Music review: Joe Bonamassa – 无毛视频楲ive at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening无毛视频�
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice of course. That classic joke certainly seems appropriate for the newest release by Joe Bonamassa. Plenty of practice first got a 12-year-old Bonamassa an opening gig with blues icon B.B. King back in 1989. The New York native has been on a roll ever since.
One of the world无毛视频檚 most talented guitarists brings his nine-piece band to the legendary New York City concert hall for a spirited acoustic performance recorded during two evenings in January 2016.
I无毛视频檝e listened to a number of Bonamassa无毛视频檚 live recordings, and I can honestly state that this stripped-down delivery of passionate blues numbers stands as my favorite.
With a lineup composed of Reese Wynans on piano, Anton Fig on drums, Eric Bazilian handling the mandolin, banjo and saxophone, backing vocalists Mahalia Barnes, Juanita Tippins and Gary Pinto as well as acclaimed cellist Tina Guo and percussionist Hossam Ramzy, Bonamassa无毛视频檚 six-string wizardry is elevated to another level. As a result, 无毛视频淟ive at Carnegie Hall: An Acoustic Evening无毛视频� is one of the defining albums of Bonamassa无毛视频檚 celebrated career.
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Versions of 无毛视频淏lack Lung Heartache无毛视频� and 无毛视频淗ow Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live无毛视频� are intensely touching, impassioned and even spiritual with Bonamassa无毛视频檚 vocals standing front and center on these stirring performances.
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With his latest effort, the contemporary blues virtuoso demonstrates that he无毛视频檚 at the top of his game and deserving to be mentioned in the same sentence, dare I say, as guitar god Eric Clapton.