Joe Bonamassa – Sloe Gin (Provogue).
It was with great excitement that I received this album having reviewed You & Me (his last album) and having seen him live. His seventh solo album opens with Chris Whitley’s Ball Peen Hammer and this shows a maturity in his voice. It starts on acoustic guitar but it is not too long before he unleashes his renowned power and excellent picking. Ten Years After’s One Of These Days follows on quickly and is a mighty powerful blues chugger. This builds to a crescendo and then takes the listener back down again. There is a little bit of slide guitar and a top solo on this, which is destined to go down in the annals of blues rock history. Joe shows his versatility on the acoustic Seagull. Joe gives this Paul Rodgers song a folk rock, 70s concept album feel. Dirt In My Pocket is the power blues rock that Joe is most associated with but this is a little Bon Jovi, although that is not too bad a thing. The eponymous title track, a little known song from Tim Curry’s 1978 solo album, is ethereal and has guitar that slashes through your senses – sheer class. Bonamassa reckons this will soon be his biggest live track.
Another Kind Of Love – another kind of blues rock, more like. This is straightforward, but at the top end of the genre. Around The Bend is a return to acoustic guitar but with the addition of some innovative slide. This will be a great song in a hushed auditorium. Black Night (not the Deep Purple classic but the one written by Charles Brown) is a classic blues with a big solo and a grown-up voice. He gets the dobro out for John Martin’s Jelly Roll, beautifully played and showing that he is one of the best around. Richmond is played on acoustic guitar and is quite simply a very good song. He stays in acoustic mode for the closing track, India. This has sitar overtures and is a slight departure for the blues rock genius. I suppose he is still spreading his wings and is eager to try new sounds and I won’t blame him for that. This is a more than satisfactory follow up to You & Me.
http://www.joebonamassa.com/
http://www.provoguerecords.com/
David Blue.
It was with great excitement that I received this album having reviewed You & Me (his last album) and having seen him live. His seventh solo album opens with Chris Whitley’s Ball Peen Hammer and this shows a maturity in his voice. It starts on acoustic guitar but it is not too long before he unleashes his renowned power and excellent picking. Ten Years After’s One Of These Days follows on quickly and is a mighty powerful blues chugger. This builds to a crescendo and then takes the listener back down again. There is a little bit of slide guitar and a top solo on this, which is destined to go down in the annals of blues rock history. Joe shows his versatility on the acoustic Seagull. Joe gives this Paul Rodgers song a folk rock, 70s concept album feel. Dirt In My Pocket is the power blues rock that Joe is most associated with but this is a little Bon Jovi, although that is not too bad a thing. The eponymous title track, a little known song from Tim Curry’s 1978 solo album, is ethereal and has guitar that slashes through your senses – sheer class. Bonamassa reckons this will soon be his biggest live track.
Another Kind Of Love – another kind of blues rock, more like. This is straightforward, but at the top end of the genre. Around The Bend is a return to acoustic guitar but with the addition of some innovative slide. This will be a great song in a hushed auditorium. Black Night (not the Deep Purple classic but the one written by Charles Brown) is a classic blues with a big solo and a grown-up voice. He gets the dobro out for John Martin’s Jelly Roll, beautifully played and showing that he is one of the best around. Richmond is played on acoustic guitar and is quite simply a very good song. He stays in acoustic mode for the closing track, India. This has sitar overtures and is a slight departure for the blues rock genius. I suppose he is still spreading his wings and is eager to try new sounds and I won’t blame him for that. This is a more than satisfactory follow up to You & Me.
http://www.joebonamassa.com/
http://www.provoguerecords.com/
David Blue.
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