanted to do. Those are my influences".

"My friends would ask me, 'Have you heard the new Van Halen record?' And I'd be like, 'Nope.' I was listening to Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush".

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