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  • Joe stands among the greatest. Give him an accoustic, give him a slide- whatever, he masters it. Few greats are as versatile. The only ones that come to mind are Rory Gallagher and SRV, whose tone and licks were unreal. The difference is that I like Joe's song choices better than Rory's. Half of SRVs catalogue is untouchable, but that includes guys like Clapton and Page who couldn't touch him. Watching JB, I think he only has to want to play like SRV to do so.

  • Joe, can I have one of your (many) Les Pauls. Any one. Really, please.

  • Every body seems to forget that Eric Clapton was the man who took "riffs that refferenced the verse" type playing and through it out the window. He opened the jar of bb,chuck,albert,freddie and T-bone blues mixed it with a little bit of Ottis rush and added a whole lot of Clapton and hey presto GOD ! Tell me any player who has nicer phrased blues. ?

  • saw him in portland or. in dec. and he KICKS ASS!!

  • Mr.Smith from Matrix without any doubt XD.

    He rocks his guitar and sings awesomely! ;D

  • Ill kiss you, just dont die!!!

  • You're a Baaad Man JB!!!

  • You're a Baaad Man JB!!

  • Not even my favorite type of music, I grew up in the US in the 70's, but ya'll got that right. He's in total control and wringing sounds out of it. Love the CRAZY TIGHT bunch of guys. Experience has shown me how difficult and special that is. Love the CRISP licks too : )

  • this guy's too cool

  • THIS MAN IS AMAZING MUST BE THE BEST EVER BLUES PLAYER IN THE WORLD AND BEYOND.........

  • As for the four nay sayers.Come to reason man is it the fact u got turned down to play at the Hall well JOE heres my solution.Keep playing that bad boy and each tune should be one last lik to end the show and one more an so an so on.And they'll tell two friends and so on.Is it me or is their some Thoroughgood in their.Joe u can keep going cause I will follow and beg for my last kiss from her to.That is how sweet zee Les Paul kisses me

  • Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery. The Master shines in the light of his student. Get the Big Picture. This is greatness

  • Totally digging the drummer combo right now. Simply epic :) Saw Joe in Vancouver, blew my mind :D

  • i love this song!

  • ernie ball strap to hold that precious les paul? wot??

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  • If you like, love or enjoy Joe's music then listen. If you don't like it, then listen to something else. Why do you feel the need to attack the artist in your comparisons? The guy is a special performer and clearly loves and respects his profession. The greatest thing about youtube is there is sooo much to view and listen to. You can find literally ... nearly everything you want or need so go get it. Move on and try to be positive once in awhile.

  • Sorry Jason, but I grew up on Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, and the like, and I think JB outclasses them all. Love them all, but Joe kicks ass and takes names! Reminds me in so many ways of Stevie Ray Vaughn, but has his own stamp on all of his music. His new album with Beth Hart is fantastic. More retro blues, but absolutely pure pleasure to listen to.

  • Mate his clean goody two shoes matches his playing,Joe plays great guitar but he does not play great music,he plays a plutonic/blues scales in an interesting way,but who says plutonic/blues scales are interesting,Young Clapton and young Pete Green would blow him away even a young Harvey mandel and a young Mick Taylor,Clapton is very old now but he took blues to its future and this playing has been already done by better players in the past.He is pretentious and boring

  • @jasonjuliushaekcmedi You're funny. Oh, wait, you were serious. It strikes me as interesting that people such as yourself accuse JB of being pretentious right after they make a statement that takes the prize for being pretentious.

    You make reference to "plutonic/blues scales" probably thinking no one will challenge you because they don't know enough music theory to know what you're talking about. All it does for me is make me wonder if YOU know what you're talking about.

    Yep. Pretentious.

  • @TheBarkinFrog Look fuckwit i meant petatonic,this guy looks like a man in the street not a rock star,no critically acclaimed albums like clapton eg Disraile gears,wheels of fire,layla,bluesbreakers,self titled Blind Faith,this guy is a nurd like you, fuckwit,Clapton was a pioneer learnt the hard way via records and others not sheet music or watching dvd's or youtube,Clapton and Green paved way for these pricks.

  • @jasonjuliushaekcmedi Is that any way to talk to a lady?

    Now, why should JB look like a rock star? He looks like a blues man, and that's what he is, so it makes sense. No critically acclaimed albums? You need to do your research a little better. As for Clapton and Green "paving the way" who exactly do you think paved the way for them? Listen to the OLD blues men. While you're at it, look at their pictures.

    And stop being so damned pretentious. It's boring.

