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"I treat the number 5 as if it were 10" – Joe Bonamassa shares Les Paul tips with his favourite '59 Burst
By Rob Laing published
Get more out of your guitar's controls
Joe Bonamassa explains why stopping warming up before shows helped to reinspire his guitar solos: "I'm much more lyrical as a soloist"
By Rob Laing published
"I said, 'I need to reapproach the way I look at this thing because I'm seeing it in too much of a linear way and I'm seeing too many boxes'"
Joe Bonamassa: "When I play live, I probably use the volume and tone pots 100 times in an evening"
By Rob Laing published
"Part of your gig is to know when to use the guitar as a weapon and to know when to use it as something that creates a very vocal type of sound"
“If you’re going to recreate a guitar you’ve got to do it right and I think everyone is really gonna enjoy this”: Epiphone unveils the Joe Bonamassa 1963 Gibson SG Custom
By Jonathan Horsley published
Just as they did with “Lazarus”, Bonamassa and Epiphone spec up an affordable but serious electric guitar based on one of the vintage unicorns from the bluesman's epic collection
Joe Bonamassa is one blues man under a groove as he takes a left turn into funk with Tower Of Power-inspired new single Hope You Realize It (Goodbye Again)
By Jonathan Horsley published
Well, what are you gonna do if you’ve got a great horn part and a rhythm that won't quit?
“It’s like the Blues Breakers meets Guitar Slim meets Joe Bonamassa, Josh Smith and co” – Joe Bonamassa shares cover of Slim’s classic Well, Well, I Done Got Over It
By Jonathan Horsley published
Bonamassa's British blues-inspired take on the Guitar Slim cover is the third single to be released ahead of his forthcoming album, Blues Deluxe Vol 2, which is out 6 October
Joe Bonamassa announces new album Blues Deluxe Vol. 2 and asks: “Am I even good enough to pay tribute to my heroes all over again?”
By Jonathan Horsley published
The answer, says Bonamassa, is on the record. It features eight covers, two originals, and is out 6 October via J&R Adventures. And you can watch the video for Twenty-Four Hour Blues now
Joe Bonamassa explains why he isn't interested in being 'relevant': "I've never been and never will be"
By Rob Laing published
"Would you rather please the critics at Rolling Stone or please the fans that put you there?"
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