Joe Bonamassa - Blues Deluxe

[stefanhaukguitarist]

Hey guys, I'm a 16 year old guitar player and Joe Bonamassa is a massive influence on me, go to my profile if you're interested in seeing me play, peace xo

[castletoonian]

who is the bass player?

[andiluvius]

Great! OMG!



[mellerats72]

WOW ....blew my mind

[susanangelika]

BLUES....<3<3<3  dont compare artists ...

[OldviSinger]

real great in feeling ... compliments from da heart !!!

[metalonroad]

Scheisse is das GEIL !!! \m/

[justplayfm]

This video was just added to a music playlist at JustPlay.fm

[tobias1891997]

I LOOOOOOOOVE BLUES!!! <3

[demitha11]

Incredible.

[MsRiot2011]

Yessssssss !!!!! Thank you for this share :)

[JusticeShakur]

Oh my fuc****ing god . I am no more a Virgin ♥♥ *__*

[TheTSina]

Wow! It sounds like Stevie Ray playing a violin.

[funkeemon]

he has his own sound!!!!

[XtremeRcr]

Guitars fear Joe Bonamassa



[ChaotinChrissi]

absolutely perfect, absolutely true ... the hammer..kissed..

[kcaron66]

Joe will soon be a legend in his OWN right - love your music Joe, keep on ROCKIN'!!!

[Soulshine59]

Joe Bonamassa is everything John Mayer wishes he was.

[zeppelin1996]

@Soulshine59 Mayer is definitely not a bad guitarist, but Joe is obviously much better.

[Soulshine59]

@zeppelin1996

that is true. as much as i dislike mayer i can not deny he has skill. though its all SRV licks. at least joe mix's it up!

[littlemike101]

Amazing....and beautiful!

[echster]

isn't this a Jeff Beck/ Rod Stewart song? of course they had the amazing Nicky Hopkins tickling the ivories behind them.....

[chumbels]

@echster yeah this was on becks "truth" album.. it was fake "live".. they overdubbed applause.. still way cool.. and joe is a monster...

[absurdplanet]

@echster Yeah, Jeff and Rod did this tune--very influential for that era--actually, still stands up today.

This is a nice vehicle for Joe play a Strat style Blues. Still has to shred a bit...

[ssaallttyyddaawwgg]

it just gets better and better

[The194466]

S.R.V Was the man and we lost him . Thank the blues gods we have Joe taking it to another level . If your looking for the ultimate combo of blues guitar and a voice, he's the man .

[whemadre]

Joe great as usual. Like that big ole bass.

[TheDarkbite]

joe is the man

[buickman350]

the parts you are talking about when he plays notes and moves the volume knob i was looking at his other vids and people keep asking what is he doing? seriously?? its not anything new there once was a great man by the name of Roy buchanan he was a friend of my fathers he played the blues back in the 70s my father played bass for him on occasion. Im not sure if he was the first to do it but i can say he is deffenitly the best at doing it. but joe is good to.

[pantera0410]

@buickman350 FYI to everyone - those are called Volume Swells. Everyone from EVH to Joe have utilized them.... dunno that they're a trademark to any one player honestly.

[anonymouslolxD]

@pantera0410 I think the first guy to use volume swells was T-Bone Walker.

[Soulshine59]

@pantera0410 works best if you have a delay pedal on as you do it.

[HcWeaner]

2:23 wtf he's doing there ?! sounds incredible !!

[drowzy721]

@HcWeaner he is moving the volume knob up and down while he is playing the notes

[pantera0410]

@HcWeaner Volume Swells... very cool trick.

[KidsWithGuns1992]

Although I think SRV is fucking brilliant, gotta say the black blues singers sound much better for blues.

[allornada]

who is the bass player

[0oTHEJACKo0]

fucking nice blues!

[IncredibleOnion]

not very difficult too play, but genius riffs !

[allornada]

@IncredibleOnion

very difficult...

[Ragman72]

@IncredibleOnion

Not difficult??? Play those genius bendings and you have my full respect...

[Irrlicht192]

God!

[1JAT1]

ok so i put this on as background, then go on my facebook news feed. i "like" slash on facebook. the top post on my news feed: "Just saw Joe Bonamassa on Jools Holland again. He's definitely my new favorite guitarist. Iii|; )," from slash

[1JAT1]

sparkly!

[Prostape]

Has such a red house by hendrix feel, i love joe bonamassa.. he's simply amazing.

[santiagomayorga86]

ear orgasm

[StevieRayMatt]

Great Joe, he's one of my favourite guitarists...

[gualix]

yyyeeeeeeeeeeeeah

[yeaheverday]

GO HEAD BOY !!!!!!! 

[Talesofspace8]

i reckon he ment every note......

