OFFICAL ILX JOE BONAMASSA CELEBRATION THREAD

ILX field trip to Bonnamassa Blues Cruise

let's make this happen

joe's lapel-less jacket in that video upthread is some real hideous star trek: the next generation shit

I'd really like to go back in time to show Son House how we managed to keep the blues alive

just a bunch of wites keeping the blues alive on a cruise to jamaica nbd

Roger Ailes: "I created a TV network for people from 55 to dead."

Joe Bonamassa: "Hmmm...I think I'll try doing that with music."

my calamari was soggy #igottheblues

A+ xpost

I never thought someone would come along to unseat Carlos Santana as the reigning king of ridiculous guitar face, but Bonnamassa has done it

Honestly, I would probably have fun on this with the caveat that I would do nothing but get wasted from the time I woke up to the time I passed out watching Eric Gales

As it has been my long stated life dream to die from a rare sexual transmitted disease that incubated on a Blues Cruise I would also volunteer for this field trip.

anyone else see the crazy skeleton dude at 0:08 of that vid? or is it just me?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvHEyAnS0bs

i'd like him better if he still performed in a hot pink t-shirt and neon green hat

oh man that's a great find

poison shirt spotted on some kid in the hallway

that actually makes bonnamassa p loveable <3

he was a hot shit player for 13 wow

related to http://ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=77&threadid=66053

apparently he was in a band with the robbie krieger's son and berry oakley's son: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p4ZV-CAht4

there's a two-part bloodline documentary on youtube that i'm not even going to link to

Man, that Pauley clip takes me back...My family used to watch that show and I actually saw that story when it aired. Years later, when JB finally got big, we called him "That kid from TV".

The blues cruise promo clip makes me want to start a YouTube channel dedicated to white people clapping along to music

would subscribe

there was this phish live video i saw one time that was classic in that regard but i've never been able to find it since. whoever was operating the camera knew exactly what they were doing xp

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Joe Bonamassa To Release Live Album

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Kate

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for fuck's sake

https://www.facebook.com/JoeBonamassa/videos/10155361575004659/

okay well i guess this is cool

James Kamaunu I love Joe, but the cellists be best served playing with a more Jazz musician to implement her skill with a sound like no other cellists would explore doing.. This is more rudiments, speed but I'd rather hear her playing " her " and with a style of music she can eccentuate her style within it... Aloha.. just say and no disrespect Joe - he's awesome...
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Tina Guo I think I will play whatever I feel like playing, but nice to know your opinion James.
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There is no way in hell I'm watching that video.

why do I keep thinking he's blind?

You've seen his wardrobe and hairstyle?

open goal nonetheless nicely slotted home by the boy matthewk there, brian

stan, you're probably thinking of blind (and dead) wite bloozeman jeff healey, as featured in sam elliott hairstyle showcase roadhouse

I probably do, yeah - the perpetual sunglasses don't help, though.

tbh i'm grateful the sunglasses keep us from seeing his eyes - like a couple of raisins dropped in a bowl of porridge, they are

MatthewK - applause.

Jeff Healey was a wite bluesman, it is true. However, he could defensibly say "I don't see color."

I'm not about to Google image search this, but I feel like this guy and Donald Trump, Jr. are kind of doppelgangers.

This dude is the patron saint of the blues lawyer.

Whenever you see an old white dude who just rediscovered his love of music 9 times out of 10 it's because he saw that fucking PBS Red Rocks Wite Man's Tribute to Da Blooooooz.

While I can't make it to the end of the vid to confirm, I find it interesting how the cello player sucks all the guitar-face out of the room, leaving our hero to be the subdued one

I found that video very pleasing, not least because the shitty recording makes both instruments sound like cats scratching frantically at the door - it's almost a "shreds" video for large stretches.
Disappointed he hasn't collaborated with André Rieu though, a match made in heaven.

It's fucks me up that .the second age as this dude.

Oops

It's fucks me up that I'm the same age as this dude.

joe bonamassa should would make a great elendil in peter jackson's 97-hour film of "the silmarillion".

JOE BONAMASSA YOU ROCK! you've always been there, even when i was really feeling down. especially when i was feeling down. and i'll never be able to pay you back for that ride you gave me to the airport later that night, because your peak hour rate is total bullshit and i'm still unemployed

I'm sad that the fanpage glossary failed to list my coinage "Bonamasturbate."

http://www.musicradar.com/news/joe-bonamassa-using-pedals-that-make-you-sound-like-everything-but-your-guitar-is-fking-lazy

“I’ve really gotten over pedals. I can’t keep up with this craze of boutique pedals that make you sound like everything but your guitar. I can’t get my head around it. So you don’t want to play a guitar [properly] so you buy a box that makes it sound like an algorithm, like you just fired up your computer and you can spend the night staring at your fuckin’ shoes? C’mon man…

“I know I’ll get shit for saying this, but it’s fucking lazy. It’s insulting to people who spent 35 years playing and learning, like a lot of players. And we continue to work at it! These guys can barely play a chord but call themselves soundscapists. Get the fuck outta here! It’s bullshit. There’s so much masking and spin going on there. Can we get real for a minute? What do you actually play? Pick up an acoustic guitar… try that!”

looking forward to a Shields/Bonamassa collab in 2027

Very skeptical of anyone who considers themselves a musician that doesn't —or, in this case, refuses— to see the potential in all types of music gear. Fine to say, "I don't really like to use effects pedals", but to just assume somebody who does is somehow lesser talented and/or knowledgeable just because of that is pretty flawed logic. I mean, I could say, "People who only rely on a guitar and an amp for their tone are destined to continue falling back on blues cliches to the point of becoming boring and predictable."

Also, the way he talks about pedals implies that he doesn't actually know much about what he's trying to talk down to. Referencing specifically, "pedals that make you sound like everything but your guitar. . . a box that makes it sound like an algorithm." Does he not realize that a good 65%-75% of new pedals that are coming out these days are drive pedals? Sure, some of those will color your tone a bit, but overwhelmingly, they just take your guitar and make it louder. How could he not already know this?

I think it may have something to do with his profound lack of imagination.

He’s just a prototypical blues guitar dork

to be fair he could have been talking about this pedal which is the worst pedal i ever bought and i can't believe i bought it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-N_Ar3xfak

lulz, that is at the top of my wish list right now ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Someone on fb pointed out that Joe sells his own line of pedals. Further research revealed TWENTY-FOUR DIFFERENT JOE BONAMASSA DOG SWEATERS:
https://shop.jbonamassa.com/collections/dog-apparel