![]() ![]() ![]() A year later, Bonamassa released the two-disc live album Live from Nowhere in Particular, followed in 2009 by The Ballad of John Henry. The muscular You & Me appeared in 2006, followed by the more acoustic-tinged Sloe Gin in 2007. The following year, Bonamassa put out Blues Deluxe, featuring nine cover versions of blues classics alongside three originals. Upon returning from the road, he hooked up with Dowd to record the muscular and sweeping studio disc So, It’s Like That and released a document of the tour, A New Day Yesterday Live. He put together a power trio with drummer Kenny Kramme and bassist Eric Czar and hit the road to support the album. Produced by longtime fan Tom Dowd, the album marked a move toward a more organic and rock-sounding direction. In summer 2000 he guested for Roger McGuinn on Jethro Tull’s summer tour, later releasing his debut solo album, A New Day Yesterday. Bloodline released a self-titled album, but Bonamassa wanted to move on. It was soon thereafter that Bonamassa hooked up with the band Bloodline, which featured other musicians’ sons: Waylon Krieger (Robby Krieger’s son), Erin Davis (Miles Davis’ drummer kid), and Berry Oakley, Jr. King, and at age 12, he was playing regularly around upstate New York. He first heard Stevie Ray Vaughan at age four and was instantly taken by Vaughan’s high-powered playing. Hailing from Utica, New York, Bonamassa could play the blues before he could drive a car. ![]() Guitar mastermind Joe Bonamassa, a young player with the childhood dream of playing music similar to legends like Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, and Jimi Hendrix, was 22 when he inked a deal with Epic. ![]()
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