About Live from the Royal Albert Hall by Joe Bonamassa Album
Tracks: DISC 1: 01. Django 02. The Ballad Of John Henry 03. So It's Like That 04. Last Kiss 05. So Many Roads 06. Stop! 07. Further On Up The Road 08. High Water Everywhere 09. Sloe Gin DISC 2: 01. Lonesome Road Blues 02. Happier Times 03. Your Funeral My Trial 04. Blues Deluxe 05. Story Of A Quarryman 06. The Great Flood 07. Just Got Paid 08. Mountain Time 09. Asking Around For You Personnel: Joe Bonamassa - guitar, vocal Carmine Rojas - bass Bogie Bowles, Anton Fig - drums Rick Melick - keyboards, background vocals, & tambourine Lee Thornburg - trumpet Sean Freeman - saxophone Mike Feltham - trombone Eric Clapton - guitar (on Further On Up The Road) Paul Jones - harmonica (on Your Funeral My Trial) When Joe Bonamassa took the stage at Royal Albert Hall in May 2009, he fulfilled a dream he'd held since first picking up a guitar as a kid in upstate New York. The sold-out concert-fresh off the release of his album The Ballad Of John Henry-marked Bonamassa's headlining debut at arguably the most prestigious concert venue in the world. "May 4, 2009 was a day 20 years in the making," says Bonamassa. "I have never been so honoured in my life. It was truly larger than the sum of its parts." The two decades he's referring to began when-at age 12-he first opened for blues icon B.B. King, who said, "this kid's potential is unbelievable." King's words are as fitting today as they were then. Bonamassa averages 200 shows every year, and with each gig, he comes more into his own as a virtuoso and a vocalist. At the Hall, Bonamassa had the added honor of being joined onstage by the legendary Eric Clapton. The Times cited Joe's " searing excellence and showmanship," and Planet Rock said, "The sight of two of the world's best guitarists trading solos was more than a little thrilling." Joe is using his signature Les Pauls, a few Les Paul historic models, a Gibson Flying V, an Ernie Ball Musicman John Petrucci Baritone, an Ernie Ball Musicman 25th anniversary, and a Yamaha acoustic. He uses his usual combination of amps, which includes a Marshall Silver Jubilee, a Van Weeldon Twinkleland, a Carol Ann JB model, and a Category 5 Joe Bonamassa model. This incredible performance-featuring Joe accompanied by an incredible band in addition to a guest appearance by Eric Clapton will put an end to that. Directed by groundbreaking filmmakers Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen, this concert experience will become the benchmark for the genre.