[bcgilles]

he sounds like a blend of srv, eric johnson, and jeff beck

[1JAT1]

@bcgilles well the jeff beck part especially makes sense, seeing as beck did this around 40 years ago

[JamesStorey09]

Living legend, Brining it all back! :D:D

[mdandrea39]

I feel the "soul" in his music. This is the Blues man....

[ticia1104]

J ADOREEEEEEEEEE

[shilluk6]

Impresionante!!!

[MaximumThompson]

Oh how i miss Joe with a Strat. owever, no matter what guitar he plays, he's no less astounding.

What a badass.

[doublej706]

Can we say Stevie Ray Vaughn?

[tremold2043]

can we say JOE BONAMASSA?

[carloslinnett]

Untouchable. The track still sounds good on a strat too but then again I can imagine any guitar must sound good with him playing it!

[moseseseseses]

Thanks Joe, for dedicating yourself to so much practice, sharpening your talents day by day, so that by way and means of such elevated ongoing culminating music abilities with the guitar, you are able to help some of us escape the tiresome toils of life as we come aside to be refreshed with your soothing sounds of the blues as you give it to us. Innoculate us daily with those awesome inspiring lethal licks of the blues that mesmerize our minds and elevate us above this world's madness .

[saaaakul]

dude that was a long sentence :)

but you're totally right!

[TheEnglishWay1]

Haa he's such a legend

[GallowayJesse]

Holy shitballs

[xFrankAtanKx]

Joe is so sick its such a inspiration for a young guy like me to see a guy like this playing the blues making it big gives me hope to keep on rocking out

[mabliss]

pretty obvious why they call him smokin joe

[EarleGirl44xx]

ooooh .... sounds so good ....

[aklanonboy]

he's using a strat here.. :O

Joe ROCKS!

[rom1w]

Joe his making a more modern sound than SRV i love them both but i find they sound diferently

[stratocastervox]

yes, you're right. joes sound is more modern than srv's but similar.

[karlgym]

It's bullshit how now if ANYONE plays 12 bar then they are automatically deemed an SRV clone. Definitely not the case here. Joe is the MAN!!!

Highest respect to SRV

[claptonhendrix1]

YES!! I agree. After all, SRV didn't invent the 12 bar blues. I love Stevie, but honestly... there's not much to compare here.

[joebrassmonkey]

honestly I hear more of a clapton style here, but thats just me. It very suttle as well.

[diazcamille]

thats what i thought, too. very clapton or johnson style.

[diazcamille]

or jeff beck.

[guitarthroat]

@karlgym I absolutely agree, but other than Doyle Bramhall II and Joe, all the other ones are just fucking clones and SRV wannabes. Personally, I think Bonamassa has them all beat on the guitar. His secret is he has the techniques and chops of an 80's shredder but he opted for Blues instead. Fucking awesome!!!

[terzolilu]

@karlgym Damn you're fuckin right man !!!!

[Guitarguy234]

@karlgym he's much better than SRV, and he knows more licks...SRV is just one style and Joe encompasses all the blues styles.

[jonanrigsbee]

@Guitarguy234 You're an idiot. Read my post correctly then get back to me.

[TROGGGGI]

has he bured the gold strat ?

[backroadjunkie]

Last time I saw Joe he said the strat was hangin out on the bus. I think Fender pissed Joe off and that is why he plays Gibsons more. I sure miss that Strat.

[TROGGGGI]

sure miss it

[JamesMoi1981]

Yes, he has. The official story according to a story I heard Joe recall on his radio show on Sirius/XM was that Fender reproduced the sparkle strat without Joe's permission and it sent him through the roof, since he bought this guitar custom and had the finish made custom for him. His interest was already changing towards Gibson and that solidified it.

[BIBBBO]

Cool never heard that before ...

i like when he plays Fender ..

But the Gibson sound is awsome

[Rosssinclair12]

Joe does sound like srv here and there

But lets face it, its very hard not to when your playing blues, blues is very limited unless you introduce mode's etc like joe does

[backroadjunkie]

Joe sounds nothing like SRV here. His style and tone are completly different. I love SRV as much as anybody but most of his licks wee far from original and he admits in many interviews (Albert King, Collins, and Buddy guy)

[Rosssinclair12]

I said Here and there, meaning from time to time

[9reasy5am]

I would say more of a "Texas" blues sound, rather than just narrowing it down to SRV, cause I hear som almost eric Johnson type stuff in there

[tidy872]

if there is a better guitar player out there than this guy, i would like to see him.

I doubt very much that there is.

This guitar player is the best you will see or hear probably in your lifetime so enjoy his music and amazing ability and lets not forget ,hard work. Artistic gifted people like this are reaching out to us and giving themselves to us, This demands the ultimate respect.

[claptonhendrix1]

I've seen him four times and he just keeps getting better. What an amazing player and such a nice and humble man.

[lovetubegreen]

great man! great guitar! great video!