  • @TheBarkinFrog Yeah, ur right. It's basically five notes plus a few add ons. T Bone Walker wrote the vocabulary for the electric guitar as it easily lent itself to the techniques and which influenced Chuck Berry, Clapton etc. But who influenced him? It all began much earlier than that. Names such as Blind Lemon Jefferson, Robert Johnson and others crop up, but heck there must have been a lot of guys who paved the way for them or were comtemporaries of them but were unfortunately never recorded.

  • @TheBarkinFrog Why does he play something original instead of copying the past blues licks and riffs,why not like john mclaughlin or Scott henderson or Alan Hollsworth,we want originality not copyists

  • HEY, line up your kids, grandkids at these shows, Bring those children, TEACH them what music is so they will not suckle from the poison of MTV, rap trash.....TEACH them, simply bring them to one of these concerts...job done.I've seen joe 4 times..its a spiritualy moving experience.....THANK YOU joe, thanks to Joe's parents we are all able to DIG THIS.....ROCK ON

  • god dammit that guitar sounds fucking amazing.

  • This guy may have the best guitar tone since before Eddie Van Halen first came out back in '78

  • What a tight band! Reminds me of Allman Bros. in their prime. Future is bright.

  • Absolutely Smokin'

    Saw this on PBS during one of their Money Drives. Nice Pick PBS.

  • December 17th in Vancouver :) I'm ready for a mind blowing experience.

  • @smusselman1 He was utterly UNBELIEVABLE last night in Vancouver!!!!!! One of the single best performances I have EVER seen in my life!! Hard to describe what its like to watch this man...genius...prodigy! Just incredible!

  • @ThomasCrown911 No arguement there :) He's my Idol and he simply blew my mind last night :) and I saw Prince the night before and wasn't that amazing haha I couldn't have been any happier this weekend! Was slightly dissapointed in the fact that there was no merchandise for sale after the show.... Oh well, just have to buy online :)

  • FANTASTIC......i love it.

  • December 15th in Seattle ...row 3......can't wait!!!!!!

  • damn!

    

  • Is one of the drummers Anton Fig?

  • @Elodea Yep, the drummer on stage right is Anton Fig. He's played on several of Joe's albums, also.

  • Awesome performer.

  • I know Joe would not agree with you byoung58...Clapton set the stage...Joe is just picking up the torch...by the way..pros have more respect for each other than your one sided commentary..don't get me wrong...Joe is fantastic...so is the man..just ask Joe..(:

  • wow

  • I love this concert and am a big fan of Joe. I gotta say though, comparing him to Stevie is like comparing Gibson and Fender. Joe is a master guitar player - a great technician. He is more versatile than Stevie, but Stevie played with way more passion and intensity - see some of his bootlegs from Germany. Stevie was every bit as fast but in his own style, which is nothing like Joe's.

    The nice part is that we still get to see Joe continue to develop his talent. Rock on, Joe!!

  • Clapton "holds back" because he doesn't want people to realize what a sub par mess he is. He should stick with the Slow Hand thing cause Joe can show him up any day of the week.

  • @bugajozsi11 And that was Stupid, ladies and gentlemen! Good night and have a safe trip!

  • The 3 people that didn't like this, also dislike oxygen.

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  • correct me if i am wrong... thats an old signature gary moore lp, only wth the bigsby and black parts added.... it´s the most killer lp i´ve seen

  • Thank you PBS.

  • He works that guitar like No One else!

  • shit got real during that solo!

  • this guy at albert Hall and with clapton.... i think eric made a mistake......lick for lick then some. i think joe took it easy on eric.... i honestly believe he couldda blown him out.... don't get me wrong,,, I'm class of 67..... all over the world, nam, the whole deal. zep, all the bad boys. Beck, everyone. stevie ? makes no diff...

    this dude does those guys for breakfast,,, easy Top,,,, anybody.......

    not to mention, he that damb bad of a singer. BTW, R U hip ? played with BB King,11yrs old

  • @byoung58 Clapton often "holds back" if he is guesting on someone else's stage/gig.

  • @byoung58 What? I spent the whole song trying to decode what it is you said lol If I read it right, you said Joe B's one hell of a guitar player. In which case, I could not agree more!

  • @byoung58 I barely understood a word of this. How the hell did it become a top rated comment?!

  • @byoung58 I agree with you almost totally. But I have to disagree when mention Stevie. If you were talking about Stevie Ray Vaughan (SRV) that man still have the big..est balls to play a guitar. so connected with the instrument.More than skilled. Page is the other guy wich is hard to follow and defeat. when it comes to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and most of others, Joe would kick their asshes with one lick.

  • FANTASTIC!!!!! A true artist!!!!!! 

