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Published: 2012/08/17

by Nancy Dunham

Joe Bonamassa: Driving Towards Daylight

J&R Adventures

Joe Bonamassa’s Driving Towards Daylight is the 30-something Upstate New York native’s return to his birthright Delta blues sound. But guitar virtuoso Bonamassa and his hand-selected session players, including Aerosmith’s Brad Whitford and drummer Anton Fig, aren’t anyone’s imitators. Listen to the almost pugnacious take on Howlin’ Wolf’s “Who’s Been Talking.’” Bonamassa uses the spoken intro to urge the musicians to “step it up a little,” setting the stage for a thunderous, wailing guitar heavy rendition. You’ll hear the same British styled blues rock arrangements—think Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and early Ian Anderson—on Tom Waits’ “New Coat of Paint,” and Bonamassa’s original tunes including “Dislocated Boy.” Bonamassa is back, proudly sporting his blues-rock crown.

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Celil August 29, 2012, 03:52:28

You make excellent potnis, Tom. I’m moving into playing more Jazz now, and I installed Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Swing flatwounds on my Les Pauls, my new Ibanez archtop and, a few days ago, my Clapton Custom just because I wanted to see how the Clapton would take to the new 13-53 strings.. They all sound great, but I was incredibly surprised by the creaminess of the Jazz Sound that flowed out of my Clapton Custom neck PU. It was so beautiful and round and absolutely Jazzy. The Clapton is at least 30% easier for me to play than a Gibson for all the reasons you mention, and I’m left to reconsider the definition of a Jazz Guitar.