[xsamitt]

WOW ...I think he sounds even better with this strat.This is great.

[Bijou1946]

I

LOVE

THIS

MAN

[spikelet]

Holy shit. Loving it.

[SingerDakini]

wow owow wow wow!!!!!!!!!

[whoneverlies]

what effect is that

[OldFartStudios]

For the parts were it sounds like voilen its just volume swells play your note and slowly bring volume up wit each note it tough to do it fast but its awesome to learn

[joesterking]

he sure got it bad

[canucklehead2004]

his best song without question, one of the greatest guitar pieces of all time

[TGF87]

Not anymore :(

He has a beef with Fender now, so no more strats being played by him!

[claptonhendrix1]

I'm glad he has put this back in the set list. Great stuff!!

[Strummingkid]

reconsider baby if i'm right

[gunnar1104]

I wish he still played strats...

utterly amazing player nonetheless.

[backroadjunkie]

I agree, he sounds amazing on the Strat. Every time I see Joe, I ask him when he will go back to Strats. He has a big deal with Gibson. Has a signature model.

[Flickajak]

Just realised Joe Bonamassa & Jeff Beck (same initials?) now produce a very similar sound. Listening to "From nowhere in particular" it almost verges on Sitar in places. Same with Beck. Who started it?

[JilaX]

Davey Graham, I'd say.

Then onto Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page and the others of their generation. Which is probably where Joe picked it up.

[LispickStrat]

Nice spoken! But I want to tell you, SHJblues, I think I know you... your name sounds formiliar... Is that possible? Aren't you one of the guitarplayers of "The Suspicious"?

Greatings, LispickStrat.

[SHJblues]

SRV on steroids!!! I just hope that someday he starts playing this again or you upset me baby or so it's like that, and no pop anymore..

[ElianaEvang]

unbelievable hair raising

[guitarthroat]

He is fucking great. Not like all the fucking SRV clones out there today. Joe is the real deal.

[MegaFisch24]

bass player is a chiller^^ xD

very cool guy

[angusrokks1]

lol he is aint he!, he luks like simon peg dressed up as a pirate

[texbls]

everything is cool, great playing, bass player looks quiet stupid

[JimmieX]

I want to concert of his new tour but he is doing atm too much fusion/acoustic! At this time he was on his best... cmon joe, stay bluesing !!!!!!

[JimmieX]

went* haha

[jamie241290]

i agree very much so,

i saw him in newcastle, and he did just got paid by zz top and had the fuckin crowd by the bollocks, then went into a slightly less accessible smoking deep south slide blues number,

i mean, it was still amazing like, but you know

[redingtonb]

I saw him in early 2004 - great show. Then I saw him 6/20/2008, and the show sucked. You are right, he needs to go back to the blues. I posted a similar comment in a forum on his website, and he was immediatley defended by fans using the old "he growing as a musician" arguement. He could end up growing right out of a career as a blues player!

[JimmieX]

If he longer "grow" like this he will become a pop artist. Why isnt joe still playing blues (Texas Blues(SRV)), with eric czar...

[Crazy4SRV]

Love Joe. Saw him in Norfolk last year. He's got the tone, the speed, the feel...maybe even the blues. But he WON'T recognize his influences. All those before him paved the way. He get's offended by getting compared to SRV. He should realize that few get that kind of compliment.

[meatspinnage]

I was unaware that he doesn't recognize his influences... I guess you haven't seen any interviews with him or heard anything about his "blues in the schools" program, he always credits those that came before him, SRV, Beck, B.B. King, Robert Johnson, you name it.

[kilo54]

recognize or not who f-ing cares, the man play and sing what he feels, I think he is very good and yea I see the srv in him but so what, I've seen that in a lot of really good bluesman.

this guy kicks ass !!!!

[JilaX]

He does recognize his influences.

He dislikes being compared to SRV because that is something he's trying to get away from. He played SRV note by note when he was 8 years old...

[Crazy4SRV]

And SRV played Jeff Beck and Albert King note by note as a boy, too. Difference is, while he continued to throw their "note by note" licks into his songs, he actually gave notice and thanks to his influences. I love Joe, I'm just saying that if he wants to "get away" for the SRV comparison, then he needs to shelf the all too clear similarities in his playing.

[JilaX]

Which he has done.

There's not much SRV in JB's playing these days.

I'd rather pull in Hendrix's and Jimmie's influence on SRV, rather than Beck.

[OldFartStudios]

Albert,Hendrix,and his brother

[JilaX]

Indeed.

[Rosssinclair12]

I think every blues player takes influence from SRV, john mayer's the same

[JilaX]

Well, but there's a difference.

Mayer goes out and flat out plays straight SRV licks, back to back.

At least Joe and others try to develop their playing and take it a step further.

[Rosssinclair12]

That was the point i was getting across