  • i've only just recently discovered this guy, sloe gin was the first one i heard of his and what an introduction!thank god for youtube! he's got an incredible voice too but his guitar playing tone,touch and feel overshadows that fact! love that les paul with a bigsby!

    Dan.

  • Joe plays guitar as easily as most of us walk down the street. Truly, an inspiration to all young guitarists worldwide!

  • @Blues71 He is pound for pound the strongest on the planet and maybe stronger pound for pound than Stevie.

  • This Is Discipline. This man controls every single strum, vibrato and slide he makes.

  • I Love you Joe Bonamassa!!! You rock me!

  • I think I'm in love!!!

  • Clapton played on stage with him at this concert, unbelievable stuff!

  • Incredible,love it

  • Is this available on standard DVD or only Blu Ray?

  • @blackopsrhino you can get it on standard DVD, but you really want it on Blu-Ray!

  • If you can find the DVD of this concert... GET IT... The whole thing is awesome. Great to see Anton Fig on drums (you may know him as the drummer on the David Letterman show)

  • Cooking with gas and pounding that Axe. Go Joe

  • Joe = Tone

  • Let's rock

  • I'd give my right nut to play like this guy!!

  • Excellent voice! Excellent musician! The music Gods are shining upon him!

  • Truly the greatest blues and blues rock guitarist of the 21st century.I'm 57 yrs old and grew up with the best of the best guiratist.But I have to say the tourch has been past down to joe with class.

  • He's a bad man!! He sure can chop with that axe!!

  • just found out about his guy; where have I been!!!

  • @chuckteacher dont feel bad so did i

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  • great song, great voice , fab guitar. he is awesome. love it.

  • Yesssssss! This is what turns my crank - hard rockin' blues. If you like this, you'll like Glen Hughs (Deep Purple vocalist) "Man in the Middle". Jason Bonham on drums. It really will NEVER die! :-))

  • AWESOME guitarist and he grew up close to me in Upstate New York!!!!! ****To the person who "Disliked" this..... learn to appreciate music you bum!****

  • @cobyemt Agree joes fab

  • @raadi8: Check out "Going Down" at 2010 Crossroads Guitar Festival With Robert Randolph.That's the one that turned me on to him,he sherds! You can go to BCC wbsite and download a free song from them. Had my son download both their records for me and they've really got some killer shit on both of them.He can jam heavy metal as well as the blues!He's simply the best guitarist to come along in a long time!

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    markyncole: ooops, that last comment shoulda been directed at u bro, sry....whiskey on board.....

  • @@markvncole: ooops, that last comment shoulda been directed at u bro, sry....whiskey on board.....

  • @SJNxJewBoy: buddy of mine recently turned me on to Bonamassa....WOW !! So I'm watching videos from Royal Albert Hall and saw ur post about BCC, "The Man in the Middle"....goooood shit bro !!!!!!

  • This guy blows your socks off!!! Unbelievable what he does with a guitar!!

  • The DVD arrived a few days ago, what a Guitar Player, Tone, Chops, Chords, he's done his home work, I needed to hear a new tasty guitarist to get me playing again, he did it...... Top Notch.... I want his tone....

  • @SJNxJewBoy: It's BLack Country Communion,check out the song "The Man In the Middle" it's their first single,the video is on youtube.

  • Joe's also in a Heavy Metal band with Jason Bonham,Glen Hughes(Deep Purple among others) Derek Sherinian(Dream Theater) call Black Country Communion.

  • @markyncole

    Whats the Name, you know?

  • Only recently became exposed to Joe.... this band ROCKS...!! Just moved him into my Top 5 guitarist list ! Nice!

  • Man, what Tone and Talent, this guys a Monster....

  • @dragaustin watch the dvd man and i'll bet you will get blown away!!!! peace!

  • What a talent. This guys a MACHINE.

  • Who's the IDIOT that hit the dislike, that really p@#$%ess me off!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Grew up listening to all the metal gods then got into Stevie Ray, Eric Johnson, Gary moore and countless other...even Les Paul and Chet Atkins...so many great guitar players....not often blown away but holy f@#% this guy is unbelievable....WOW!

  • I love, love , love this music! Go Joe!

  • Great great song!! Joe kicks it!

  • I AM IN BLUES HEAVEN, ROCK ON BABY JOE

  • ROCK On JOEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE BABY

  • Ohhh Yesssss! This is MUSIC... rock on Joe!!!

  • it's true lol

    he's great

  • Is it just me or is he looking more and more like the guy from the matrix? =L

  • @DaveRingle glad Im not the only one who thinks so.

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