Joe Bonamassa - Mountain time @ North Sea Jazz '09

[hungerstriker27]

3:17... ok, now i´m in love

[hungerstriker27]

you can see the power of music when you see a kid like the one at 1:25.... probably he is going to be on a stage someday.

[omfg51]

holy shit this song just made me cry. literally.

[LeguanMo]

The intro sounds a lot like Jimmy Pages live performances of white summer/Black Mountain Side!

[JamesTiberiusKirk]

This is my kind of music. Killer voice. Clever compositions, with sould, no experimental stuff, just plain blues rock. And of course, GUITARS!

[bubbleuk36]

0 Dislikes, I should think so too !

Brilliant.

[zuruck1]

I was working the door at a small blues club outside Chicago a few years back. One Sat night the place got packed more than I'd ever seen, I kept wondering who this Joe B guy was that everyone was excited to see. Then this guy came out and blew the roof off the place. It was such a tremendous show and he was one of the few musicians that was cool enough to stick around and drink a few beers after the show. I should thank him, made a few extra hundred that night.

[Frunnick]

@zuruck1 I know what you mean.. When i saw this performance on NSJ (it was the first time i saw him and i didn't know him yet) i was completly blown away.. but i've seen him 4 times in less then 2 years now.. And i know his trics now.. i hope he keeps inventing himself.. Cause his show didn't change that much...

[Christian2801NL]

@Frunnick It is not about the show, it is about the music.

[bluesatsunset]

@Frunnick

His show changes constantly mate. I first saw him with Bloodline years ago in front of 300 people. I've seen him a dozen times since in the UK & America & every single time he blows the socks off me. Blackpool, UK this Saturday coming & I can't fucking wait.

Bonamassa - Keeping the blues alive.

[hanseatus]

Brilliant musician great bluesman...............

[ripoffmerchant]

I've got a right crush on that girl they keep cutting to at 2.23 3.13 and 3.45. I think it's the mutual Joe love more than anything.....

[sintexxx]

@ripoffmerchant ditto. Gorgeous AND appreciates JB!? I'm sold. BTW: saw him in Nashville,TN at TPAC and he was amazing. Its a religious experience, his shows.

[omfg51]

Is there a DVD of his performance at North Sea 2009? If there is, I'm buying it for sure.

[DoomedMediators]

holy shit that was some good intro

[Mopartoolman]

@DoomedMediators  That intro is a song called ' India'.

[wheelnut059]

A Sitar has high frets. Sounds haunting and emotive. Joe can reproduce those effects with frets about 2 millimetres high. Master imo

[talha318]

that doesn't sound like a sitar haha...it sounds amazing but not a sitar...a sitar has a very unique sound that resonates however I can see why you think its like a Sitar. Its because Joe is playing scales and combinations of notes that are usually played upon a Sitar. and the frets of the sitar are not what give it that sound its the hollowed out body and heavy neck that gives is that sound.

[FandersFanclub]

05:46 to 06:58 is the best i ever heard!

[waterphish]

@FandersFanclub for real but I never can understand what he is saying do you know what it is?

[wheelnut059]

@waterphish Scroll Google for the lyrics. He's obviously concentrating on the guitar parts for this live performance. In essence, he's going up into the mountains to see a girlfriend who will ease his troubled mind. Fantastic.

[borderline4]

Awsome,when he played this in Osnabruck ,it nearly brought me to tears,Sloe gin did.

[ChrisGilmour99]

superb vid.! thanks a lot!